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I wonder if their model isn't going a bit wrong..? Recouping revenue with penatlies rather than retaining passengers with regular customers seems a bit odd to me.. A 9% drop could have as much to do with higher fares and less flights on some routes (during winter)? We have found some of the fares this 'off season' ludicrously high and have opted for the Easyjet option from another airport. This has worked out very reasonable in fact, and I hear that the 'higher' priced Ryanair flights have been less than full..

I hope it was Francs  [:D]

Ditto the Lutece 2000 "L".. POINT P seem to hold good stock.. I beleive it's popular in France for 'spraying' thus the long 'L'..

Thanks, I love the 20-45m journey time mentioned..

Hi.. A quick one.. I've not used it for years, but does the Toulouse Airport Navette stop along the way from the Gare? ie. can I catch it at Jean Jaures or Jeanne D'arc? Many thanks for any answers..

Thanks.. And yes, we've used a couple of PP Mastercards for all bookings - I was just more wondering whether Ryanair would try to make things a little more tricky.. We're going to bite the bullet and get one, even if it gets used for a few months until the debit card situation gets sorted. Between the two of us, we'll save around £200 a year, so worth the aggro.. And extra space in the cupboard for yet another piece of plastic!

Is it a problem using a partner's card (in her name) to make a booking in my name? (Myself as the passenger even if she is not booked on that flight?) Cheers..

Sounds like teething problems! Interesting that you can buy flights from France with the old card still.. I sense some legal issues.. Thanks.. Any more experiences out there?

Hi.. I was wondering if anyone's using the new RYANAIR Mastercard yet? Specifically: - How long does it take for money to appear if loaded online? - Which currency did you select, and how is this being processed if you say buy a 'one way' flight on the French web site version (if you have a GBP card)? - How did the £6 'voucher' work? - The six month 'dormancy' fee, does this stop being deducted if you again begin using the card regularly? (I know it's too early, but the T&C's are a little unclear). Thanks for any experiences..

Thanks again.. I'm having a modicum of success with SCRUBBING hard with St Marc (sugar soap) which leaves the parefeuilles 'clean' though a little 'cloudy' looking. A small test with some oil seems to remedy this (much like oiling leather or wood) in that the colour becomes saturated. What has gone out the window is the plan to use "impermabilisant hydrofuge" which really only seals, and in now way enrichens the colour, leaving the look 100% 'as is' (a good thing for some projects  ;o) Regards.

Hmmm.. Sounds daunting.. I presume the lime will have cured by now, so I'm guessing that the final 'wipe' (after HCL) could be with some St Marc which is alkalie? Cheers.

No I didn't, but the method I followed (and all the others I'd read about) very much said not to as the stone wanted to cure with the lime, so it said to treat after.. Cheers.

Sorry, wasn't clear on that, they are reclaimed parefeuilles (large tomettes if you like, basically, terracotta, and currently very absorbant..).. Been pressure washed, are around 25mm thick, and sitting on a sand + lime 'chape' of between 20-45mm.. (depending on the sub-surface) The bed seems very solid & cured now (very happy with that).. But looking to clean now before treating.. Cheers..

Hello all.. I've just returned to the house here after having left it for 4 weeks. When I left, I'd just laid around 50 m/2 of parefeuilles/tomettes on a sand bed (lime+sand) and 'grouted' it with the same. It's 'cured' well and seems solid, and the joins are around 10mm. I'm new to this, and after the 'grouting', I mopped the surface well with water, but now there is a fine 'smear' of white over the tiles. Not solid mortier, more like a residue. What is the best way of cleaning this off before impregnating the tiles? I've done a couple of tests - sugar soap seems ineffectual, but HCL fizzes and 'wipes off' fairly clean. How should I go about large areas of cleaning? I'm aware that the lime/sand process is an alkaline curing method, and I naturally don't want to compromise this with using acid. According to the laying instructions/advice I've followed, it recommends a 6 week curing process after laying. Will using acid after this ruin any chemical bonding achieved with the lime? Or has it done it's 'thing' by then? And, any general working method anyone can recommend on such a large area? Sponges, working solutions, wiping clean after? (Perhaps neutralising with sugar soap to lift the dirt/acid?). Any help would be hugely appreciated, I really don't want to undo all the hard work we did! Many thanks if anyone can share any tricks or advice.

