Preparing for winter IV

hollieinbloom

Possession wrote: »

Does anyone know what a microfibre sheet is? It comes up when I search for flannelette sheets.

I haven't seen these but i've seen microfibre cloths and they feel like scratchy velvet. I bought some flannelette sheets in Matalan if that helps? xx

Solomon_Broad

Pic of the draught excluder attached.



Sorry for the picture quality, my phone is old [STRIKE]and the carpet needs a good hoover[/STRIKE] :eek:. A tip for when you're making it - don't measure from the centre of the tube you're using. Measure from the bit that is going to be touching the door. I made mine way too thin to begin with.

Easiest way to work it out is:

• Measure the thickness of your door. This gives you A.
• Measure the width (diameter) of your tube. This gives you B.
• Measure the circumference of your tube. This gives you C.
• Add A and B together. This gives you D.
• D is the amount of material that you'll need to go from the centre-bottom of your tube, under the door and to the middle of your other tube. The centre-bottom is the bit that actually touches the floor*.
• Add C and D together (plus a little bit extra for overlap/hems). This gives you E, the amount of material you'll need to completely enclose the first tube, go underneath the door and completely enclose the second.

*I made the mistake of thinking that A was enough. It's not, because if you attach your tubes to that and just have the width of A, your tubes won't actually fit under the door properly. You need D to give enough width for the material to lie flat AND go underneath the tube as well. If you just use A as your width, you'll end up with o-o instead of the o_o that you're looking for. I can probably draw some kind of diagram if people want.

lobbyludd

Lucy5781 wrote: »

You know what I want? Fitted fleece sheets. Biggest/best thing last winter, fleece blanket to sleep directly on top of.

Lxx

I would never get out of bed, and it's enough of a struggle in summer to get going to work. It's a fine line between cosy enough and so darn cosy I never leave.

tori.k

Possession wrote: »

Does anyone know what a microfibre sheet is? It comes up when I search for flannelette sheets.

They polyester rather than cotton I picked some up when we were in the US they are thinner then the flannelette ones I have but do the job well enough downside is everything sticks to them and you end up with fluff everywhere, but then i guess it the old "you get what you pay for".

Pooky

I had some microfiber ones from LidI last year.....lovely and warm but they are a nightmare if you've got a bit of dry skin on your feet or your legs need shaving....almost like a Velcro effect!

jim-jim

Hello, this will be my first winter of really preparing for it. Not just bobbing along, with what ever the weather throws at us.

But my question is, in my dining room we have a venetian blind
(no curtains) would a black out/thermal blind works instead of curtains with fleece lining, to keep the heat in. Having curtains blocks out to much light, and the blind gives us privacy.
The venetian blind is up to the glass and we would have the roller blind where the curtains would go.

I've made my radiator reflective thingy's. job done:T
Thank you x

bossymoo

I have vertical blinds and when I decorated DS bedroom earlier this year, I added a roman blind too - on the inside. From the outside, all the front windows look the same, but he can still have his spiderman fabric
I recessed it into the window, which is perfect as the radiator is underneath, so this prevents all the heat going up behind curtains and straight out of the window. The vertical blinds look nice but do nothing for heat retention or light blocking...

metherer

Just been thinking we will have to get someone to come and clear out our gutters before Winter. We've lived here since 2010 and never had them done.

Anyone know how much is usually charged for this?

Possession

hollieinbloom wrote: »

I haven't seen these but i've seen microfibre cloths and they feel like scratchy velvet. I bought some flannelette sheets in Matalan if that helps? xx

That does help thanks, I have vouchers valid in Matalan.
Sounds like I'll give the microfibre ones a miss.

ragz_2

metherer wrote: »

Just been thinking we will have to get someone to come and clear out our gutters before Winter. We've lived here since 2010 and never had them done.

Anyone know how much is usually charged for this?

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Our window cleaner cleared a blockage out of ours and didn't charge any extra, he charges £10 for the windows. But all he had to do was grab a huge clump of grass out of the end/top of the drainpipe. I imagine if you wanted the lot cleared it would be more but wouldn't pay more than £40. Ask a window cleaner as they have the ladders and it tends to be something they do as an extra.