ok,so the boiler broke down on Christmas Eve, and we are consequently trying to make our very draughty house (which we have yet to renovate 6 years after buying...)a little more economocal until we can afford a new boiler in a month or two.
I got a sewing machine for Christmas and am starting off with draught excluders. Lots of options for making them on t'internet - I was intending to make simple tube and stuff with old rags or kapok. Better suggestions seem:
put fillling in cheap cotton/calico liner so that you can remove casing to wash
put 2 or 3 widthways straps on and attach to the door (not sure how, saw this on a site selling them) so that you don't have to kick back into place every time door is opened
Fillings:
rags/kapok/old sheet or towel
(cheap but not heavy enough)
sand (higher chance of leakage???)
Rice(we have mice occasionally though...)
Lentils (ditto)
Fuller's earth
Wheat grains (like those heat bags)
Dried lavender mixed with any of the above for nice smell and insect repellant-ness
Anyone got any tried and tested versions? I have lots of old troder leags just waiting to be used!
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making draught excluders - what to fill with and do you line them?
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eeky · 09/01/2011 01:13
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