Preparing for Winter

Hapless_2

I know my dad used to put clear plastic up at the windows when i was a kid, may do that as our windows are awful and the council won't replace them. (mumble grumble)

kethry

Hapless wrote: »

i thought i was the only one who did that.

LOL nope i don't think so!! I remember reading a thread last year on saving money on gas and electricity.. it went on for pages and pages, all full of ideas on saving both gas and leccy, and people got quite competitive about keeping the heating off for as long as they could! Anyway, that tip about the duvet was on there, and i didn't do it last year and i remember thinking a few times during the winter "i can feel the cold coming through the mattress" (we've the kind of bed that doesn't have anything between the floor and the wooden bed slats) and thinking that maybe i should get the duvet out to put underneath the sheets. I never did (lazy) but i'm determined to do it this year. see if it makes a difference.

louidog

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

*fingers in ears smiley* la - la - la. I can't hear you

Penny. x

Same here...I really wish I was an Earth Mother but just seem to get good intentions and nothing else!!!

I still have my winter duvet on the bed as it's been so cold so far this summer :eek:

Hapless_2

Oh it definately makes a difference, a big difference. When we wake up on a frosty morning it's a race to see who can get downstairs to light the rayburn and get the kettle on first.

denise_h_2

Hapless wrote: »

I know my dad used to put clear plastic up at the windows when i was a kid, may do that as our windows are awful and the council won't replace them. (mumble grumble)

I don 't know if you can still get it, but many years ago when I was young and skint I got some "instant double glazing" from the DIY shop. It consisted of sticky tape that you put round the window frame and a polythene sheet that you cut to fit. When you had done this you used a hairdyer on a low heat and shrunk the polythene until it was as tight as a drum. It really kept a lot of the unwanted draughts out. Then when spring came round you peeled it off. Its only disdvantage was that once it was in place you couldn't open a window

Hardup_Hester

Yes the instant double glazing is still available, my DD puts it on her windows each year.
We are lucky, we're double glazed throughout & the house has cavity wall insulation, we have also added extra 6 inchs of loft insulation.
Before we bought our own place we were in a top floor flat, the windows aere double glazed, but were fitted badly so we had tremendous draughts coming in, also the front door was to small & you could see daylight all round it, I got a pair of huge pink velvet lined curtains & sewed them together, hubby hung a broom handle over the door & we hung them from that, it made such a difference, there were 6 rooms in the flat in total & only 3 of them had heating in.
Hester

Hapless_2

We havecavity wall insulation, but only downstairs as the upstairs is wood and tiles. (cornish unit)

The Cornish Unit has two distinct parts to its construction. The ground floor structure comprises reinforced concrete panels slotted between them in pre-formed grooves in the column sections. The first floor and roof is a tile-hung timber structure which is supported by the concrete columns of the house.

Ellidee

Love your cottagey house Hapless.

belfastgirl23

I just got the final late summer garden sorting done. Yay me.

I do hurt all over though...

overlykeensaver

thriftlady wrote: »

This autumn/late summer I shall be making;
bread and butter pickles

is there a recipe:j?