Preparing for Winter V

Uniscots97

wort said:

I had an open stairs to living room and open to kitchen , but there are doors to kitchen that can close it off in winter, as the wind whistles through the extraction fan. I put a draught excluder in front of the doors. A few years back we actually had a wall put up to partition the stairs off as the draught used to be shocking. The difference that made was immense. And although a more expensive structural change was well worth doing. And it was just a stud wall with a door with insulation in the wall. 
Is there a way to add a double door into the kitchen???
I did have the extraction fan taken out in the bathroom,  it was wrapped in bubble wrap the whole time and the bathroom was freezing, I always open the window when showering. But again the difference in heat in the room was well worth the cost . I only wished it had been done sooner! 

Yes I probably could add a double door to kitchen but until I get another job thats going to have to wait. Got made redundant a few weeks ago. 

3secondmemory

Uniscots97 said:

wort said:

I had an open stairs to living room and open to kitchen , but there are doors to kitchen that can close it off in winter, as the wind whistles through the extraction fan. I put a draught excluder in front of the doors. A few years back we actually had a wall put up to partition the stairs off as the draught used to be shocking. The difference that made was immense. And although a more expensive structural change was well worth doing. And it was just a stud wall with a door with insulation in the wall. 
Is there a way to add a double door into the kitchen???
I did have the extraction fan taken out in the bathroom,  it was wrapped in bubble wrap the whole time and the bathroom was freezing, I always open the window when showering. But again the difference in heat in the room was well worth the cost . I only wished it had been done sooner! 

Yes I probably could add a double door to kitchen but until I get another job thats going to have to wait. Got made redundant a few weeks ago. 

Commiserations. Martin had some advice if you’d been made redundant before the furlough was reinstated. Hoping that helps you 😃

IntoTheForest

Hello, I did post on here a couple of times years ago but was locked out of my old account. I got lots of good tips and tricks, I now have a stoneware pig (charity shop find) after a recommendation from a poster. We still haven't had our heating on but have swopped to the winter duvets etc. It has been incredibly mild here and I think we aren't due any properly cold weather until the end of December. Has anyone had any success with insulating a garage door? Our bedroom is over the garage and it can get very cold. I put the silver bubble wrap stuff on the door and tried to plug the gaps but it hasn't made much difference. I don't have much money but was thinking that if I cover some large cardboard boxes with emergency foil blankets then tape them over the whole door that might help? 

-taff

Look to see if the floor is insulated, that will be a bigger heat gain than the garage door itself.

IntoTheForest

-taff said:

Look to see if the floor is insulated, that will be a bigger heat gain than the garage door itself.

Unfortunately we are in a rental and the LL have said that it is perfectly acceptable 

Laura_Elsewhere

IntoTheForest said:

-taff said:

Look to see if the floor is insulated, that will be a bigger heat gain than the garage door itself.

Unfortunately we are in a rental and the LL have said that it is perfectly acceptable 

You could still add insulation inside the room above, though - my old bedroom became far far cosier when I systematically lifted the fitted carpet everywhere I could (ie shunting the bed over that way and lifting the carpet over that area, then shunting the bed over there and lifting the carpet in that corner, etc) and put down newspaper in single sheets, as many layers as I could without causing problems with the door. Multiple sheets of newspaper put down in single sheets are brilliant insulation, often free if you know anyone who gets a daily paper in print, and because you put them down in single sheets you don't have to lift the entire carpet like you would to put down underlay. I think I had a dozen sheets in much of the room, only thinning it down in the door area. 

(and I'm pleased to hear about the 'stone pig' - it was probably me who wittered on endlessly about their wonderfulness )

cuddlymarm

Hi
We had a few years in a static caravan when OH worked down south. We found extra rugs and putting a thin duvet under your sheet kept us much warmer. Simple steps like bootie slippers and extra layers keep the heat in, it’s easier keeping a steady warmth than getting cold and warming up. We used to keep the doors closed to the bedroom until about half an hour before bedtime and then if it was really cold popped a heater in there until we were in bed. 

Throws are really useful too. We are now in our small snuggly flat now but still use socks, throws etc I know this year is unusually warm but we’ve still not needed any heat on yet.

joedenise

We use a spare duvet under the sheet in our motorhome in winter - it definitely makes it nice and warm and cosy!  Don't need to do it indoors as we have a water bed which is heated!

cornishchick

first frosts on my car this morning so really cold.. glad I checked the car box the other day when I found out I had got this job. Took all of 30 seconds to grab the spray bottle of de-icer and my gloves, and a few minutes sat in the car to be completely free and ready to go. the temperature feels like it has dropped considerably for the mornings and evenings. day times are still feeling nice and warm. 

3secondmemory

cornishchick said:

first frosts on my car this morning so really cold.. glad I checked the car box the other day when I found out I had got this job. Took all of 30 seconds to grab the spray bottle of de-icer and my gloves, and a few minutes sat in the car to be completely free and ready to go. the temperature feels like it has dropped considerably for the mornings and evenings. day times are still feeling nice and warm. 

I had to get the bus very early this morning and my glasses steamed up twice as much as usual with my mask on 😂