Samantha
Acton, Operations Director at Domestic Angels, has been giving advice on how to
get winter ready in this baking hot September we are having. Samantha’s company
is keen to advise clients how to get winter ready and not face any surprises.
Many
of Domestic Angels clients are families or elderly people living alone and a
guide on what to do is really handy.
The key thing to remember is
that while the weather is fair, utilise it by getting out your winter jumpers,
freshening them up in the sun and get those duvets out for airing. Secreting
conkers around the house, which I learned from Samantha, are a gem of an idea
to keep the spiders at bay. Open the windows and clean the insides of the
frames which get dirty during the summer where we have them open as often as
possible. Get those carpets cleaned as we’ve been walking in and out with bare
feet or dry shoes both of which carry in outdoors muck. Clean those lampshades
as now we are the turning lights on more often we begin to see the muck.
On a more practical note it
is sensible to use this time to clear the gutters to prevent overflows and get
the chimneys swept before lighting fires. Bleeding
your radiators now releases any trapped air, allowing hot water to fill every
part of your radiators and warm your home more efficiently. “When it’s actually cold Samantha commented “these
things are all so easily overlooked and a vulnerable person or a mother may
suddenly be in a much worse situation if disaster strikes and incurring
unnecessary costs”.
Samantha gives an example of
a client, a single working lady who lives in a thatched cottage, she is always
having spiders in the house and the conker trick, has been welcomed with open
arms as there has not been so much of a sniff of a spider.
Samantha commented “ It is
sensible to do as much preparation for winter as possible before it is upon us
as then it is too late, always be prepared with candles and matches in case of
a power cut and have your utility numbers to hand in case of breakdown“
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