Preparing for Winter

dreaming

I saw a VERY BIG spider the other night in the bathroom when I was brushing my teeth, so when I went to bed I shut the bathroom door - lol. Mind you it was so big I think it could have reached the door knob and opened it.

Olliebeak

This has come back to my mind due to another thread on this board at the moment.

The worst thing I ever saw, in a bathroom, was back in my grandparents old house in 1970. We had a groundfloor bathroom - converted from the 'old wash-house'. The builder didn't seem to have done a very good job and it was always damp and cold in there.

One morning, I'd had a wash and was cleaning my teeth. Lazy, as always, I bent down to put my mouth under the cold tap to rinse, when I spotted the BIGGEST, SLIMIEST slug in the whole world wrapped around the base of the tap - just under the spout and STARING at me :eek::eek::eek: - I know they have 'feelers' but I'll swear to God it was STARING at me!

It was like a scene from a 'Carry On' film as I (aged 19) shot out of the bathroom, past my younger brother (10), screaming my head off, in a pair of briefs with my arms crossed across my bare boobs! Kid brother took great delight in telling the tale to all his obnoxious pals for months after :mad:.

Bigsister

Olliebeak wrote: »

This has come back to my mind due to another thread on this board at the moment.

The worst thing I ever saw, in a bathroom, was back in my grandparents old house in 1970. We had a groundfloor bathroom - converted from the 'old wash-house'. The builder didn't seem to have done a very good job and it was always damp and cold in there.

One morning, I'd had a wash and was cleaning my teeth. Lazy, as always, I bent down to put my mouth under the cold tap to rinse, when I spotted the BIGGEST, SLIMIEST slug in the whole world wrapped around the base of the tap - just under the spout and STARING at me :eek::eek::eek: - I know they have 'feelers' but I'll swear to God it was STARING at me!

It was like a scene from a 'Carry On' film as I (aged 19) shot out of the bathroom, past my younger brother (10), screaming my head off, in a pair of briefs with my arms crossed across my bare boobs! Kid brother took great delight in telling the tale to all his obnoxious pals for months after :mad:.

We have a gap under our house that is small at the front and gets big enough to stand up in and some houses have cellars (made it bigger thourhgout) and so every winter we have a slug that comes into the porch and tries to get into the house, now its probably not the same one?? but we have sealed the skirting boards, added carpet etc but I think this slug is a super slug that can contort and squeeze through what must be the smallest crack somewhere we cannot see!

kingshir

My DD feels the cold terribly and so at the weekend I attached another 13.5tog feather and down duvet to the 13.5top polyester duvet that was already on. She is the happiest bunny in the world! According to her it it the warmest, most comfy, snuggliest bed ever!! Also because it is heavy, it hardly moves so bed straighening is down to an absolute minimum:rotfl:

Confuzzled

mardatha wrote: »

Confuzzled, my house is a bit like that, its 70 years old but its solid stone. We have a big multi fuel stove and it is NEVER off, even in summer. I find if we let it go out then the place takes tons of coal to heat up again. We can turn it down very low so that it keeps all the radiators from freezing and it gives tons of hot water. I love it.

whilst i don't miss making and cleaning fires everyday i do miss the hot water we used to get off of one of them! i do admit i'd love a multi fuel stove but for now i'll just have to settle for storage heaters in an upstairs flat!

Confuzzled

blueberrypie wrote: »

Now in Northern Ireland, where the temperature range is much smaller! - but still have a ceiling-fan in the bedroom, and it makes a big difference. I'd have them in every bedroom if the kids didn't have bunk-beds LOL

ooh the image that gave me!!

steerpike

Sainsbury have great offer on - 900g resealable tub of Crawfords Family Circle Biscuits for £2.....at that price these are a must-have bargain for the winter store cupboard or for a cheap and cheerful (but very acceptable) Xmas present

Caterina

Hi all

As always, at this time of the year I pop into this thread to catch up with OS ideas for winter. Luckily the thermals situation is still ok as I stocked up last year for all the family.

At the moment though I am stuck with NO curtains in the front room, the old ones were just horrid and the curtain track was not working. DH and I decided to try our hand at making roman blinds but I can't see this happening in a hurry somehow.

I hope we will manage to get something together before the cold winter comes. Also this year I am planning to get a couple of fleece blankets, sew them together and stick them, curtain-like, over the front door, to keep draughts out.

Next urgent job: fix the cat flap (well really need to buy a new one because the one we have is knackered by innumerable cats chasing each other through it!).

Happy winter preparations, all!

bluebag

ktpie wrote: »

Another thing I was looking at in Ikea the other day (honestly I don't work for them!) was their clothes pulleys, they are metal and quite small but quite a bit cheaper than anywhere else. I like the idea of hanging the washing out of the way.

It's amazing how much hot air gathers at the ceiling isn't it? In our old house we had a small kitchen which also had the boiler in it and if you put your hand up near the ceiling it was always really hot. Our new house has ceiling fans in the bedrooms and apparently these can help even out the temperature in a room, if you put them on reverse then the air doesn't blow straight down onto you but encourages the warm air to circulate. Not tried this yet I should add but will have a go this winter. Not sure how much they cost to run so might not end up saving much money but if having it on for a couple of minutes when the heating has just come on helps the room heat up it could be useful.

Fans cost very little to run, so it would help in chasing down the hot air from the ceiling and a lot cheaper than extra gas.

bluebag

mrsow wrote: »

hiya

ive just started reading this thread from the beginning as this will be our 1st winter in this house and we are feeling the cold already.

Any ideas for a freezing cold bathroom we have a small radiator in there but it doesnt seem to do much for the room, the bath itself is cold to touch and has been all through the summer so we are dreading the winter.

A bit pricey but you could try having a wall mounted fan heater in there just to use when you need it. They are expensive to run for long periods of time, but about 20 mins or so while you get out of the bath/shower shoudn't run off too much with the bills. Because it's a bathroom it has to be fitted by an electrician, so I'm not so sure it would be good for short term money saving. Chepo solution, wrap yourself in a towel and hot foot it into the warmest room.