What Preps are you doing this week? Part 10

[Frnc]

Washed the car as the saharan desert sand dumped the lot on it I think took forever to hose it all off then was then hose again

I noticed all the cars round here are covered in it, just popped to Sainsbury's. It's not good for humans to beathe it in. But it does help plants by delivering nutrients, including plankton in the oceans. Also helps suppress tropical cyclones.

[GillyBee]

Gee Gee
That sounds like a nightmare for you and the daughter is also probably struggling to cope with a mum who is now a stranger. Could the daughter face hiding the car keys for now so that mum cannot find them? This was our step one intervention with MIL who had dementia.
If she is travelling to chuck stuff at you then the GP needs to be involved asap as she is becoming a danger to herself and others. But she is probably nice as pie when the doc sees her so some video might be useful from your or a neigbour's doorbell for daughter to discuss with GP.

[GeeGee]

Gee Gee
That sounds like a nightmare for you and the daughter is also probably struggling to cope with a mum who is now a stranger. Could the daughter face hiding the car keys for now so that mum cannot find them? This was our step one intervention with MIL who had dementia.
If she is travelling to chuck stuff at you then the GP needs to be involved asap as she is becoming a danger to herself and others. But she is probably nice as pie when the doc sees her so some video might be useful from your or a neigbour's doorbell for daughter to discuss with GP.

Daughter doesn't want to she said .said its hard for her to do it
But great idea thank you I will film it
One of the hardest preps I've had to do
Also informed the neighbours who I know
I've removed anything heavy such as ornaments from my front garden dont fancy them coming through the windows !

[Frnc]

I've removed anything heavy such as ornaments from my front garden dont fancy them coming through the windows !

I think this is a good idea generally. It only takes one drunk coming home from the pub. My front door glass did get smashed a few years ago. That is why I started mortice locking the door at night. I had a lodger at the time who was trouble, so it was probably linked to him.

[grenfell]

A customer of mine was burgled some years ago. They got in by the crudest of methods by throwing a garden ornament through the patio door. Thankfully she disturbed them and they fled but still left a mess. It must have been noisy but despite it being a semi detached house with neighbours both sides and to the rear the entry was unnoticed. It's hard to remove every potential object unless one's garden resembles a car park but not a bad idea to remove some at least. Plastic film on the glass won't stop a brick from being lobbed at it or stop it breaking but it will hold the broken pieces together which should make it easier to clean up. Laminated glass also does the same which is what I have in exterior doors.

[Arzosah]

Plastic film on the glass won't stop a brick from being lobbed at it or stop it breaking but it will hold the broken pieces together which should make it easier to clean up.

That's a thought! I've got opaque plastic film on a few windows, as a low-dust security measure to stop people *looking* in, but I never thought of that useage.

[grenfell]

As an addition I believe some of these films also block at least some UV light which should mean things close to the window should hopefully not suffer from bleaching as quickly...

[HomeHardener]

As an addition I believe some of these films also block at least some UV light which should mean things close to the window should hopefully not suffer from bleaching as quickly...

You can get security specific window films, many of them DIY application. That, depending on the thickness, will hold out for an extended period of time against ‘an attack’ the rating extends up to ‘blast proof’.
Many London based buildings. for example, have these films installed for security reasons.

[grenfell]

Yes , when we were fostering social services paid for a roll of film to apply to glass surfaces. They were more concerned with internal glass such as cabinets or anything a child may run into or hit but the principal is the same. The film of any thickness won't stop the glass from being damaged or broken but it will stop it being spread everywhere. It's the same as the laminated glass I have in my doors. Someone throws a brick at it and it will break and need replacing but it will stay in one piece. A better but more expensive option are various grades of glass that resist impact but the cost makes it largely impractical for most.

[pseudonym]

A new first aid pouch and a mini cookset pouch that fits the trangia mini/28