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Thanks Big Mac. Will check out the link

Thanks, Sid. I will ask for permission. But before going that route I just wanted to get a sense of what it might cost. The velux dormer is slightly different from a normal dormer in that it has an almost flat velux roof...if that makes sense?

[quote user="BIG MAC"]Did you mean like this? [/quote] Yes, BigMac, like that! Can I do it on an older iPad?

Thanks. I am on an iPhone/iPad and it doesn't mean to work. Will try on a laptop Thanks again for your help

It seems complete madness! Cyprus should gone down the Icelandic route and protected domestic depositors while giving a 100% haircut to the foreign non-EU ones. I guess the politicians are worried about a 'visit' from the Russian mafia

Thanks Russet. For some reason I can't open the link. Could you possibly post one method?

Does anyone know how to make a live link? Thanks!

We would like to put something like this in the attic http://www.mgmtimber.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74&Itemid=142 Any idea what it might cost in a standard old farmhouse with a slate roof? Also, does anyone know if these leak over time? Thanks!

Very interesting, Krusty. Are you in Cyprus? If so, what is the mood there? And is there money in the ATMs? Seems like fifty shades of Argentina

Quillan, I think the money went in propping up Greece and buying their sovereign debt. It is like a Ponzi scheme, where as one piece topples, it pushes the other down till the whole deck crashes.

This morning I transferred a chunk from a 'safe' European country to UK. Just in case. If deposit protection is no longer a legally binding contract in the eurozone, best to pay safe and minimise exposure in Euro banks.

Well, it seems a mattress is the best performing asset class in Cyprus, yielding 6.75% to 9.9%

Update - All the puppies have found homes, and will go to their new families when they are ready.

The lower rate is for materials and work.

Bill, It is 7% for renovations now. We have never had a problem getting the lower rate for renovation works.

Russet, They are absolutely free, but it is essential that they are adopted by loving families.

Thanks very much, Sue.

Thank you, Sue. How did you manage to do that? there is one more photo, if you don't mind posting http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r579/Adorablepuppies/photo-1.jpg Thanks so much

I've managed to put two photos up, but haven't been able to align them. Could anyone help, please? Thanks. edit - photos appear in preview, but not in normal view. What am I doing wrong...? This is the link http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r579/Adorablepuppies/photo-2.jpg

Hello, We have some beautiful, healthy pups looking for loving families. Their dad is a lab/ golden retriever mix and is very gentle, good-natured and loving. Mum is a basque sheepdog and is an intelligent, loyal and very friendly dog. Pups are just a few days old, as you can see in the photos. Mum is very loving and they are being well fed and have been used to human cuddles from the day they were born. They will be ready for new homes in mid April. We are in the Aveyron/Tarn border. [IMG]http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r579/Adorablepuppies/photo-2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r579/Adorablepuppies/photo-1.jpg[/IMG]

BigMac, You are so right...the ufh installer wants me to change the boiler without carrying out checks to try to identify the problem. Now thanks to you and Richard, at least I know some thing he should test, and hopefully can start a dialogue. Right now I am just being stonewalled!

Aaarghhh, BigMac. I can hardly wait to see my plumber's face when I pass on your suggestions:)

Thanks Richard and BigMac. We are not in France at the moment, and while we were there, the weather was quite warm. Is it possible that the boiler comes on so much because the water tank is too small for the amount of water required for ufh? We left the system turned off when we left, because of the daily 'burner failure' issue. Got antifreeze put in though. Hope the pipes are ok, as the house is not that well insulated (gulp).

I've doing a bit of research. Do you think it would make sense to have one balloon for hot water for the kitchen, showers etc. And then an electric boiler and balloon combo for the ufh and radiators? Something like one of these http://www.boilerguide.co.uk/articles/electric-boilers Are these available in France? Could we buy one from UK (please don't flame like the other poster who asked about UK boilers!) and are running costs high? We bought oil in December and it was expensive! A grand or so for a thousand litres. Surely this can't be more expensive to run...

Sorry for the typos, the iPad doesn't let me scroll down to correct. We are back in UK now and worried about leaving the heating off. We would have wanted to leave it on antifrost mode, but know that the boiler would have stopped working within a few hours, so no point.