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Yes I suspect that may be the case, however, from what I can gather re the assessments in the UK, the examining body seems to either confirm or rule out that a person is incapacitated, based on previous information that has been submitted in the questionnaire that everyone had filled out in the migration from IB to ESA. I also presume that there will be a bit on the response to DWP that asks for an opinion re work.I do have a translated report of my condition and how it affects me daily, so will take that along when it happens.
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[quote user="Sprogster"]
Coops, but Stan moved after the change in the rules and therfore arguably knew the risks if his incapacity was of a nature that it could improve and allow him to return to work.
Clearly it is worth a try, but Stan's potential predicament should be a warning for those contemplating a move to France in a similar situation.
[/quote]Cooperlola, we are 50 and 39 years old (in response to your previous reply).Sprogster, that is not strictly true about my "incapacity being of a nature that it could improve and allow me being able to return to work". When I was pensioned off I underwent an extensive medical which gave me an "injury" pension in the "high bracket" meaning that returning to work was not possible. That pension amount is for life and cannot be changed under current UK legislation (and a recent court case).The medical I am about to undergo will be based on another doctor`s opinion (bearing in mind that he does not have access to any of my UK medical records) as to whether I am fit enough for work, and consequently if he finds "yes", I lose my healthcare. -
I am one of these early retirees who decided to come and live in France, but have an "underlying entitlement" to UK Incapacity Benefit, and therefore an E121, and consequently healthcare for myself and my wife. I do not get paid any benefits and fund myself via my UK Govt ill health/injury pension.The UK DWP are presently moving everyone on Incapacity Benefit, including those entitled to it, towards ESA`s. Soon I have to undergo a medical here in France, to decide whether I am migrated to ESA to retain my healthcare here, or to lose my entitlement as being deemed fit to work. (Now the anomaly...I was judged unfit to work which is why I was awarded a pension, so do not need to work even if I could, and in any case would never be able to work in France due to the nature of my previous employment and the fact my French is still not that fluent).My question is that..if I lose my healthcare and have to hand back our Carte Vitales, can I still subscribe to the French system via payment of some social charges (my pension is our only income, taxed in the UK and subject to the Double tax Treaty).? I have read somewhere that the French govt may allow persons in this situation to directly access their healthcare again via payment of social charges.I have been here for just over 2 years and have looked into how much private healthcare would cost for almost the 3 years up to the statutory 5 year period and it is horrendous, certainly un-affordable for me. This means I would have to sell the house (if I could in the present housing climate) and return to the UK where I obviously would not have to pay for healthcare. In effect this would be forcing me to return to the UK and lose about £25K in capital gains tax (as the house would no longer be my primary resdience) and currency conversion costs. Nightmare.
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[quote user="BIG MAC"]
Point to ponder...if bathrooms above ...if you have a blockage will your 'vent' be a behind the wall overflow as water backs up?
Does the pipe need to be there at all if you are on a short run to a chamber which is vented?
At least you should consider fitting a Durgo valve (Air admittance valve) at a higher point than the spill over level of your loo cistern...
[/quote]This particular bathroom has nothing above it..it is an "add on" to the main house, ie it has a flat roof above. The main bathroom is on the first floor at the other end of the main house, and strangeley enough does not have a vent stack like this.The soil piping from the bathroom concerned runs outside at the base of the vent stack in the photos, about 10m , where it joins the soil pipe running from the upstairs bathroom, then runningm about 5m to the septic tank (which I have mentioned before, is to be replaced shortly). There is only the one vent stack for the whole system.What I am considering (and please correct me if it sounds rubbish !), is to remove and cap the vent stack at floor level inside the bathroom and dig a hole outside where the pipe runs out, and towards the septic tank. Then I would cut the pipe and insert a T fitting and bring a new vent stack vertically and against the outside wall, just short of the guttering and cap it with an "aerateur à membrane pvc" (as per page 117 of the Bricoman catalogue €39,90 - if that is a Durgo valve, BigMac?).Does that sound about right? -
[quote user="sid"]
I think that the vent pipe you have found will have to remain. It's there to allow air into the system when you flush the WC and otherwise the vacuum caused would suck the water out of the u-bends in the washbasins and baths/showers trays in the vicinity, (assuming that they're all connected to the same soil pipe), and possibly the WC itself and you'd get smells coming back up.
