Dave sting

I think I will get one ( the cheaper version) It will come in handy for those hard to get to areas the sit on wont touch, long term, will have it rotavated and seeded. The fact they don't seem to sell them in France is interesting I can only assume they have been banned for some reason, though even more strange as you can still buy the electric version, so cant be due to the blade not held up on wheels. Dave

Cheers marmite the ground is mainly uneven due to the odd high clumps of grass and the brambles so cutting in with the blade may help. John, unit looks good but at that price I may as well have it Rotavated, levelled and put grass seed down so I can use my sit on. Just seems strange the petrol option Hover type do not seem to be sold in France ? I will bring one over and try it out, English version not cheap either at around £400, can use it on my flat grass if not suitable, along with a few other things " it will come in handy even if I never use it." Dave

Not sure if this is right place to post but hear goes. I have a large section of garden I haven't tended to much as it is very overgrown and so rarely cut down the weeds and bramble as its too much time and energy , I have cut it now and then but as the ground is very uneven I can only do it with the brush cutter, takes ages. Idea !!! use a hover mower to cut it. My real question is does any one know why you cant buy a petrol hover mower in France, even the Flymo.fr site only shows them running as electric, its not a problem as I can bring one over from G.B. but I wondered what had happened to stop them being sold, are they banned, I cant see how the electric version is any safer than the petrol ? Dave

Hi Joidevie I had the same problem and done the same as you you propose if I had wind in the wrong direction and it rained, water would blow under the tiles and enter as drips always in strange places, answer, seal the underneath of the roof joists, new problem, as the gap to beam could not be sealed i ended up with drips coming down where the boards met the beams, this did allow a better control of the drips as i could catch them with a bucket. my answer in the end was to remove every tile and and lay a breathable membrane onto the wood, secured with the odd staple, then re fitted the tiles on top, now I have no problem as any water getting under the tiles passes down the membrane and into the gutter and not into the bedroom, as the membrane is around 1 Mtr wide I removed the 1st mtr high amount of tiles from bottom of roof and stored them off the roof, then laid and fitted the membrane, the next Mtr of tiles above were removed and placed straight onto the membrane below them thus leaving a new Mtr high space to fit the next line of membrane and continued this up the roof simply refitting the removed tiles onto the new run of membrane a Mtr run at a time continued this to the ridge then only had to bring the first line of tiles stored, back up to the roof for the last run, it was a bit easier then it sounds, hope it makes sense and not made your brain explode. Dave

Apart from the mechanical problems there is also the possibility of the flame not heating the end of the probe and generating the small current needed to operate the electro magnet to allow the gas through, this can be caused by a poor flame towards the probe due to blockage in the burner of the main flame, normally stopping initial operation, or blockage of the secondary flame, this part of the flame if blocked can cause the problem of flame lift and make the probe drop out after a pan is put on the seemingly good flame, both of these probs can be cured by careful cleaning of the burner.

Have a look at http://www.gledhill.net/images/spec%20123%20renewable%20cylinders.pdf The jury is out as to it being a good idea on an unvented cylinder as they are worried that if the pressure and temperature safety valves should fail the vessel overheats. I am in the process of fitting an open vented solid fuel heating system to mine but without the connection for hot water, relying on elec only for the ballon D.

getting back to your system problem, You can still have a sealed, mains pressure hot water vessel connected to your taps. the vented hot water circuit can feed an inner coil and transfer heat from the boiler into the vessel without mixing of both waters and so can be connected using a low pressure vent and feed system through your solid fuel heater, you must fit a copper or steel expansion tank and ball valve as if it does over boil, they can distort or melt if in plastic. Next problem is obtaining an indirect vessel in France, I haven't seen one but haven't had the need to look for one, readily available in England, the circuit from the heater will need to be connected to include a heat dump radiator, normally a towel rail fitted in bathroom and due to the new vessels pipe sizes a low speed running pump may need to be fitted to ensure circulation through vessel and back to heater, as to French rules, don't know the answer.

Reading the replies, I think the problem revolves around the way they have set out the estimate and shown the grant as half the installation cost instead of just showing a reduction after Vat for an amount equal to half the charge for installing. Im having it done through the local water authority, this may cost me a little more but could work out cheaper in the long run as they have to pass it after finished and wont, I hope fail there own work, as could happen if I sorted it out on my own and end up with a greater bill to remedy, all papers have now been signed for the go ahead. Dave

it claims today in the Daily mail the exchange rate forecast for July 2015 will be 1.55 euro to the pound, I will save some money back till then, bet something will change to effect the forecast nearer July, could be they are just trying to drum up tourist trade.

I agree idun the reduction in etude is also strange, but if I attempt to put it in another way. The price of something is say £300 + vat = 360 I am offered a trade discount of 50% cost £150 + vat = 180 Should I then have been charged £150 + vat of 60 =£210 Im not ungrateful for the reduction but am used to the english way as above and so find it hard to get my head around it but will send my acceptance to the estimate and throw my hands up in true French fashion Dave

Its just the norm, if you get what amounts to a discount off anything you are charged vat at the end of sale price and not at the original price. Im not going to course a problem as I am grateful for any reduction and after waiting 4 months to get the price with at least 3 months to wait for installation any delay is not beneficial and could lead to loss of grant, just cant work out in my head the reasoning.

its confusing for me an ex vat company man, I know its hard to put down in words so il try figures.estimate amounts to etude 227.27 travaux 7092.80 tva 10% 732.01 grant -50%of travaux -3660.04 charge total 4392.05 Normal english charged as etude 227.27 travaux 7092.80 grant -50% of trav -3660.04 Balance 3660.04 TVA 10% 366.01 Charge total 4026.04 I hope this helps to show there is a diff of 366 euro, and I cant get my head around their sums Dave

Not sure if this is the right place but cant get my head around an estimate just had through for new fosse cep, ie, original price plus tva, less grant 50% off original price before tva, now price includes new reduced price plus original tva cost on original price, hope you get the idea, this means the original price plus 10% tva is now the reduced price plus 20% tva. they claim this is correct as the grant does not subject to tva. V.A.T in England would go mad but is this the French norm or am I being hoodwinked, Dave