Preparing for Winter

shelley_crow

pebbles88 wrote: »

Slankets are in the new lakeland book at £29.99:eek::eek:

They had fake slankets (called Snuggie Rug or similar) in Netto for £14.99, red or grey I think x

pinkparrott

hi not sure this is the best place to put this but its definatley winter related.

I want to try to insulate my little boys room better as the windows are ok but not great. At the moment he has a roman blind fitted to the wall that goes down over his window but i was thinking of getting a thermal blackout roller blind from argos to fit inside the recess to help stop draughts and heat loss from the radiator below the window (not that is been on much yet ) would this work?

pebbles88

shelley_crow wrote: »

They had fake slankets (called Snuggie Rug or similar) in Netto for £14.99, red or grey I think x

that seems quite good. i had heard of them on this thread and was thinking of getting/making one, my eyes nearly popped out when i saw the price in lakeland though!!!

fayhare

They have some slanket a-likes on ebay for a tenner :-)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Snuggie-Snuggle-Wrap-Fleece-Blanket-Sleeves-Slanket_W0QQitemZ150378154936QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_Bedroom_Bedding_PP?hash=item23033c8bb8

nippyone

fayhare wrote: »

They have some slanket a-likes on ebay for a tenner :-)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Snuggie-Snuggle-Wrap-Fleece-Blanket-Sleeves-Slanket_W0QQitemZ150378154936QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_Bedroom_Bedding_PP?hash=item23033c8bb8

We mentioned a few pages back that alot (but not all) of the Morrisons stores were selling slankets for £10. They call them 'snuggle wraps' from what I have been told.

It's still worth a try if you have a Morrisons near you - especially at that price!!

pebbles88

im at morrisons tomorrow so i will have a look, ours is pretty useless though!!

jvs

They have slankets on the qvc web site for about £20 and £5 p+p

laurel7172

pinkparrott wrote: »

hi not sure this is the best place to put this but its definatley winter related.

I want to try to insulate my little boys room better as the windows are ok but not great. At the moment he has a roman blind fitted to the wall that goes down over his window but i was thinking of getting a thermal blackout roller blind from argos to fit inside the recess to help stop draughts and heat loss from the radiator below the window (not that is been on much yet ) would this work?

I'm thinking along the same lines (my son's room needs decorating), but I'm not sure a thermal blind would make a huge difference on its own, because it won't make a seal against the frame. I will do it, since I'll be buying a blind anyway, but unfortunately I can't give you any feedback.

If I had a blind I was happy with, and I just wanted to make the room warmer, I'd be tempted to try the plastic film across the window frame trick.

Confuzzled

pinkparrott wrote: »

hi not sure this is the best place to put this but its definatley winter related.

I want to try to insulate my little boys room better as the windows are ok but not great. At the moment he has a roman blind fitted to the wall that goes down over his window but i was thinking of getting a thermal blackout roller blind from argos to fit inside the recess to help stop draughts and heat loss from the radiator below the window (not that is been on much yet ) would this work?

my new flat has a blackout roller blind in the kitchen and whilst i had my doubts it would be very effective i've found it does a pretty decent job of keeping the cold at bay. you could always put some cup hooks up and hang up a fleece as a backup for really cold nights, very easy to cut to size so it's not in front of the radiator

Uniscots97

nykmedia wrote: »

Doh! Me stoopit and never even thought of that - will go ask my bro-in-law. :rotfl:

Edited in - Just noticed that you said 'manned' - not sure where nearest one of those would be, certainly not within easy reach of here

do you have an old-style hardware store near you? They normally stock that kind of thing. They do where I live.