Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

SingleSue

1 room downstairs plus a kitchen and a small utility room and 3 bedroom upstairs (well actually 2.5 bedrooms as a single bed can only just fit in youngest's room) with one bathroom and a toilet (the loo is seperate to the bath). Double glazed throughout, central heating but not a scoobie what kind of boiler!

In the winter, my bedroom averages 14 degrees, a bit too cold for me as I feel the cold but I am conscious of the heating bills..it doesn't help I live in a pre fab, draughty house. The frontroom and the bedroom where James is, is a little warmer, youngest's room is tiny and warm all year round.

If it gets too cold, we all decamp to my parent's house where it is nice and cosy....not just my little family but my brother and his family too!

misskool

we've just raised the joists and fully insulated the loft (I say we, I mean builder). Cavity wall filled, DG throughout. We have one condensing boiler, 2 downstairs + kitchen and 3 upstairs + bathroom. The only draught is from the back kitchen door, which wouldn't matter if we hadn't knocked the door through so the hallway is always a tiny bit cooler.

I can guarantee the house is about 10 degrees warmer than when we moved in 3 years ago when we had now downstairs rad (2 fires), a back boiler and a hot water tank in the bathroom!! No cavity wall or loft insulation as well. I can safely say that bringing things up to standards has reduced our gas bill and made the house warmer.

lostinrates

It is the most perfect winter morning here.

It's so crisp and hard I could have worn my slippers accross the fields and come in dry and clean (I didn't). Most of the horses with black manes and tails have had their coiD weather transformation, each hair coated in a sparkling frost (showing they are well insulated by their coats).

They are hovering around the yard and barn. The puppy, who loves could dry weather, but like me is not keen on mud , and he also hates cold rain, he was tearing around the garden like a racing greyhound, while I held the greyhound on a tight leash promising that so will she in a few weeks, so will she.

The chickens demanded warm water to replace their ice, and I shall have to pop out a few times to attend to this today I guess, though they did say this afternoon might be sunny.

Each tree is outlined or totally frosted in glittering, silvery white, and the sky is clean and clean, no freezing fog here. The boiler, (which this morning is burning) is filling the clean crisp air with the delightful scent of pine and cloves.

Everything utilitarian is turned into a thing of beauty...ugly metal gate? No, glittery gate way to winter wonderland! Handle less backet? No! Sparkling receptical for feathered ice, concrete yard...no, shiny sparking dance floor of a yard. (I must spread grit soon!)

The sun rose a coral colour heavy in a halo of gold but in a cold lavender sky. It's so beautiful, so terribly, awesomely beautiful.

Gdb, I hope you can see some of these things to help make these shortest days as full of their magic as possible, to help alleviate the lack of light and sun.

I woke, my head so sore I could not walk in a straight line, and stumbled down the stairs before bundling my grumpy self into my clothes, and I came back in full of the wonder of the world and so grateful I have seen a small corner of this beauty this morning.

lostinrates

SingleSue wrote: »

1 room downstairs plus a kitchen and a small utility room and 3 bedroom upstairs (well actually 2.5 bedrooms as a single bed can only just fit in youngest's room) with one bathroom and a toilet (the loo is seperate to the bath). Double glazed throughout, central heating but not a scoobie what kind of boiler!

In the winter, my bedroom averages 14 degrees, a bit too cold for me as I feel the cold but I am conscious of the heating bills..it doesn't help I live in a pre fab, draughty house. The frontroom and the bedroom where James is, is a little warmer, youngest's room is tiny and warm all year round.

If it gets too cold, we all decamp to my parent's house where it is nice and cosy....not just my little family but my brother and his family too!

I wonder if the decamping to parents helps you all stay so close and happy and supportive, or whether it's just because of it?

If we had a warm house I would certainly want to share it with friends/ family who did not!

vivatifosi

SingleSue wrote: »

1 room downstairs plus a kitchen and a small utility room and 3 bedroom upstairs (well actually 2.5 bedrooms as a single bed can only just fit in youngest's room) with one bathroom and a toilet (the loo is seperate to the bath). Double glazed throughout, central heating but not a scoobie what kind of boiler!

