Preparing for winter IV

Itismehonest

bluebag wrote: »

Would it not be easier to use the duvet as a curtain over the whole front of the inglenook.

Thanks for the reply bluebag.
The problem would be to fix it in place. The inglenook is part of a stone wall/slate hearth & flagged floor so it would be very hard (practically impossible without resorting to drilling things in) to tie the duvet up in a way which would stop it blowing out into the room or sucking back into the fireplace.

ArthriticOldThing

Hello. I'm a regular lurker but never posted on this thread before. Hope you don't mind me joining in.
Some of the recent posts on this thread are definitely making me feel like a very odd one out. I'm never cold in bed - in fact am often too warm with only a cotton sheet. Reading about all the wrapping up some of you need brings me out in a sweat at the thought of it.
Is it just me?

mardatha

Is best not to block off the chimney totally, leave a tiny draught, that stops the room going damp. We've got coal fires here and the neighbour was ery smug about having blocked off every airvent and gap --until he started finding mould on the outside wall!

lobbyludd

ArthriticOldThing wrote: »

Hello. I'm a regular lurker but never posted on this thread before. Hope you don't mind me joining in.
Some of the recent posts on this thread are definitely making me feel like a very odd one out. I'm never cold in bed - in fact am often too warm with only a cotton sheet. Reading about all the wrapping up some of you need brings me out in a sweat at the thought of it.
Is it just me?

no - - me too - not quite a single sheet but there is no way I'd get to sleep with socks on - it's impossible - I need to stick my feet out of the bed to cool down throughout the night! and the room has to be very cool, 15 or below otherwise I am too hot. If I wrapped up the way some people do I'd never sleep and be a very grumpy lobby. saves on heating!

CH27

ArthriticOldThing wrote: »

Hello. I'm a regular lurker but never posted on this thread before. Hope you don't mind me joining in.
Some of the recent posts on this thread are definitely making me feel like a very odd one out. I'm never cold in bed - in fact am often too warm with only a cotton sheet. Reading about all the wrapping up some of you need brings me out in a sweat at the thought of it.
Is it just me?

My feet always get cold at night but the rest of me is baking

cornishchick

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/sunday-13th-october/product-detail/ps/p/heated-throw/

Can't remember who posted about wanting to put a leccy blanket on their sofa, but just wanted to say aldi are doing heated throws at the moment .

noodles86

Just want to update my winter prep list


Winter prep left to do;

Defrost freezer - No idea but soon!
Cardboard for boot of car for wet pushchair wheels - Urgent!
Window clean - booked for fri 25th
Deep clean utility - Tues 22nd
Deep clean our room - Thurs 24th
Deep clean kitchen - Sat 26th
Deep clean hall, stairs & landing - Sun 27th
Sort out spare room - Ongoing and feels never ending :rotfl:

Small repairs/jobs to do

Holdbacks in play room
Sticky pads for shower tidy in ensuite
Coat hooks to be put up in Study

Store cupboard left to buy;

Washing up liquid x 1
Pasta bake sauce x 1
Pasta sauce x 1
Squash x 1 of each
Shampoo x 1

Little things that mean so much :rotfl:

moments_of_sanity

ArthriticOldThing wrote: »

Hello. I'm a regular lurker but never posted on this thread before. Hope you don't mind me joining in.
Some of the recent posts on this thread are definitely making me feel like a very odd one out. I'm never cold in bed - in fact am often too warm with only a cotton sheet. Reading about all the wrapping up some of you need brings me out in a sweat at the thought of it.
Is it just me?

Yeah, another warm blooded person here!

My living room generally sits between 18-20 degrees and I hate my bedroom being warmer than 15 degrees. If anyone I live with gets cold (which they often do) they have to go and layer up rather than put the heating on

mardatha

What shop's got nice wellies this year?

Itismehonest

mardatha wrote: »

Is best not to block off the chimney totally, leave a tiny draught, that stops the room going damp. We've got coal fires here and the neighbour was ery smug about having blocked off every airvent and gap --until he started finding mould on the outside wall!

Yes, thanks. When we first came here (nearly 30 years ago) there was a woodburner in that inglenook. It was totally useless as you either had to have it open to get enough heat (& then it burnt too quickly) or closed & it didn't heat the room.
The worst thing was that the people who had put the woodburner in had run a suspended flue up through the centre of the chimney & filled the whole of the void down to the plate with vermiculite.
Of course, being a wide topped chimney (about 2'x2') rain got in & soaked into the vermiculite which pushed the old tars right through the bedroom wall. So that meant replastering that upstairs wall, too

It was fun when the plate was taken down, though.
The builder, standing on top of the woodburner to lift the plate, looked like Father Christmas - just legs, with an absolute deluge of dirty snow (vermiculite) tumbling around him. The pile of stuff went half way across the room :rotfl:

This 'ballooning' move would only be a winter measure. The chimney would be opened up again for the Spring.