We had a new bathroom installed when we extended the house and the plumber installed a 100mm vent right at the end of the pipe run, ie beyond the WC at the point furthest from the fosse. Ours vents (outside through the wall) on a short vertical stack at about 1m above the level of the WC and has a membrane valve on it so that air can only enter, not exit.
Your new foss will have a vent but that's for the gases from the fosse and won't help this problem.
I think I would have been inclined to make short stack outside through the wall just below floor level, but it looks a bit late for that now with your floor tiling and plasterboarding somewhat advanced. I'm not convinced that a smaller diameter pipe would be sufficient. You'd need FOUR 50mm pipes to get the same volume.
Let's wait and see what others suggest.
[/quote]Thanks for that sid, the short stack outside is an attractive option. BTW, that is old plasterboard and flooring in the pics.....its all coming up and out! -
As you can see by the recent "calls for advice/assistance" posts that I am renovating a spare bathroom just now......Today I decided to remove some old plasterboard from our second bathroom to see what the water piping was like behind..my thoughts being that a shower cubicle may be passed up in favour of a wetroom type set-up. As I removed an awkward bulging shaped bit of plasterboard from the corner at the window, I found a vertical 100mm pvc pipe which is connected via a T fitting to the soil pipe. This is, I am presuming, a vent stack to make waste water run to the septic tank without blocking up. (vacuums and all that !)At present we have an old septic tank (just a concrete box in the ground) and are awaiting the artisan to fit a new conforming system with sand filter, ditch, outside vent pipes etc.My questions are...1) do I need this particular vent pipe that I uncovered today?, given the fact that we are getting a new system, albeit the new vent pipes will be at the other side of the house and nowhere near where this pipe is. The bathroom is on the ground floor and the pipe seens to vent into a small space in the flat roof. 2) if I need to retain such a vent pipe, can I replace it with a narrower one, say 50mm diameter so I can re-frame the interior bathroom wall and have the new plasterboard flush, instead of bulging out from the framing? (see photos)http://s1076.photobucket.com/albums/w454/stan6822/bathroom/Again, any advice appreciated.
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Yes Théière, thats the type, only bigger...not the standard type Bigmac highlighted.
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[quote user="sid"]
[quote user="stan"]Hard to describe without a photo......but, [/quote]
[:-))] so how about a photo? I just don't understand the description.
[/quote]I hope this shows what I mean !http://s1076.photobucket.com/albums/w454/stan6822/ -
Hard to describe without a photo......but, I have a shower unit that fits into a 90 degree corner, however the curved outside edge is not a quarter circle/ 90 degrees, more a half circle. (ie the curved outside edge protrudes out further).I intend to replace the shower base only, and retain the glass sliding doors, however, despite looking on Leboncoin for the last few months and in local Brico outlets (Bricoman, Mr Bricolage and Bricomarché), cannot find any other identical shower base, other than the standard quarter circle ones. I would not be able to use a normal quarter circle base in this case, as the shower glass would not fit and part of the screen would be outwith the base area (if you know what I mean!).Has anyone a shower like this, or know what they are called in France, or indeed where I can buy one?I bought the house here from an expat and it is possible the base is imported from the UK, as I have not seen the likes here (or in the UK for that matter !)
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Yep, the forum was correct...the hot and cold were round the wrong way. 20 minutes with a proper plumber fixed it and thermostatic shower now working perfectly. Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply, it is much appreciated.
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The Orange computer brain must have clicked in because I can now top up both SIMs online...there must be about a 48 hour delay for newly registered PAYG cards to access online topup....so all fine now.
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New balance now applied..it took about 20 mins.Still cannot top up online though, and that is now over 24 hours since the SIMs were registered.
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Seems different from the UK Orange top up system in that today I bought an Orange top up at a supermarket and typed in the code to top up. The phone replied that the top had worked...then when I pressed #123# for a new balance, the top up did not show. When I went to use the code again to try and top up again, the phone message said it had already been used ! I am presuming, likewise, the Orange computer needs time to think about this too!I will check the balance again tomorrow....but not impressed so far.
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[quote user="Hereford"]You will probably find that given 24 hours you will be able to top up. That is what happened when I bought an Orange sim card for my Dad to put in an old (unlocked) phone. The computer needs time to think![/quote]Thanks Hereford, appreciated.
