Preparedness for when

thriftwizard

Popperwell wrote: »

Stay safe Pineapple...

My best and warmest coat has let me down and the zip has broken, it keeps opening after you zip it up. Heaven knows what that will cost to replace. But am reluctant to throw the coat out.

I can sew but not sure I can do that...the coat is so good seems a pity to disguard it...

I've just replaced two jacket zips, and the replacement zips cost all of £2.70 each. It wasn't hard, although I put it off for weeks thinking it would be. Measure carefully; both mine were 29" which was a pain because I could only get 28" or 30" zips, but I bound off the top ends of 30" ones with fuse wire so the owner didn't get a cold draught down his neck on his motorbike! Than it's just a case of extracting the old zip, noting carefully how it was inserted; you'll see that one line of stitching is on top of the other & most of the ones I've done have had the zip attaching to the lining first, then to the outside so there's only one line of stitching visible. You need good strong thread, too. I tried using the zip foot on my ancient treadle, which was the only machine in the house with the welly to get through a motorbike jacket, but in the end the ordinary foot did a perfectly good job - it didn't need to be invisible!

£2.70 is a whole lot less than the cost of a good new (or even secondhand) jacket.

Popperwell

Another thought thriftwizard,
I'm certainly learning things I have never thought of doing(not a bad thing)Me sewing:p:D:eek:
Not necessarily the best at doing it but I can kind of repair holes and I have put buttons on and shortened sleeves on PJ's.

When I look at the zip I don't understand why it zips up so far and then opens and won't stay closed. I can't see why it has failed.

Thanks...

mardatha

Pineapple where you live sounds a bit like here. If you're up on those moors behind Whitby then it is. I was down for a weekend break in York once and we came home that way(got lost). The moors was the only bit that we felt at home in cos everywhere else was too busy for us.

sb44

Popperwell wrote: »

Stay safe Pineapple...

My best and warmest coat has let me down and the zip has broken, it keeps opening after you zip it up. Heaven knows what that will cost to replace. But am reluctant to throw the coat out.

I can sew but not sure I can do that...the coat is so good seems a pity to disguard it...

I'm not sure if this will help of not but may be helpful to others with zip problems, I only wish I had seen this before I got rid of a favourite pair of jeans.

http://pinterest.com/pin/189643834279525033/

Butterfly_Brain

Pops you can get paraffin and wicks at any garden centre because it is used in greenhouse heaters.

boultdj

Got a foot of lying snow here, got 'leccy for now, made sure the flask is full, candle's out and ready,camping stove put in easy reach......and daft adopt-a-cat is out in the snow rolling around in it:eek:

Butterfly_Brain

Pineapple, that is exactly what I heard as well, Greece and Cyprus have untapped rich oil fields and the all powerful greedy banksters and globalist corporations want to get their hands on it and it doesn't matter a jot to them what happens to the people, that is why Argentina wants the Falklands, they have found rich oil deposits there as well.

sb44

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

Pops you can get paraffin and wicks at any garden centre because it is used in greenhouse heaters.

Also at B&Q, £6.98 for 4ltrs.

http://www.diy.com/nav/garden/garden-buildings/greenhouses/greenhouse_accessories/-specificproducttype-heating___insulation/B-and-Q-Bartoline-Premium-Paraffin-4-Litres-9415188?skuId=9705893

Mad-Frog

I don't post on here very often, as I only prep a tiny bit
I was walking to the station from work this morning and was amazed at what some people were wearing, small jackets with no scarf or hat (it's been snowing heavily since yesterday evening). Pumps on their feet, the small ankle ones, even those with kids were not wrapped up warm ... I must be getting old in my wellies and hat etc.

I wore my hiking boots yesterday and when I got home my feet were drenched, they obviously are leaking and I need a new pair.
But it got me thinking, do any of you test footwear and if so how? I check battery operated things, hot water bottles etc but never my shoes, this is the second pair in two years that have let me down and I just wondered what would be the best way to check them, saying that I wear them regularly so not sure I could have prevented it.

There are no hardware stores round here, is there an online place I could by a hurricane lamp?

Popperwell

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

Pops you can get paraffin and wicks at any garden centre because it is used in greenhouse heaters.

Would that include B&Q as we have two both approx 5-7 miles from my town luckily a bus service runs by both of them...wonder if they sell hurricane lamps(better have a look on their website)

Not the easiest site to navigate, I may have to phone them...