[quote user="Wendyb1066"]Thanks for the advice Andy. Gosh it seems a minefield but if everyone else can succeed then there is no reason that we cant. I am just hoping that the language barrier doesnt become an issue. If you can help with anything else I need to know then would appreciate it if you let me know. Thanks again. Regards Wendy.[/quote] It is a little more akin to buying a horse - check the teeth, temperament and ability to walk.. Then bid accordingly! Seriously though, if you're no property surveyor or builder/'been there done that' type of person, get plenty of off the cuff advice first, then some professional quotes if you're feeling close to a suitable contender.. Don't be rushed, especially now, the market not great, and around Limousin/Limoges I'm not sure, but the area has traditionally been a little less expensive and possibly more vulnerable to market drops.. Just my 2 cents worth..

Thanks Pachapapa. Sure, a UPS is an option, but at 25kg, a sack of cement can become quite an inefficient load to courier! I have now since found some options for "étanchéité à base de ciment" and came up with Sika Monotop seal 107 or Weber.cem 511 - The Sika is a 2 component (1x liquid + 1 bag 'cement'), and the Weber (yet to find the French version code..) is a single dry product.. I guess I was hoping that someone that may have recognised the Shonox and had known a good/closest alternative..

Hi.. I'm hoping for any offers on a French equivalent on such a product? My other half's Dad is coming over to France from Scandinavia to help build a custom shower and is hoping to find an equivalent product to:  SCHÖNOX 1K-DS Flexible 1-component cementitious membrane There seem to be sister web sites in the UK, Scandinavia & Holland, but not France.. Does anyone know of a similar product I can search for in France? It looks like a flexible waterproofing cement type compound, possibly used in the construction industry? He swears by it in Norway, so I'm hoping to find him something similar so he can help us out.. Many thanks for any suggestions..

.... I'll take that as a "no" then...   [:$]

Hi.. I was wondering what kinds of liquids would get through any scanners at an airport (Stansted) in checked in baggage? I'm looking to bring sealed tins of stone floor sealer, some liquid floor wax (both 'water based') and some other stone sealant which has a 'flammable' logo on the spec sheet.. My guess is the 'flammable' one is the no no.. Anyone had bags not go through onto the plane, and what is the procedure if it gets stopped, will it get opened, offending articles taken out, and the rest let through? Many thanks for any experiences..

[quote user="Sprogster"]Seems to me that unless you are going to use Ryanair on a regular basis, or travel in a large family group, the costs of using the new card maybe more expensive than stumping up the debit card admin fee. What is for certain, is that Ryanair will only be doing this if they see it generating more money than the loss of booking fees through it's use![/quote] I'm guessing that may be the whole point, and the airline will be in a 'win win' situation.. Anyone know when the OFT (or an MP?) will rule & implement on the debit card situation? May be worth holding out until then as I wouldn't want to get yet another card merely for a couple of months.. And cancelling cards (to avoid dormancy fees..) is almost as much hassle as getting one in the first place!

Reading between the lines, there seems to be a 'minimum' top up of £150 - is that each time you top up or just the first? Fine until March 2012 when you can do your shopping in Sainsburys with no transaction charges, however after that you are almost always left with a largish 'credit' on the card.. And a £2.50 a month dormancy fee - not sure how that's worked out, every month thereafter if the card's not used far any one 6 month period, or not again if you buy a newspaper with it? And what currency to buy the card for - Euro or GBP? Transacting in a different currency seems to incur a 5.75% fee.. Can't remember if you can override the currency charged on the Ryanair site by selecting the /fr version? Or does the mean having two cards, both loaded to £150/€150.. ? I'm generally a pro Ryanair user, but some of this leaves me feeling a little uneasy about 'unfair competition' as we will have no say in what will be charged, how much (in the future) etc.. If there are no other cards to choose from, what's to say it may not cost £6 to load the card in the future unless you 'can only make a 'cash deposit' over a Post Office counter somewhere in Dublin..?' (Flying to there with Ryanair of course..)..

