Preparing for Winter

BigMummaF

I can still remember helping Mum make draught excluders with tightly-rolled newspapers & covering them with a bit of old curtain. I think there's still a couple in her spare bedroom, even though they were made for the old house & my parents moved from there 40 YEARS ago

I've never been one for having candles & things around, but reading thru this threadI'm thinking of having those little tea-lights stood in front of mirror tiles, to save a bit of lekkie light.

I must also crack on & write/print out the recipes & addresses I've been accumilating from here, cuz if there's a powewr cut [or the price of lekkie becomes so bad we get rid of the poota :eek: ] I'll still have a hard copy for reference.

My biggest hurdle will be convincing the offspring that slow cooker meals ARE tasty--not big fans of casseroles & stews my three--sometimes wonder if they were swapped at birth :rolleyes:

calleyw

I have given up on the idea of curtains on the front and back door as I am not sure I have enough clearance over each door to have a drapery arm on them.

Popped in to wilkinsons and got some supplies.

The brushes for the bottom of the door are £1.99 each. Also they do the foam to go around the doors going to use that instead of the curtains. I got that is called the P profile as it does look like the letter P. It fits gaps of between 3-6mm there is also something called E profile again looks like an capital letter E and that is for gaps of between 2-4mm. That was £2.79 for 6 meters. Takes approx 1 pack to do one door. Well actually I did one who door and the tops of two other doors. The door is now a sung fit and you have to slam it hard to get it to fit :rotfl:

Needs to get some more for the other doors. Anyway one of my biggest problems is my living door that is about 5 cms away from the door frame at the top so a big gap. Where at the bottom it is a snug fit

Need to get my hacksaw out and cut the brushes down and drill a few holes. The weather is lovely here and it is warm. Better than this morning when I got wet as it was raining.

Also check out your local pound shop as mine has the ordinary foam weather stuff. It is no good to me as It never lasts and the gaps in my doors are huge :rotfl:


Yours


Calley

Ellidee

Hi BMF :j . I have an oval slow cooker so do a whole chicken then just put it in the oven for about twenty mins/ half an hour , at the end, with some roasties, to crisp it up. Yum

calleyw

Ellidee wrote: »

Hi BMF :j . I have an oval slow cooker so do a whole chicken then just put it in the oven for about twenty mins/ half an hour , at the end, with some roasties, to crisp it up. Yum

I do that too. Today we popped out and I put the pork joint in the slow cooker on low. We where gone for 2 and half hours. Prepared some potatoes and then put everything in the oven for about an hour including dessert (10p apple lattices from sainsburys).


Yours


Calley

oldMcDonald

calleyw wrote: »

Popped in to wilkinsons and got some supplies.

The brushes for the bottom of the door are £1.99 each. Also they do the foam to go around the doors going to use that instead of the curtains. I got that is called the P profile as it does look like the letter P. It fits gaps of between 3-6mm there is also something called E profile again looks like an capital letter E and that is for gaps of between 2-4mm. That was £2.79 for 6 meters. Takes approx 1 pack to do one door. Well actually I did one who door and the tops of two other doors. The door is now a sung fit and you have to slam it hard to get it to fit :rotfl:

Thanks, calley

Getting some of this and doing round the front door is on my to-do list. I looked at the price in our local hardware shop today - £8.99!:eek: I will definitely be popping into Wilcos when I go into town later in the week.

calleyw

oldMcDonald wrote: »

Thanks, calley

Getting some of this and doing round the front door is on my to-do list. I looked at the price in our local hardware shop today - £8.99!:eek: I will definitely be popping into Wilcos when I go into town later in the week.

I know I looked in the wickes catalogue and theres was moreit worked out at 69p a meter. The wilkinsons one is 46 and half pence per meter.

Yours


Calley

pigpen

BigMummaF wrote: »

My biggest hurdle will be convincing the offspring that slow cooker meals ARE tasty--not big fans of casseroles & stews my three--sometimes wonder if they were swapped at birth :rolleyes:

Mine won't eat them either.. most don't like gravy so it kind of doesn't work... but a big pot of whatever does my lunches for a week!

pnq06

:j Thank you for dragging this thread back up- memories!!!

Last year I was in such a state trying to keep the house warm and ready for the baby who was due in October and this year we have had to move to a new house with gas central heating and at least a bit of hope of doing things like foil behind the radiators the MS OS way.... Bring on the winter- I can't wait!!!

:beer:

Caterina

larmy16 wrote: »

Yet more good news eh? Regarding the draught excluders. I seem to remember watching some kids programme, where they got an old jumper, cut the sleeves off, then joined them together to make a long shape. Stiched up the sides so they matched and cut off excess fabric. Then use the rest of the jumper and other odds to fill the DE. I think you can go one step further and make a little cat or dog face on them.
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If you have a pair of leggings/trousers that have seen better days it is even easier than using a jumper, just cut the legs off, stitch one side, fill with rags, close the open side. Voila 2 draught excluders done!

I could not bear to part with my beloved purple leggings, but they had been darned so many times that they were unwearable, now they sit behind my front door!

Happy stitching!

Caterina

pnq06

Right then I have just caught up with this years posts- some fab ideas, thank you to all those who contribute :j

A quick question...
How do you keep the really little ones warm as they can't yet have a duvet?
I have tried my baby with those gro-bag type things and she gets in a muddle cos she gets stuck trying to roll over :rolleyes: So at the mo she is wearing a vest, all-in-one, trousers and a pair of socks :eek: And thats on top of a cot memory foam topper and a fleece blanket- its only august for Franks sake :eek: