Preparing for Winter

smileyt_2

maryb wrote: »

I'm not sure about this for the reason that we have a big coir doormat outside the front door which gets very slippery if there is any snow in the bristles. It's almost impossible to brush the snow off completely so what's left freezes.

I'm sure it would work if you put it down on top of the snow but they are quite heavy and dusty so the temptation would be to leave it in place. Then you would be in trouble if you got fresh snowfall

Well, I've never seen one before so I don't know what they're like. I just thought it might be useful. I don't have a coir doormat either (it would 'walk' around here!) so I have no experience of snow in bristles.

Of course the answer is to emigrate to Barbados :rotfl:Oh, my laughing smiley isn't rolling. He must be frozen (groan, sorry couldn't resist it!)

ETA Oh, the smiley is rolling now. Well, I'll just give up on technology and go and have a good old-fashioned cup of tea!

smileyt_2

Was in Poundland yesterday and they are selling rolls of bubblewrap. For a £1, in fact :rotfl:

Winged_one

I am now thinking that I should sort out a box for the car as I am back to driving daily rather than using the buses.

But I did get the coal bunker filled on Friday, so that is another thing crossed off the list.

maryb

smileyt wrote: »

Well, I've never seen one before so I don't know what they're like. I just thought it might be useful. I don't have a coir doormat either (it would 'walk' around here!) so I have no experience of snow in bristles.

Of course the answer is to emigrate to Barbados :rotfl:Oh, my laughing smiley isn't rolling. He must be frozen (groan, sorry couldn't resist it!)

ETA Oh, the smiley is rolling now. Well, I'll just give up on technology and go and have a good old-fashioned cup of tea!

I'm sorry you felt I was being dismissive, I didn't mean to be, I just thought it would be helpful for others to know what a coir doormat is like in snow before spending money

thriftmonster

jackieglasgow wrote: »

I work for a well known heating repair company, and the volume of calls we had from people with this problem last year was incredible!!! For every customer I sent an engineer out to, I must have easily sent ten off the phone with instructions on how to defrost this pipe themselves instead of waiting for someone to get to them. Definitely worth bearing in mind. Mine froze a couple of times, too, and in the end I put a plastic box wrapped in an old pillow and some polystyrene over the pipe to stop it happening. It wasn't so much that the pipe needed lagging as the water was freezing on contact with the -8 degrees outside!

:DYes Jackie I think it was the -7C that did for mine as well but when I finally got lagging from B&Q when the snow melted it coped for the rest of the winter. And I think the neighbours thought I had finally lost it as I kept renewing the hot water bottles and towels - it was more like a home birth:rotfl:

smileyt_2

maryb wrote: »

I'm sorry you felt I was being dismissive, I didn't mean to be, I just thought it would be helpful for others to know what a coir doormat is like in snow before spending money

Oh, no, I didn't think you were being dismissive at all. I was trying to reply in a light-hearted manner as I didn't just want to ignore what you said and your greater experience of bristly things! No offence taken at all, and I hope none given. It does show how things can get mixed up on forums though, doesn't it?

hmc

can i ask what you do with the windows and bubble wrap? would you not be able to open the bathroom window then?also my front door hasnt a curtain , would 1 of those telescopic poles hold a fleece blanket above a door? i have a king size one i could cut up. and im deffo going to line my curtains with cheap fleeces thanks to the advice on here

thankyou

northwest1965

smileyt wrote: »

Was in Poundland yesterday and they are selling rolls of bubblewrap. For a £1, in fact :rotfl:

Excellent, I am going to put some over the loft hatch this year, ours doesnt fit too well so I'm sure loads of heat is wasted.

Eenymeeny

Love this thread! Talking about frozen pipes... my kitchen outlet pipe had been lying in snow overnight (it slopes into the outside drain) I put the washer on and took DS off to Tinytots and returned to a flooded kitchen and dining room! The washer had gone through the whole programme emptying 'back over' because the outlet was blocked with ice and snow! It was years ago and I still remember it vividly!:eek: Just a word of warning for those of you who get deep snow...

northwest1965

Eenymeeny wrote: »

Love this thread! Talking about frozen pipes... my kitchen outlet pipe had been lying in snow overnight (it slopes into the outside drain) I put the washer on and took DS off to Tinytots and returned to a flooded kitchen and dining room! The washer had gone through the whole programme emptying 'back over' because the outlet was blocked with ice and snow! It was years ago and I still remember it vividly!:eek: Just a word of warning for those of you who get deep snow...

It happened to me last year, needed to buy a new washer.:eek:
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