Preparing for Winter

sammy_kaye18

Hi guys and girls

Has anyone had much luck with velcroing fleeces to window edges - reason being I have a Large window in my living room and I mean - its about 3 meters wide with about 2 meter drop and its recessed into the wall.

When we moved in and put curtains up the curtain rail bar sticks out about 4/5 inches form the edge of the recess so it leaves about a foot wide gap between window and curtain - we did scavenge some old roller blinds from a neighbouring flat but they are well worn and old and don't fit properly so I was thinking of using 2 fleece blankets (there is a middle beam in the window) and velcroing one fleece blanket on half and another fleece blanket on the other to help keep cold out. Do you think this would work???

Have let my winter preparations slip somewhat lately but am absolutely freezing so today I will be sorting things out and getting them done.

Today I Will

• get out fleece blankets for chairs
• change bedding and put fleeces on beds
• find out all pyjamas
• find out and clean draft excluders
• find gloves/hats/scarves etc
• hot water bottles
• rice bag for muttley
• snuggly bed for bruno
• jumper for muttley
• sort his bed out
• sort window in hallway with a curtain/fleece to stop the cold
• re set thermostat and heating again
• line the living room windows! its freezing and we spend 90% of the day in here
• line our bedroom curtains as for some reason our radiator has never worked and the council still havent mended it after 5 years!

looks like I have plenty to do today!

DianaMattos

Our front door opens right into our lounge. We have no porch or hallway, but to the right hand side of the front door is 18ins of leftover wall from when there was a hallway (that was about as wide as the door) and on the left-hand side is a wall with a door in it.

What can I do to stop my front door from letting out all the warm air? Our lounge is the coldest room in the house, and while the front door is relatively new and UPVC, I am not convinced that it isn't airtight. There is no room for a curtain pole over the door, and nowhere for hypothetical curtain to live once it is drawn back. Obviously I can't seal around the door as we use it all the time.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

laurel7172

DianaMattos wrote: »

Our front door opens right into our lounge. We have no porch or hallway, but to the right hand side of the front door is 18ins of leftover wall from when there was a hallway (that was about as wide as the door) and on the left-hand side is a wall with a door in it.

What can I do to stop my front door from letting out all the warm air? Our lounge is the coldest room in the house, and while the front door is relatively new and UPVC, I am not convinced that it isn't airtight. There is no room for a curtain pole over the door, and nowhere for hypothetical curtain to live once it is drawn back. Obviously I can't seal around the door as we use it all the time.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

If you haven't done so already, apply draught sealing strip to the frame (it shouldn't affect door opening and closing) and, if necessary, fit a letterbox draught excluder. Put fridge magnets over keyholes when not in use (thanks to the originator of that tip).

If the door contains a lot of single glazed glass, consider secondary double glazing of some description-method and price varying from cling film and tape upwards!

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Mayday

Mum_on_a_mission wrote: »

We have a Victorian house with a lot of open fireplaces - one of our best investments was chimney balloons for the downstairs rooms that you sit in. The initial cost was more than offset by £'s saved on heating plus the rooms are much warmer to be in. They are easy to inflate/deflate, and we took them out for "summer" but will be putting them back this week.

You can get them from various places but we used http://www.chimney-balloon.co.uk/ because we needed one to be made for a huge sized chimey space (originally a cooking range).

hth

Moam

When we moved into our Victorian house 2 years ago, we found all the fireplaces (and we have 5) had pillows and old duvets stuffed up the chimneys to stop the draughts -and they seem to work

laurel7172

DianaMattos wrote: »

Our front door opens right into our lounge. We have no porch or hallway, but to the right hand side of the front door is 18ins of leftover wall from when there was a hallway (that was about as wide as the door) and on the left-hand side is a wall with a door in it.

What can I do to stop my front door from letting out all the warm air? Our lounge is the coldest room in the house, and while the front door is relatively new and UPVC, I am not convinced that it isn't airtight. There is no room for a curtain pole over the door, and nowhere for hypothetical curtain to live once it is drawn back. Obviously I can't seal around the door as we use it all the time.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Another thought...you could attach a curtain pole to the ceiling just behind the door. It might be a bit of a drag shoving the curtain behind the door all the time, but if you're cold...and you could always remove it during the warmer months.

BigMummaF

DianaMattos wrote: »

Our front door opens right into our lounge. We have no porch or hallway, but to the right hand side of the front door is 18ins of leftover wall from when there was a hallway (that was about as wide as the door) and on the left-hand side is a wall with a door in it.

What can I do to stop my front door from letting out all the warm air? Our lounge is the coldest room in the house, and while the front door is relatively new and UPVC, I am not convinced that it isn't airtight. There is no room for a curtain pole over the door, and nowhere for hypothetical curtain to live once it is drawn back. Obviously I can't seal around the door as we use it all the time.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

My first thought was to get inspiration from those curtain rails you have for making a shower cubical over the bath! Have a look at these--2,3 & 6 are the types I was thinking of--maybe not the most attractive solution but would help to keep the warmth in the house. I should think something like this would support the weight of a fleece :rolleyes: & would mean you have a little 'hallway' when you've opened the door. Then again, I've probably imagined a totally different layout to your house so feel free to ignore me

kingshir

Mayday wrote: »

When we moved into our Victorian house 2 years ago, we found all the fireplaces (and we have 5) had pillows and old duvets stuffed up the chimneys to stop the draughts -and they seem to work

I have posted this before, but we have always used old pillows to stuff up the chimney and they are, as you say very effective and free as I use old pillows!

poshm

Does anyone please have any thrifty tips on keeping warm in the house - insulating the house etc

We have the heating on for a hour first thing and in the early evening as we have a toddler but it is off all day long and starting to get cold now

I thought about putting a curtain over the front door as that's a bit chilly - any other tips on keeping the house warm on a very low budget?

maman

DianaMattos wrote: »

Our front door opens right into our lounge. We have no porch or hallway, but to the right hand side of the front door is 18ins of leftover wall from when there was a hallway (that was about as wide as the door) and on the left-hand side is a wall with a door in it.

What can I do to stop my front door from letting out all the warm air? Our lounge is the coldest room in the house, and while the front door is relatively new and UPVC, I am not convinced that it isn't airtight. There is no room for a curtain pole over the door, and nowhere for hypothetical curtain to live once it is drawn back. Obviously I can't seal around the door as we use it all the time.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Hi Diana

I'm gathering ideas about covering my front door too. I have draught excluder but the glass lets in lots of cold air. Posters have given me some ideas (thanks) but I don't have much room for a rail or much space at the sides of door. My latest thought is to hang a curtain/fleece on a wooden pole (just make a hem at top and poke it through) then suspend on cup hooks. In the day I could take it down and hide it. Fortunately not too cold here yet so time to think!