In the winter, my bedroom averages 14 degrees, a bit too cold for me as I feel the cold but I am conscious of the heating bills..it doesn't help I live in a pre fab, draughty house. The frontroom and the bedroom where James is, is a little warmer, youngest's room is tiny and warm all year round.

If it gets too cold, we all decamp to my parent's house where it is nice and cosy....not just my little family but my brother and his family too!

I don't know if pre-fabs have cavities that can be insulated, but is it worth speaking to the council to see whether you are eligible for some other form of insulation, such as insulated panels that go on the inside of your house? They'd make the rooms a fraction smaller, but you would certainly benefit from a warmer house. Plus of course additional loft insulation.
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Take-action/Find-a-grant

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

I don't know if pre-fabs have cavities that can be insulated, but is it worth speaking to the council to see whether you are eligible for some other form of insulation, such as insulated panels that go on the inside of your house? They'd make the rooms a fraction smaller, but you would certainly benefit from a warmer house. Plus of course additional loft insulation.
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Take-action/Find-a-grant

We have had internal insulation in the doozer died bit. It's worth loosing a fraction of space for IMO.

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

We have had internal insulation in the doozer died bit. It's worth loosing a fraction of space for IMO.

It's what my brother has done in his house and it is much warmer. I'm going to try to persuade my dad and brother to do my parent's house next. The panels themselves are not particularly expensive and given that they are both in the trade have the skills to DIY.

Wheezy_2

Another mass loo-roll buyer here.

Velvet was on promo in Sainsburys a few weeks ago, 16 rolls for £4 if I remember correctly.
Got 5 packs, trolley was full, so needed to make an intermediate car drop-off before continuing the rest of the shopping.

Velvet rules.
I had several bad experiences with Andrex where the cutting line of different layers didn't match up for some reason.

I hope you all found this post very interesting.

GDB2222

Wheezy wrote: »

Another mass loo-roll buyer here.

Velvet was on promo in Sainsburys a few weeks ago, 16 rolls for £4 if I remember correctly.
Got 5 packs, trolley was full, so needed to make an intermediate car drop-off before continuing the rest of the shopping.

Velvet rules.
I had several bad experiences with Andrex where the cutting line of different layers didn't match up for some reason.

I hope you all found this post very interesting.

You can never have too much toilet paper!

Top tip: If the cutting lines don't match up, that's probably because one of the layers of the multi-ply paper is out of sync by one complete circumference of the roll - hope that makes sense.

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

It is the most perfect winter morning here.

It's so crisp and hard I could have worn my slippers accross the fields and come in dry and clean (I didn't). Most of the horses with black manes and tails have had their coiD weather transformation, each hair coated in a sparkling frost (showing they are well insulated by their coats).

They are hovering around the yard and barn. The puppy, who loves could dry weather, but like me is not keen on mud , and he also hates cold rain, he was tearing around the garden like a racing greyhound, while I held the greyhound on a tight leash promising that so will she in a few weeks, so will she.

The chickens demanded warm water to replace their ice, and I shall have to pop out a few times to attend to this today I guess, though they did say this afternoon might be sunny.

Each tree is outlined or totally frosted in glittering, silvery white, and the sky is clean and clean, no freezing fog here. The boiler, (which this morning is burning) is filling the clean crisp air with the delightful scent of pine and cloves.

Everything utilitarian is turned into a thing of beauty...ugly metal gate? No, glittery gate way to winter wonderland! Handle less backet? No! Sparkling receptical for feathered ice, concrete yard...no, shiny sparking dance floor of a yard. (I must spread grit soon!)

The sun rose a coral colour heavy in a halo of gold but in a cold lavender sky. It's so beautiful, so terribly, awesomely beautiful.

Gdb, I hope you can see some of these things to help make these shortest days as full of their magic as possible, to help alleviate the lack of light and sun.

I woke, my head so sore I could not walk in a straight line, and stumbled down the stairs before bundling my grumpy self into my clothes, and I came back in full of the wonder of the world and so grateful I have seen a small corner of this beauty this morning.

Sounds like you are having a better day!