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Just received 2 new Orange, France PAYG sim cards yesterday and registered them there and then. Although the SIMs come with a €5 top up each included, I tried to top up more using the online top-up facility on the Orange mobile boutique page, however it says that the mobile phone numbers are not recognised. Would this because they have just been registered that day?...and may take a few days for this top up facility to become available?
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Has anyone seen, or know where to buy in France, the brackets for hanging wooden barn doors onto an existing metal rail? My home is a renovated barn and I wish to re-add the barn doors over the space which is now a large French window. Any advice appreciated.
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[quote user="BIG MAC"]
http://www.kopex-pipetools.co.uk/accessories
Happy to help
[/quote]Thanks BigMac, I can see the 14mm cutter in the Accessories list, but cannot see how to buy it. If I go to the Pipeslice page, it gives options to buy, but NOT the 14mm one. -
[quote user="sid"]
Wouldn't a 15mm do the job?
But in any case be wary of buying a very cheap compact adjustable type; I bought one but I can't remember where from! It's very badly made and the little guide wheels and the cutter are not exactly square to the pipe with the result that you start to cut a spiral!! [:-))] This type also needs more space than the automatic type as it has the knurled adjuster which sticks out. It made my job more work than I planned!
EDIT I see that Quillan got one too!!
[/quote]Would a 15mm round tool, like the Monument brand do? I know the difference is only 1mm, but the ads all say that the relevant pipe diameter must be exact.Thanks Chancer, for the Brico-Depot advice, but space is tight and I think the sticky out bit would impede the process ! -
Following on from my thermostatic shower problem, the only way now that it can be remedied without bursting plasterboard is to use one of the round automatic type copper pipe cutters which are use when space is restricted and there is no room for the standard cutters or pliers. The only ones I can see are for the UK market but would only fit a 15mm pipe, whereas here in France the particular pipe I need to cut is 14mm.Any plumbers out there know of a similar French product for French pipe diameters, or know if French plumbers use such a tool too?
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Thank you NormanH, much appreciated.
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Quick question...when taking out a mutuelle, I was obviously asked for my social security number. Do the mutuelle update CPAM that we are now covered by a top up insurance?, or do I contact CPAM with the top up details once I receive the paperwork and tiers payant card etc?
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Thanks to all who replied. Once I double check that the hot and cold are indeed reversed (my mistake then), it will be easy enough to repair as both the hot and cold branch off indiviual pipes that are next to each other so it will just be a case of switching them around...but I will get a plumber to do this !
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Thanks all...I will do some checking.
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[quote user="Théière"]
Is it actually fitted correctly, cold to cold side hot to hot?
[/quote]I am wondering what difference would that make? Certainly when I turn the control towards the max hot setting, it gets hotter, and colder when turning it to the max cold setting, so if this is the case, would it not be correctly fitted? Stumped !
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I realise that things were slowly changing in France re health records. But I have witnessed recently someone getting a medical report whereby the Doctor they saw had most certainly no knowledge and never ever seen any medical record from this person and the Dr in question had made a full and comprehensive report that was purely based on what the person had told them and that they had believed them. And in this case the person had made most of the stuff up.
So I would hazard a guess that personal medical records in France are still rather a vague notion as this Doctor did not see them.
I suggest that before your appoirntment, you make a very comprehensive list of what is wrong with you and from when it started and get hold of UK medical records too if you can. You should have anything french anyway from the last two years?
[/quote]I have a 4 page document/diary of my medical information which was submitted and copied by all the doctors involved in my medical retiral. I have a translated copy of that too as well as the Occupational Health "goodbye"certificate from the doctors certifying the ill health pension (also translated). As for any medical information in France for the past 2 years...there is none apart from the 3 monthly prescription of pain relief medication, taken on a daily basis.I have asked the NHS office for the area I used to live in the UK for a copy of medical records pertaining to my injury, but this was refused on the basis that it was their property and they would not send it overseas.The doctor had offered an MRI scan (when I had asked about a blue disabled badge for the car) in order to establish a French medical record, but I declined this on the basis that my condition had remained unchanged for the past 4 years and so there was little point, having been told by previous doctors that my injury is what it is and would not get better. Furthermore, I had retired to France to relax, not to duplicate costly (did not want to further burden the UK economy!) medical tests, however, now in hindsight, I probably should have.Maybe I am just panicking and that my forthcoming medical will be in my favour and we can keep the healthcare entitlement, but being prepared for bad news has served me well in the past!