Preparing for Winter

beingfrugal

muffin_man_7 wrote: »

Beingfrugal in your post3847 on 4 july you refered to electric heater for bedrooms (1p a minute) are you sure you meant to say 1p a minute because that would be 60p an hour. Which heater is this refering to when we had a temperamental heating system well over 5 years ago we got a couple of oil radiators and they only cost 1 unit of electric per hour on full at 10p a unit thats 6 hours of heat compared to your 1 hour and we didnt need them on full every time we now have a combi boiler so dont use them as much except december january to boost the heat a bit if some one not well or when grandkids round gas fire a NO NO WITH SMALL KIDS RUNNING ROUND hope this is of some help the thought of 60p an hour is over the top

Hi muffin man 7

I have not added on my up to date list of what I need to add for winter the penny a minute rads.. i did actually mean penny an hour lol

I posted elsewhere on MSE (think it was DIY) about the 1p an hour rads as my father in law swares by them. The general consensus there was if they only cost a penny an hour then they will be no more use than a light bulb so I scrapped that idea and decided to not heat the bedrooms at all, just blankets galore and a toasty bathroom and downstairs.

Do you think it is worth buying some of the penny an hour rads then? Bedrooms aren't massive but spacious with laminate floors.. very cold last year and gas rads couldn't cope, just no point putting them on the amount it cost.

I'm off to find an old pair of curtains that i'm going to hang on the front door.. fancy thick velvetty but needs must, i'll have to just use them.

EDIT: 30 mins later a voila!



Curtain is tab top hidden behind so I've had to just slot the tabs between the rail attachment, tie back came from my house that we lost but no where here to put them. I was going to take up the hem of the curtain but figured the more material on the floor would be better for the draughts... note the ill fitted rental door, flush at the top and gap at the bottom - story of this house, looks nice (after I was finished!) but functally it's carp *rolleyes*

muffin_man_7

Beingfrugal: regarding your question about the penny rads unless i know which ones they are i cant give an answer but i am very curious which ones they are might even be interested myself

beingfrugal

The one my father in law has is Dimplex Panel Heater 400W. It's around £50. I'm just not sure whether to buy it or not. I fear if the gas rads couldn't warm the bedroom up then this would be as hopeless too. I just don't know

mardatha

Am sure you can read reviews of them on Amazon... my daughter was thinking about them but decided her place is so cold they'd be a waste of space. The reviews weren't great.

nickynoo08

I love this thread:j
I love summer but i love winter - well the thought of winter:D, i love getting out all the fleece blankets and snuggling on the sofa with my little uns. For a change we were fairly well prepared for winter last year but there are a few things that need to be done for this year to make our house even more snug and to keep costs down.

To do list....
Finish crocheting my blanket for the front room

Insulate kitchen extension roof - builder botched it and we've only just realised:o, thankfully my uncle is gonna do it for us and wont cost much money but will make a huge difference.

Buy a blind for the kitchen window

Add extra fleece linings to my french door curtains

Buy some more fleece pj's

Buy another rug for my dining room

katieclampet

tara747 wrote: »

p.s. just remembered another fab thing about summer - being able to dry clothes outside!!! I love doing a wash, putting the stuff outside overnight and taking it in next morning all dry and fresh! You can't beat pottering about in the garden either.

(((((((((((((((((((summer))))))))))))))))))

Me too!

Hi tara, hope you are well, haven't seen you posting for a while,

katiex

jamanda

Well, you've all got me going again. Bought two hot water bottles from Home Bargains today (£1.99 each). DH cracked up laughing, so I told him one was for my feet and the other for my back. Didn't he wish I'd bought him one?? We'll be fighting for them come winter - I know him. Need to buy covers for them now (or make them) somewhere cheap. Oh, and I've picked some slippers up today as well. So there's a start ...

Winchelsea

Thanks to this thread I've remembered what I said I'd do, back in the spring. Our house seemed so cold a lot of the time despite the CH, and DD2 managed to blow up our electric fire by turning it on full! So I decided I would get a gas fire in the summer sales. Did consider a wood burner (used to have one, but one of our moves was to a modern house with no chimney, so sold it) - but decided that it would be too much work, as I was a 24/7 carer at the time.

Then the weather warmed up and I forgot about the gas fire. Anyway, I've remembered now, and a man's coming to look at our grate etc on Friday. And there's a sale on!

The other thing I've done is buy some thicker curtains for the winter.

I also plan to look for some cheap fleece in white or a pale colour, to make some inner curtains to thread on those spring-loaded poles meant for nets. I tried this before, and made a quick quilt specially, but it was too heavy and fell down, so used some cheap bed sheets from the dry cleaners (who also have a commercial laundry). These did keep some heat in, but would like to try fleece - I think it should be light enough.

The quilt by the way became a throw on the sofa - very nice to snuggle up with!

Winchelsea

In case you wondered, the sheets from the cleaners are ones that have got slight damage, enough I guess to be no good for their hotel contracts etc.

Kitchenbunny

Well, I've given up on the crocheted blanket as I can't crochet for toffee. I'll work something out and in my lunch hour I'll try and cross-stitch little Christmas decorations to give to people in place of cards. Something they can hang on their tree year after year instead of put into the recycling. I love winter, and the run up to Christmas.

I might have a look for some of that plastic wrap double glazing for the windows though...

KB xx