HOW TO PREPARE THE COTTAGE CORRECTLY FOR WINTER - TIPS

You need to prepare the cottage for winter in advance. And we are talking not only about restoring order, but also about minor repairs. What to look for, readers say.

HOW TO WARM THE COUNTRY HOUSE

She arranged a country house, and there was a desire to stay here not only in summer, but also in winter. The trouble is that in the cold in the house, even when heated, it is very cold. The son-in-law undertook to correct the situation with foam sheets. He examined the house, checked all the corners, cleaned off the bumps with a spatula (hardened mortar for laying blocks, etc.).

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He retreated 10 cm upward from the foundation, beat off the start line with a coated thread. I attached the first sheet, joined the corners, cut off the excess. Apply glue-foam and wait 3-4 minutes. I attached a sheet to five rondoles (washers for attaching insulation). Neighbors advised him to save money and fasten the rondolas only along T-shaped seams, but, as practice shows, with this fastening, the sheets are not pressed tightly, and the insulation does not work well. In general, it took five days to insulate the house with foam-plex. The material itself, as it turned out, is not afraid of dampness or temperature changes. The next step is plastering. According to the son-in-law, foam plastic is plastered without problems. As a result, in just two weeks, the country house turned into a completely habitable house.

OIL LOCK RAD

To prevent locks and locks from freezing and rusting, once a year I always lubricate them with oil or grease. And so that water does not flow into them, I close the padlocks with cut plastic bottles.

Dmitry Kharchevich, Bryansk

BIG WASH AT THE COTTAGE AT THE END OF THE SEASON

At the end of the season, before closing the dacha for the winter, I make sure to wash all the towels, bedspreads, and curtains. I don't buy expensive stain removers. Cope with a large wash with improvised means.

Moisten coffee stains with water, rub with laundry soap, lather slightly, leave for 20 minutes, wipe with a clean cloth, and then wash in a typewriter.

To remove stains from juice, I mix vinegar in half with ammonia, moisten the pollution with a solution, leave it for 15 minutes, wipe off the residue and send the thing to the washing machine.

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PROTECT THE COTTAGE FOR THE WINTER FROM THIVES

Despite the fact that I don’t keep expensive things in the country, I still don’t want to lose my personal things.

Therefore, before leaving the dacha for the winter, I print out signs with the inscriptions “The object is under protection”, “Video surveillance is underway”, I put the sheets into files, hang them on the windows, the fence, the front door.

I remove all metal objects that can attract "metal collectors".

I installed dummies of video cameras on the facade of the house.

I refused padlocks (you can see by them whether I'm at home), I installed good mortise ones.

She locked the entrance from the house to the attic: she read that thieves enter the dwelling by dismantling part of the roof.

From the inside I close the windows with thick plywood so that it is not possible to look into the rooms.

INSPECTION OF THE COUNTRY HOUSE I START FROM THE ROOF.

I repair all cracks in the roof. I strengthen the visor with props. I clean the drains from fallen leaves and small twigs, and cover the concrete pavement with old linoleum, which will protect it from destruction.

WARE BY BOXES

Before leaving for the city, I carefully ventilate the cottage and do a general cleaning.

I put the dishes in cardboard boxes and cover with foil.

I put pillows and blankets in the closet so that they don’t get damp.

I cover the furniture with old sheets, film, pieces of spunbond.

Throughout the house I lay out branches of dried wormwood: its smell repels rodents.

WITH WATER ORDER!

For winter, I prepare not only the cottage, but also the irrigation system, and also drain the water in the bath. I leave all ball valves slightly ajar, otherwise they can crack in the cold. I put a lid knocked down from wooden boards on top of the well.

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