What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11

[jennyjj01]

The shed repair continues.

Today I discovered 'Demolition Yards' as a source of cheap timber and bricks and more. Cool!

Purchased a couple of 13' scaffold planks and 20 house bricks as bearers for the shed. Had change from £40, saving at least 50%

I HOPE someone will confirm that scaffold plank timber is long lasting and weathers well. These used ones seemed good and inexpensive timber, a bit slippy, so we are going to pressure wash them.

As a source of shed fixing timber or inner refuge or fortification materials, then google "Reclaimed building materials" + Your location. Colour me impressed.

Also acquired a bunch of wooden shelf units from a local charity outlet. Cheaper that we could have made them from new wood and better than we would have built from pallet wood.

[Frnc]

Got my 4 new windows fitted. Looks like a good job. All windows are double glazed now. Hopefully will spend less on heating. Should be able to turn that off for the summer in a few days.

Fitting the blinds back up has been tricky. I've done two. You have to use short screws due to the rebate, and some of the windows have a trim at the top that limits positioning of the brackets. I will try blutac to hold my screw to my screwdriver. Will get lodger to hold step ladder.

Need a new one for my room. Found some that fit into the wall rebate with no screws. Limited colour choice but that's ok.

Just need to get three downstairs windows painted. They are double glazed, but timber.

Had some pointing done in the loft using lime mortar. Side walls are only single skin! Pointing specialist was surprised. Feel a lot more secure now. There was quite a bit of mortar missing and what looked like a crack. Those walls take the weight of the purlins, which the boarding is suspended off. I'll be able to see now if any cracks develop in the future. Lime mortar is recommended for old houses as it is breathable and has a bit of give in it. In fact it's said to be self healing.

There is one fine crack above my lodger's door, but I'm pretty sure it's been there for a long time.

[Yorkshire Andy]

It's the weekend

Busy week as ever..

The wisdom tooth removal went a bit Pete tong and I've developed a dry socket which has been rather tender to put it politely had the options of popping back to the dentist to get it packed which would reduce pain but the dentist said it would prolong the healing or grin and bear it... I took the latter option.. water jet flosser has to have been my best buy this year kept the infection from the damaged tooth at bay and post removal kept the dry socket hole clean by blasting Any food out once I started with that the horrid taste stopped.. switched from salt water to chlorhexidine mouth wash and a dab of clove oil at night to remove any pain before sleeping the hole is slowly closing just need to keep it clean





Got little miss a new bike helmet


Holding off doing the garden it's still wet and next door is replacing the fencing next week if the landscape man turns up

[jansman]

Pleased to say I am still doing bits and pieces at home. The greenhouse is looking great. The tomatoes and spaghetti marrows in particular!
Our ancient rhubarb plants are being processed a bit at a time. We make a rhubarb and garlic chutney of which we grow garlic too. A lovely product.
Regarding outdoors,I have got rid of some clutter too! Less rammel in the yard. I’ve sold timber,bricks- all sorts. I cannot use it now,and my wife doesn’t need it, that is for sure. Our garden and yard has not looked so neat in 34 years! Less ‘work’ outside means wanting to stay there!

Keeping top on the pantry and freezers is also a biggie too. Particularly the pantry in the kitchen where we are now banging up to date on everything. My forty + years of experience in the meat industry means I am particular about food safety and quality
Reading the news as *I* do,seeing the UK poking its nose over Ukraine/ Russia,at the very least I see expensive food via shortage,and oil too. Indeed the cost of petrol and diesel is rising fast now. It won’t be long until *cheaper food* goes up again. In particular it won’t be long before food items are short,which I am used to ( don’t know about you?) since COVID caused shortages.

I’ve made sure this week we have more calor gas too for our back up heating . As we are now all electric ,in potential situations of powerlessness we won’t go cold. We now basically hold 3 x6 weeks of heating. Four months or so basically. Perfect in Winter. Whilst being solid fuel for a quarter century we don’t miss it to be frank. There will be more regulations before long there…

[pseudonym]

Snip> and a dab of clove oil at night to remove any pain before sleeping

Ever since watching marathon man, I have a fear of dentists and always have a bottle of clove oil in my first aid kit

[Yorkshire Andy]

Snip> and a dab of clove oil at night to remove any pain before sleeping

Ever since watching marathon man, I have a fear of dentists and always have a bottle of clove oil in my first aid kit

Been to boyes our local forerunner to b&m / home bargains sort of shop with a clothes department and all sorts got 2 more bottles of clove oil into to stock another bottle of generic corsidol.. and managed to help a elderly chap who was on the verge of collapsing in the shop his daughter trying to hold him up . Fortunately they now have garden / camping stock so I put one of their deckchairs on display to good use left him in the care of his daughter and the shop staff... Shop full of people no one willing to help despite her panic shouts bar me till he was sat down then it was like a freak show with a crowd circling round

[diamond lil]

Andy I've had two dry sockets - you never forget that pain
JM funny, we agree re solid fuel. Loved having coal for 40 years but don't miss it now at all.
I'm pondering planting tatties. Only prob is that they would be on the shared path we blocked off due to nosy neighbour with screening - which can't be seen from the house. And I don't trust said nosy neighbour not to interfere with my veg..

[Yorkshire Andy]

Andy I've had two dry sockets - you never forget that pain
JM funny, we agree re solid fuel. Loved having coal for 40 years but don't miss it now at all.
I'm pondering planting tatties. Only prob is that they would be on the shared path we blocked off due to nosy neighbour with screening - which can't be seen from the house. And I don't trust said nosy neighbour not to interfere with my veg..

Was amusing no arguments in boots as to why I wanted co codamol this time "had wisdom tooth yanked got a dry socket co codamol please".. £3.69 please

[diamond lil]

Nowt to do with prepping as such, but I had a pal who was a stewardess on long haul flights from the Gulf, and she developed one on a flight from Bahrain.. says she will never, ever, forget it

[jansman]

Andy I've had two dry sockets - you never forget that pain
JM funny, we agree re solid fuel. Loved having coal for 40 years but don't miss it now at all.
I'm pondering planting tatties. Only prob is that they would be on the shared path we blocked off due to nosy neighbour with screening - which can't be seen from the house. And I don't trust said nosy neighbour not to interfere with my veg..

We don’t miss the solid fuels a bit! My best mate down the village is going the same way too. The both of us have physical problems,and coal and wood is just too much hassle now.