Preparing for Winter

BigMummaF

THIRZAH wrote: »

The Council phoned DF when he was 70 to see if he needed help with mobility etc-it took a short while for him to get to the phone as he was up on the roof mending a leak.

Good on Him :T
That's something else that I find peculiar...mum came from Hampshire originally & through various contacts we've heard about the services they provide for their residents. Our lot are hard pressed to answer the phone & must have aspirations to design mazes with all the twists & turns they make on their 'policies' :mad:

BigMummaF

We were watching the Country- programme yesterday morning & the forecast is for more snow on Weds, from tippee-top of Scotland down to furthermost Kent shores Generally these forecasts are pretty good; we didn't see the Country-File prog in the evening so can't say if they were the same but even so, it's something to be aware of.

I am convinced the curtain across the glass panel in the front door has been a good investment & I'm going to search out some more for the downstairs loo & upstairs bathroom windows but then I'd also need a hanging rail of some sort :think: I had snaffled some bubble-wrap [only from hidden corners of various folks hidey-holes I hasten to add! nothing criminal I promise ] to put on the already frosted double-glazing that it isn't really big enough so may get the extra-wide sticky tape out to make a poppable patchwork quilt & do that first.

mardatha

I once put bubble wrap on my glass back door, which faces north and lets the cold air in when the wind blows from the north or east. It did make a big difference, but I took it off again because I couldnt see the wee birds through it

zarazara

got both fires lit. its supposed to be milder but the damp gets into the bones. on the bright side managed to get a fleece blanket yesterday for £1

Confuzzled

mardatha wrote: »

I once put bubble wrap on my glass back door, which faces north and lets the cold air in when the wind blows from the north or east. It did make a big difference, but I took it off again because I couldnt see the wee birds through it

the bubblewrap i put in my bathroom window (already privacy glass so it didn't block a view) has made a huge difference, i also put it on the glass door at the top of the stairs (i live upstairs but have a main door entrance) and though i would have liked to be able to look through it since there is a window at the top of the stairs the difference to the temp in the hallway was huge :T

Frugaldom

Another bubblewrap enthusiast here - I have it over the skylight in the attic and the skylight in the hall and it made such a huge difference this year. I still spent an extra £20 on electricity when temperature dropped to minus 10C recently but that was more because logs were running low and the deliveries couldn't get along our drive for about 3 weeks, so I'd to resort to plugging in oil-filled radiators rather than run out of logs without knowing how long it would take to clear the road. All sorted now, logstore full and leccie dropped by more than £10 over past week. (The fleeces as window blinds have also been brilliant.)

mama67

Another fan here as well, the window at the top of our stairs is very draughty, cant seal as this is the ecape window for upstairs, so I have put bubble wrap over it and it has made a big difference.

We all have 13.5 tog quilts then a 4 tog summer quilt and the boys also have fleece balnkets on their beds, no need for heating once in bed as all toasty warm.

Oil for the CH is 52p/ltr and was due to go up last week.

Coal for the open fire is £300/tonne,

mardatha

SO is ours. We asked if it was a lot cheaper if we bought a ton and he said no its just the same !! Lots of people say its cheaper if you buy in bulk but ours isnt.

Frugaldom

Hi guys, after all the winter preparations for this winter, I have now started preparing for next winter! :rotfl: My landlord has agreed to allow us to fit a log burner or multi fuel stove with back boiler where the old Rayburn used to be. :j It's a longterm investment, as we need to rely on immersion heater for hot water and there's no heater in the kitchen at all at the moment. So, as soon as the weather improves, I'll be back to squirrelling away kindling, pine cones, fallen branches etc. :T

downshifter

nykmedia wrote: »

Hi guys, after all the winter preparations for this winter, I have now started preparing for next winter! :rotfl: My landlord has agreed to allow us to fit a log burner or multi fuel stove with back boiler where the old Rayburn used to be. :j It's a longterm investment, as we need to rely on immersion heater for hot water and there's no heater in the kitchen at all at the moment. So, as soon as the weather improves, I'll be back to squirrelling away kindling, pine cones, fallen branches etc. :T

OH wow! That's fantastic. Have you any idea how much it might cost? Unlikely that mine would pay out but I'd love to try. Well done. I have an open fire in the kitchen but it doesn't chuck out much heat. I dream of a log burner with back boiler in that space.

DS