Better Than "Long Johns" for Keeping You Warm!

Those of you who are regular readers of this rubbish may recall a few weeks ago I mentioned that we were going to have loft and cavity wall insulation. We were given a date for the loft insulation to be done, but having acquired 40+ years “Stick it in the loft it might come in useful goods” we were obviously not going to get the loft cleared in time for the insulation fitters, so a new date was requested and given. This time we managed to clear all the “stick it in the loft goods” which had been piled up on the floorboards down the centre of the loft, and between the joists at each side of the floorboards!

Once the loft had been cleared we saw what had been unseen for nearly 40 years – the 60mm original loft isulation and the joists!

The contents of the loft were then piled high in the second bedroom, which looked pretty much like Steptoe’s Yard.

Thanks to Hannah and Ben for greatly assisting in the shifting of goods from the loft. Not forgetting Mollie, who not only helped in the shifting of goods, but also served up bread and butter, savoury biscuits, cheese, ham and salad to keep the loft clearers spirits up! Thanks Mollie!

Warning left fastened to the roof beams by the insulation fitters.

The insulation fitters arrived as promised on the date given and fitted the insulation, which is 200mm of extra insulation, so we now expect to have excellent heat retention, and begin to see a saving in heating bills.

Most of the goods brought out of the loft have now been sorted and graded into "take it to the tip", "send it to a charity shop", "hand on to the rightful owner" (Usually one of our daughters) and "keep it". It's amazing how much less goods have gone back in the loft!





It may be fortuitous that we have had a forecast of a drop in temperature and snow for the next few days. It will be interesting to see how much (should that be how little?) the temperature inside the house now drops overnight!