What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11

[diamond lil]

Aye, and Andy is thee biggest enabler in Wonderland

[Yorkshire Andy]

Aye, and Andy is thee biggest enabler in Wonderland

Oh I don't know what you mean lil I should have set up a affiliate account on Amazon id have retired by now

[Frnc]

Ordered a Snugglesafe human hot water bottle, actually a solid thing you microwave, made by Lenric. Supposed to stay hot or warm for 8 hours. I figured it could be good to warm my hands, as I have Reynauds, and they sometimes get cold during the day. Obviously they are sold to use in bed, but I sleep pretty hot, and have a spare duvet for the odd night that's particularly cold. I didn't need it last night. It's just arrived, microwaved it, put the cover on. It's warming me as I type. It' a disc, about an inch thick and about 8 inches diameter, with rounded edges. Goes in a fleece cover. It was hot to touch, had to use gloves to put it in the cover. They tell you to do that. It's not too hot lying on my belly as I type (lying on my back as usual). I took it off though, and my belly was very warm underneath. They originally made these or something similar for pets.

Thinking about buying some Little Hotties disposable handwarmers, not decided yet. £18 for 40 pairs, again supposed to last 8 hours. Could be a good winter prep item.

Got my boiler service booked in a couple of weeks. It's only 2 years old so should be fine. Radiators are all fine, I think. I did check them for air a few weeks ago. Not spending much on prepping. I did get a bit of extra food for the cupboard - pasta, tuna, tomato puree, and butter beans. Butter beans are to make my own low oxalate baked beans.

Need to do some water rotation, got some over a year old.

Ordered some electrolytes to replace Dioralyte powder that's expired.

[Peter]

........Ordered some electrolytes to replace Dioralyte powder that's expired.

The cheshire salt deposits are hundreds of million years old......

....they put it in packets and put a best before date on it .

[GeraldTheBonzai]

Found out the unpleasant way this morning that my wax cotton jacket needs reproofing. Guess I know what preps I'm doing this weekend...

[Frnc]

........Ordered some electrolytes to replace Dioralyte powder that's expired.

The cheshire salt deposits are hundreds of million years old......

....they put it in packets and put a best before date on it .

Indeed. I did a geology degree. Cheshire basin was flooded a few times during the early Triassic. Dinosaurs got to go to the seaside! We did have them, including massive sauropods (vegetarian, long neck, little head), and large theropods (nasty, carniverous, walked on two legs, with little tiny arms).

Couldn't find Dioralyte, so ordered these tabs instead.

[Frnc]

Closed downstairs lodger's trickle vent a bit. You're supposed to leave them open, but his room is a bit colder than mine. He's not complained, but I thought I'd see how much difference it makes. I can always open them more (there are two side by side at the top of each window).

I noticed a bit of condensation, despite being double glazed, so I went round wiping them.

Turned the thermostat down, as heat was still being cranked out, and there's only me in. Thermostat has a mind of it's own sometimes.

[PPrep]

I noticed a bit of condensation, despite being double glazed, so I went round wiping them.

I have the central heating on low during this cold weather, plus supplementary heating with a small halogen electric fire. I don't have a woodburner. Temperatures throughout the house are between 12 and 15.5 degrees C, and Relative Humidity some 65 to 75%. Please advise the best thing to do about condensation on double glazed windows (panels are not blown).

Perhaps I just need to wipe them, but one or two windows are not easily accessible.

[Yorkshire Andy]

I noticed a bit of condensation, despite being double glazed, so I went round wiping them.

I have the central heating on low during this cold weather, plus supplementary heating with a small halogen electric fire. I don't have a woodburner. Temperatures throughout the house are between 12 and 15.5 degrees C, and Relative Humidity some 65 to 75%. Please advise the best thing to do about condensation on double glazed windows (panels are not blown).

Perhaps I just need to wipe them, but one or two windows are not easily accessible.

My mum swears by her karcher window vacuum..

Ultimate preps a decent dehumidifier (ebac)

[Frnc]

I noticed a bit of condensation, despite being double glazed, so I went round wiping them.

I have the central heating on low during this cold weather, plus supplementary heating with a small halogen electric fire. I don't have a woodburner. Temperatures throughout the house are between 12 and 15.5 degrees C, and Relative Humidity some 65 to 75%. Please advise the best thing to do about condensation on double glazed windows (panels are not blown).

Perhaps I just need to wipe them, but one or two windows are not easily accessible.

I just wipe them with a microfibre cloth. Am also running a dehumidifier. My house is a lot warmer, but some rooms are not heated as much. I don't wipe them every day, but I should. The windows have trickle vents, but I closed the lodgers' ones partially. I opened the bathroom window for half an hour today.