the ice man cometh! (merged with keeping warm)

jcr16

saying about fleece liners for wellies.


when i was little , my mum bought one of those carpet samples ( about 2 ft square) for a few pence and my dad made carpet liners for our wellies. ALthough i thought it was silly, omg i remember it was so warm. never hard cold feet in my wellies.

lorrainejames

I have been following this thread for top tips to keep warm this winter and have found the advise to be very useful. So in return i am going to give some advise myself. Invest in a good quality pair of thermal underwear - non of this cheap rubbish from the supermarkets. As with everything in life you pay for what you get. My husband is ex-military and always went out and bought Sub Zero thermal underwear from his local Outdoor shop as the issue kit was useless. If you go to subzerostore.co.uk you will find a huge selection of good quality thermals and even some in the clearance section so it needn't cost you the earth.

Stay warm everybody!

Katgoddess

Just brought myself some leggings off ebay to wear under my jeans for the commute to work. My toddler has a fantastic snowsuit for his commute to nursery. Contemplating bring my hot gel pad with us to cuddle at the bus stop.

Hoping for snow at the weekend. :-)

Mrs_Badger_2

Hello, I was just wondering if any of you have some cheap/free tips to keep a house warm. To cut a long story short, we have no useable heating and are using two oil filled heaters that are keeping the house at around 18C but I expect it to get a bit colder over the next month or so. Do any of you have any old style tips that I may have missed to keep the warmth in?

FrugalLina

I put bubble wrap on my windows when it gets really cold - it makes a huge difference!

springdreams

There are lots of useful tips on the Preparing for Winter thread:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4202003

For example, line your curtains with fleece blankets. I have done this using safety pins to attach the fleeces to my curtains. Another useful one is to hang curtains by your front and back doors.

I wasn't able to get the bubble wrap to stick to my windows, so last year I used drawing pins to hold the bubble wrap as I have wooden window frames. This year I have replaced the bubble wrap with window film, which is quite inexpensive on fleabay. It is also possible to see through the window film, but not through the bubble wrap.

Another thing I have done is put newspaper under my rugs.

Put masking or cellotape over the key holes of your external doors.

Other ideas I picked up from the Preparing for Winter thread are:

- Put a single duvet or fleece blanket under the bottom sheet

- Hang curtains on all windows

- hang floor length, fleece lined, curtains over doors (I bought some suitable curtains from the charity shop and used tension rods to hang them)

- spray mouldy window frames with bleach & water solution

- draught excluders for doors

- duvets for couches (my sofas are leather and cold, so I bought cheap duvets and covers for them, which we sit on)

- Throws / blankets for couches (to snuggle under)

- rugs / carpets on non-carpeted floors

- flanelette sheets

- single size fleece blanket - cut a slit in it for head to go through, and have a really warm and comfy poncho!

- tin foil wrapped around cardboard behind radiators (I bought some foil car sun screens from the pound shop and popped those behind my radiators)

- Light candles for extra warmth

- Stuff plastic bags under kitchen cupboards to block any draughts

- Cover key holes with blu tack / cellotape / magnet

- Put electric blankets on timers so that your bed is warm when you get in (I put mine on 15 minutes before bed time, and have them set to go off 15 minutes after I am in bed)

- Get a dehumidifier - a must, especially if you dry washing indoors as taking moisture out of the air reduces the cold air in the house

HTH