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Suffolk_lass

I've got an overlong heavy curtain that we use inside our front door, except we haven't this year - thanks for the reminder @edinburgher

edinburgher

I took a look at this again last night. There are two options - either bodge a curtain pole directly above the front door (there's already a wooden surround that would take the weight), or add a wooden batten higher above the door and attach to this. This would necessitate removing the guts of an old alarm system and I'm not particularly keen to disturb this. In any case, max cost likely to be c. £45 (batten, curtain rail, industrial strength grip adhesive, decorator's caulk and gloss paint for the batten) and I suspect this would pay for itself over one winter.

Suffolk_lass

edinburgher said:

I took a look at this again last night. There are two options - either bodge a curtain pole directly above the front door (there's already a wooden surround that would take the weight), or add a wooden batten higher above the door and attach to this. This would necessitate removing the guts of an old alarm system and I'm not particularly keen to disturb this. In any case, max cost likely to be c. £45 (batten, curtain rail, industrial strength grip adhesive, decorator's caulk and gloss paint for the batten) and I suspect this would pay for itself over one winter.

I've got a wooden pole and rings on the top of the curtain. It's virtually on the ceiling (our ceilings are pretty low though)

greenbee

I also have a wooden pole with rings for my door curtain, on the outside of the recess, and there's just about room to pull it back and open the door all the way. I also added draft strip on the outside and inside the frame, put a keyhole cover both sides of the door (it kept getting left up on the outside) and use a fabric draught excluder at the bottom of the door. There are draughts in this house that have a mystery source!

badmemory

greenbee said:

There are draughts in this house that have a mystery source!

Here too.  One turned out to be a letter box that a pharmacy deliverer had broken.  Don't get me started on extractor fans, the work of the devil & now sealed off.  It's cheaper & pleasanter to to use a dehumidifier.

Alchemilla

Well done on the skirtings, KC.

You can get a door curtain pole on a hinge, just to complicate things.

greenbee

badmemory said:

greenbee said:

There are draughts in this house that have a mystery source!

Here too.  One turned out to be a letter box that a pharmacy deliverer had broken.  Don't get me started on extractor fans, the work of the devil & now sealed off.  It's cheaper & pleasanter to to use a dehumidifier.

I no longer have a letter box. There's a post box attached to the wall (although plenty of people seem to have issues spotting it). Thankfully no issues with extractor fans - there are ceiling ones in the loo and bathrooms, but they don't cause any issues other than the odd rattle when its really windy, and the cooker hood is a recirculating one. Having the boiler in the garage gets over a lot of ventilation issues. 

Baileys_Babe

greenbee said:

I also have a wooden pole with rings for my door curtain, on the outside of the recess, and there's just about room to pull it back and open the door all the way. I also added draft strip on the outside and inside the frame, put a keyhole cover both sides of the door (it kept getting left up on the outside) and use a fabric draught excluder at the bottom of the door. There are draughts in this house that have a mystery source!

This sounds like my house, trying to keep us warm and remove drafts.

greenbee said:

badmemory said:

greenbee said:

There are draughts in this house that have a mystery source!

Here too.  One turned out to be a letter box that a pharmacy deliverer had broken.  Don't get me started on extractor fans, the work of the devil & now sealed off.  It's cheaper & pleasanter to use a dehumidifier.

I no longer have a letter box. There's a post box attached to the wall

Same here, I don't bother opening the door specifically to empty it if the weather is foul, I just wait until I need to open the door to go out or to visitors.

apple_muncher

We don't even use a curtain + pole. Dh cut down a broom handle, and I used safety pins to make a channel for the po!e to go through in a fleece blanket. There is no space whatsoever around our door - the ceiling come to the top of it and there are walls either side, so dh cut out some wood for the poles to sit in either side of the top of the door (just enough room either side for door to open when curtain is removed), plus a couple of biggish cup hooks on one wall to hang the curtain on when we're using the door. If it were a patterned blanket, I'd feel like a Tudor person, one with wall hangings!

Alchemilla

Very cool @apple_muncher