I've been looking at more preventative weather protection for when it eventually turns, as it'll no doubt be thunderstorms and heavy prolonged rain leading to flooding, so looking at renewing the roof covering on the shed and making sure gutters are clear, slates are all in place and none loose, and drainpipes all clear and not full of dry leaves and crap.
Then it'll be washing out the water butt and making sure the filters are clean and flowing...
I spent a little time cutting and stacking wood this weekend too. Most of my supplies come from stuff salvaged at work , either offcuts , timber ripped out ( but not painted or treated ) or branches trimmed from trees and so on . It the case of the green wood it's more than likely to be fuel for next year rather than this.
Push comes to shove I have four full 15kg butane cylinders sitting ready as well.
Years ago we used to have propane heaters in site huts at work. They were nicknamed "motorbikes" because of the pulsing throb sound that came from them.
Not sure how things are in the UK, but the Lidle and Aldi Supermarkets over here are currently selling off their litre bottles of barbecue lighting fluid for a euro each ( Thats about... well, a pound now!). I just bought a dozen - this stuff does the job just as well as lamp oil and paraffin.
General DeGaulle wrote: ↑Fri Aug 31, 2018 8:39 pm
Not sure how things are in the UK, but the Lidle and Aldi Supermarkets over here are currently selling off their litre bottles of barbecue lighting fluid for a euro each ( Thats about... well, a pound now!). I just bought a dozen - this stuff does the job just as well as lamp oil and paraffin.
Didn't see any in our local but left with a 4 1/2" angle grinder and a few boxes of discs today ...
Walked into the house and the Mrs has some metal fencing that needs cutting
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
izzy_mack wrote: ↑Sun Sep 02, 2018 7:08 pm
Got 2 x 13.5 tog.kingsize duvets in tescos reduced to £10. That should help keep us toastie this winter. Can you put two duvets on a bed at once?
Try a queen size cover and safety pin the corners of the 2 quilts
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
izzy_mack wrote: ↑Sun Sep 02, 2018 7:08 pm
Got 2 x 13.5 tog.kingsize duvets in tescos reduced to £10. That should help keep us toastie this winter. Can you put two duvets on a bed at once?
Indeed you can. As long as you can take the weight. You might find it too constrictive.
Two is one and one is none, but three is even better.