The kit looks much like the ones sold in Bricodepot.. And as I suspected, issues with the height of the outflow... (!).. Any thoughts on 'what' to place the tray kit on? Maybe I was a little unclear about our plans? We are going to lay down a joist 'frame' (63mmx75mm or 63mmx38mm any suggestions?) over the existing tomette tiled floor in order to 'spread' the weight of the bath (and people using the bathroom) over a larger area.. Then cover this in pine tongue & groove (sanded, painted & marine varnished) as the finished floor. We also want to take out the old ceramic shower tray (which currently sits directly on the tomettes..) and the plan was to do something a 'bit different' than to simply put in another tray.. Not a 'wet room' as such, more like a 'bespoke' shower.. Some cellulose blocs directly onto the tomettes and position the joist around the shower rather than beneath it? A little extra height might in fact be a bonus with the outflow (egout) as it's a fraction high.. Maybe I'm making life a little too complicated? The thought of maybe using an 'off the shelf' tray and concentrating on doing something different with what's around it would be much easier, but perhaps a little unadventurous? Some systems on the net use a rubber membrane? Looks easy here.... Or am I really going way off the 'complicated/asking for trouble' radar... ? Or is this possibly an outdated method? Only €100 odd for the 'kit'.. Thanks again for any feedback.. Maybe I'm making l

Hi everyone.. I hope there are some bathroom gurus or experienced shower creators out there.. ? We have a large bathroom on the first floor of a 200 year old house and wish to create a 'walk in' shower.. The floor is currently a tomette on 'joists' type, a bit shaky but has two solid beams below - so we plan to lay some chevrons and create an additional tongue & groove floor to help support an iron roll top bath and spread the load (the bath will conveniently sit between the two beams). This will raise the floor around 7-8cm.. In the corner, we want to create a 'walk in' shower made with some kind of old tiles (floor and walls).. The plan is to rail the wall there and hydro placo (poor walls, and hide pipes), but the questions/issues I guess we have are: - What to build the shower 'onto'? Lay some blocs on the tomettes, tile on top and treat with 'imperméabilisant'? (a little worried about this, directly on to iffy tomettes?). Or on to ply on top of the new tongue & groove floor (perhaps with an additional  layer of ply?) - Lay a 'receveur a carreler' (polystyrene type) and carry on from there? (quite expensive to buy, and will it allow for tiling with say 20mm old tiles with the generically available outflow siphon?).. - 'Pour' our own 'cast' cement 'receveur', then tile, then treat with imperméabilisant? Any tips to this (cement additives, what surface to do this on [marine ply?] and how?). Or is this a nightmare waiting to happen? We are just a little worried about the 'strength' of the floor, the 'how to' build a walk in shower (wet room floor?).. My other half's dad has dabbled with this in Scandinavia, but there they have complex 'tanking/waterproofing' liquids not readily available here (South).. So not a big help.. Any simple solutions or suggestions would be hugely welcome! Many many thanks in advance..

Thanks.. I'll probably try and book a spoof booking to payment stage and see what happens.. Am I the only one who regularly books Ryanair flights with different browsers/ip addresses etc to try and keep their website alogrithms busy & confused? Sad, I know..

Hi.. A quick update question if anyone knows..?  Our Neteller MC prepaid card is yet again causing problems (unable to pay money in).. We have an 'Escape' card in the UK (but don't have the login details with us  [:(]  ... ) So no ('free') card to book with for now.. This got me thinking - in order for the Ryanair fees to be 'optional', where does that leave 'foreigners' booking from outside of the UK? Is there a 'free card' equivalent in France? We have a (French) CB with a Mastercard logo, but I'm not holding my breath that this in any way counts as 'prepaid' (even though it's effectively a debit card)..? What's the deal with booking fees for people from outside the UK? Many thanks for any thoughts/knowledge..