Motivation

[binley100]

pmsl I think I just read that totally wrong

you don't have sashes do you.......

[Snadger]

pmsl I think I just read that totally wrong

you don't have sashes do you.......

Nope! Although originally they would have been sashes long before my time as the house was built in the thirties.

With no sashes on any of the houses in the street now, it would sadly look out of place if one house had its windows replaced with original sashes. Sad, but there it is!

[Snadger]

Strange how this thread has progressed from Motivation to merits of window sashes innit?

[binley100]

That's the charm of the vine...

[taff]

I'm quite glad of the rest in the winter. I hadn't stopped for ages between a garden and a polytunnel in different locations, 12 hour shifts then all the produce to preserve. I was glad when it got frosty

[zazen999]

We have sash windows....the rain floods in when the wind is horizontal and one night I was woken up with the dripping on the inside of the bedroom window.

Luckily a handy towel was put into action and i went back to sleep.

I'd love to have all new windows but conservation area....means our row of houses would have to have new windows in the original style and they cost a bomb.

[Snadger]

We have sash windows....the rain floods in when the wind is horizontal and one night I was woken up with the dripping on the inside of the bedroom window.

Luckily a handy towel was put into action and i went back to sleep.

I'd love to have all new windows but conservation area....means our row of houses would have to have new windows in the original style and they cost a bomb.

To be honest its nice to see that the planning departments are now insisting on more sensitive restorations. The insistance on using traditional building methods and mortars along with re-using old bricks not only makes any building work look less out of place, but it is good for the planet.
Tradesmen will once again become true craftsmen and will know about working 'the old way' with the tried and tested methods that their forefathers once used!

[zazen999]

To be honest its nice to see that the planning departments are now insisting on more sensitive restorations. The insistance on using traditional building methods and mortars along with re-using old bricks not only makes any building work look less out of place, but it is good for the planet.
Tradesmen will once again become true craftsmen and will know about working 'the old way' with the tried and tested methods that their forefathers once used!

Tell me about it - it cost me £3k for a wall built with hand made bricks at the back of the house. People can't believe it's only 2 years old.....

[binley100]

We're the only ones in our row who still have sashes. I do like them and think they are in keeping but they are certainly not very efficient against, heat loss, damp and noise . Some years ago we had them renovated with draught proofing strips, new sash cords etc and we can lift them out for painting (or to get furniture in) but I still think I'd like double glazing .

[Glutton4...]

I love sash windows - me n Mr. G were only discussing it t'other day! I used to rent a flat that had sash windows - they had so many layers of paint, I only ever managed to get one of them open, and only an inch!

[Alison]

This time of year is a great time to do all the tidying / preparing work whilst the weeds don't grow. I'm still trying to spend a day a week up at the plot and was impressed how much I managed to get done this time last year until the snow came and it all froze up. Am hoping to dig out an old compost heap (one which came with the plot but am ashamed to say I've never sorted in the last couple of years) this weekend.

[buzzingtalk]

We have sash windows in our house and as lovely as they look, they are crap. When its rainy, they expand then you cant lift them to let the damp out of the house which makes it worse. Gah. There's no double glazing down our road either so im guessing we have to keep sash windows in down our road too.

[Glutton4...]

... Am hoping to dig out an old compost heap (one which came with the plot but am ashamed to say I've never sorted in the last couple of years) this weekend.

Oooh, most of it may be ready for use now, if you're lucky. I got Mr. G to turn mine out into the one beside it, back in the spring. It wasn't ready to use, and had been there over a year. Fingers crossed we both have stacks of lovely crumbly goo for next year!

[northepaul]

In the winter I am just keeping things ticking over in the garden. I have some kale etc which is coming along nicely, along with my broadies have just started sprouting. Unfortunately it seems none of my garlic has come up
I tidy up, re-pot things, clear leaves etc...it always seems that I go out with just one thing to do, and spend ages out there.
Which reminds me, I need to plant some tulip bulbs I forgot about earlier in the month

[Glutton4...]

I need to get my Onions in the ground! My Garlic have been in about three weeks, and some are about two inches high already!