Preparing for Winter

mardatha

SammyKaye --everything will eat cheap dog or cat food. But a dog or cat might get to it first before the poor fox eh !
Re our cat, we fitted a catflap to the shed door and tried a bed in there but he wouldnt use it. God knows what kind of hangups he has, he's very jumpy.

rosieben

Hi Els :j lovely to see you! sending email

reading this thread is making me feel sooooo cold.

sammy_kaye18

madartha

is there anyway you could prop somethign up against the stick box to make a sort of wind/rain/hail/snow break for Mr Puss so that he is not exposed to the elements but he isnt enclosed??? so ou get what i mean???

its windy as hell here at the minute and i am not liking it one bit it has to be said - its a bit chilly and ive no idea of the temerature in my living room at this precise moment althogh i do have 3 candles burning (tea lights) and away form small person but i am seriously considering going and finding my hot water bottle - already have cosy toes on with trainers!!!

spankymonkey_2

well i have had to put my heating on its only on 16 ish so it takes the chill off. weather doesn't look to nice for this weekend so i am battening the hatches and hibernating!

bellybabe_2

elljay wrote: »

YThey've got them in Damart but they're £13 each and what with postage I could get a whole jumper for that. (http://www.damart.co.uk/pls/portal/site_framework.product?p_product_code=TCD825X)

has anyone seen them anywhere else?

Thanks

Liz

and ps, no heating yet, wonderful Aldi thermals,small log fire, lentil soup with loads of chilli in. Can't last for long though. Peak District.

Patra silk sell them but they're even more expnsive than damart, but are 95% silk.

http://www.patra.com/ProductList.asp?PageNumber=7&CatID1=16&RP=0&C1=1&C2=16&C3=0&CatID2=0

BB
PS I live in Scotland but am from the Peak District...it was colder there than it ever is in this part of Scotland!

sammyjig

Well, we still have no heating on. It was freezing this morning when I got up but my thermometer is now reading a positively tropical 17.1!!

DH is having to take a hot water bottle to bed at the moment as he is having problems with his leg and foot getting very cold following the infection he had. I decided I would take one too. Fell asleep and awoke at 2am to find cat pushing at my feet, I moved them and he sat right on top of the hot water bottle and didn't move until DS got up to feed him this morning!! Poor puss is old and a bit arthritic. Think he had a lovely nights sleep!

sammy_kaye18

ok still no heating but am seriously considering it - have just snug proofed dogs bed - put an old pillow in an old pillowcase and put it in his old bed - he has one of those weird polyester foam thing beds that has sides but no cushioning if you know what i mean - will find a picture just incase

http://www.petplanet.co.uk/shop_dev/...noozee_bed.jpg

vey basic but better than nothing. Well he now has a cushion in an old pillowcase stuffed in the bottom of it so he has comfy padding. He was quite happy in it but think with this weather he needed somethign to snuggle into -thinking about getting him one of those large cat beds that are a bit like a hole - maybe he'll be warmer and more comfortable

My 4 year old also gave me a good idea - hes been off playign in his rooma dn has obviously been in the 'no children allowed to open this tub' as hes reappeared witha teddy dressed in some of his old clothes - brainwave!!! - now my doggy is sporting the latest fashion - a small tshirt that was my sons at about 6 months - which has the words 'teddy made me do it' written across the front - although the front is now on the dogs back - but he looks warmer and seems to be cuddling up happily with my 4 year old now so hey ho - wont need the doggy jumper after all. and the slogan seems quite fitting for a jack russell.

my sister also gave me a bit of advice that her american bulldog use to stop eating in winter too and she said take his food up and give him a small dish of water nad to feed him chicken soup. The thinking being its full of nutrients for him and if hes hungry he'll eat it, also he has a drink available and that i can slowly add some of his dry food to it so it goes soggy.

spankymonkey_2

well i now have a healthy temperature of 16 degrees in the dining room where i am sitting on the pc! the kids are in the living room playing tents .
all the rads are off upstairs except the bathroom daughter is lucky in the winter she has the hot water tank in her room......im going to dig out some stuff for my 2 jack russels
to wear they sleep in the garage/wash room ,but they always huddle up together to keep warm and have loads of blankets.

cairndog

Caterina wrote: »

Thank you for the replies re. insulating the inside of the outside walls (if it makes sense), it sounds like it is really worth doing! Unfortunately we won't be able to do it the OS way (e.g. ourselves) but will have to pay workmen to do it, because DH works full time and I have zero DYI skills!

Ah well, I shall get a few quotes and report here if anyone is interested!

Caterina

Hi Caterina
We have a very(300 yrs)old cottage in kent + I looked into this as we've lots of outside walls + heat with LPG as no mains gas here.I found some stuff on internet called SEMPATAP and sent for all the samples + info(www.mgcltd.co.uk) My OH not able to do this sort of job now so we got a quote for decorating our bedroom,which has 3 outside walls,+ asked the chap to put this on at the same time.It goes directly onto the wall and is 10mm thick, then you can paint or paper over it.It lets the walls breathe so it won,t cause damp and it,s been ok,d by The Energy Saving Trust.
It was a bit tricky to get on but our decorator had never done it before + he made a brilliant job of it.It comes in big rolls + you have to buy the special glue as well but it,s really made a big difference to the room which was like an ice box before.
This was about 2 yrs ago + the grant people said it might come in as an alternative to cavity wall insulation for people with solid walls (who miss out on these grants!) I'd like to get some more rooms done but at the moment......

Beccatje

I am Completely over the moon!!!

After a long time of work, planning, more work, calculating budget, chopping holes in my ceiling....

My coal stove is finally burning!!!!

WHOOOHOOO!!!!!

It is absolutely lovely!!!
It's old and a bit battered and I think that is the perfect look!
It's burning just lovely... giving off a really really nice warmth...

I am totally in luv!


I'd almost look forward to winter!

Becca