Preparing for winter IV

kezlou

Raw honey is fantastic and we buy it from local suppliers as well as heated honey.

It's great stuff, our last two batches were called Albert park spray and Stewart's spring flower spray.
Just local bee suppliers who have hives in they garden

Honestly honey is one of natures true healers.



That's it all carpets done upstairs, staircase and porch. So much cosier and nicer.

Freezing today

Pennylane

Just wondering ..... Don't many people on here have double or triple glazing? All this talk of thermal curtains is making me think.

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Pennylane wrote: »

Just wondering ..... Don't many people on here have double or triple glazing? All this talk of thermal curtains is making me think.

we have triple glazing in big wooden windows that originated in eastern europe We have an eco house, it was comprehensively tested by a university as it was innovative when built. Not posh btw, just nice and comfortable. Kind of with compartments but with open plan lounge/dining/kitchen. Def not a grand designs house but an experiment in design for energy and water saving, built suitable for a normal family. The windows are great but there is still a noticeable difference in heat loss through using insulating curtains. We haven`t drawn the downstairs ones yet as the temperature has not gone below 20 downstairs. We do lower the blinds as we don`t like looking at the dark, not overlooked at all though, orchard all around 3 sides and sometimes a few sheep

fuddle

Pennylane wrote: »

Just wondering ..... Don't many people on here have double or triple glazing? All this talk of thermal curtains is making me think.

Put your hand behind an insulated curtain covering a double glazed window on a blustery, cold, wet evening and you really will notice a chill.

Superfast_Gran

I've found that wearing a hoodie in bed not only keeps your head warm but your neck too! Didn't even need to be a thick one, just as long as there was no gap it seemed to do the trick.

kezlou

It all depends on your house as well with double or triple glazing.

If the house is Victorian it only makes a small amount of difference.
In our current house, which i think was built in the 60's, its all double glazed, but really it needs renewing. Make a really big difference have thick curtains that work.

noodles86

Does anyone else class a autumn clean (same as a spring clean!:o) as part of their winter prep?

Just got to re-hoover the landing and all of my upstairs is done. I like to work top down.

Winter prep to do list as follows;

Car
check screen wash/oil/water/anti-freeze
Buy hat & gloves
Torch

Outside
Guttering needs a clean
Trampoline netting needs to come down and a cover to be bought
Security light to be fitted to the back
Give the tiled open porch area a mop

Children
Eldest DD needs a few more long sleeve tops
Youngest DD needs tights
Both need boots

Need to buy
Flu jab - booked on for 16/10
Refill medicine cupboard children's calpol/lemsip sachet & pill/strefen/paracetamol
Rug for playroom (£35 Ikea)
Trampoline cover

Need to deep clean
Hall way
Study
Downstairs bathroom
Utility room
Kitchen
Play room
Living room

To all frugalers just starting their prep, initial outlay of things may seem expensive but its worth it, my list in previous years has been much longer and had expensive items on (curtains, blinds etc).

Lil_2

Rather than setting the central heating timer which could mean that it was on longer than necessary. I put heating on manually and then set my microwave timer for how long it will take for the house to heat. Fortunately I live in a house with stone floors and it really holds the heat and retains it for longer. Prior to using this method we could be sitting and thinking,,,,,,it's really warm in here.....because we hadn't turned off the heating. Hope this might help somebody.

CH27

I'm quite pleased. I've just submitted my g&e readings & my bill is very low so i'm in credit by £150.
That gives me a nice buffer going into winter.

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omg I never do an autumn clean, spring clean is hard enough. I have too many hobbies to spare time for cleaning more than normal

My hot water bottles arrived today and they are smaller than they used to be but I like them. They are more expensive but have very good reviews. I had to take some rows out of my crochet cover
http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Extra-Comfort-Hot-Water-Bottle_1000/
I am enjoying making the cover and am learning new crochet skills, mistakes don`t matter on this item

I kept waking last night and the penny dropped. I feel warm and cosy in bed until I move my legs and I contact a new part of my crisp cool cotton bedding and that was waking me up, over and over again. Needless to say the flannel is on now and I am looking forward to getting back to my normal state of having a nice dream