Wynnstay

Thanks Gyn Paul for that - our roof is slate - probably once black but now gray - and tho we doubt the temp is quite that high for us its not far off! I think I have just joined into a subject that is going to be more use to me personally than I thought when i posted that first warning. Having told you about our current house, we are also just about to buy a tiny cottage in which we hope to use the attic space as another bedroom but were wondering how to make sure our present problem does not occur there too.I can see that the rear roof is red tile and the front slate - I will guess the Maire will want us to make the new roof dark along with the rest of the village. What other knowledge of all this does anyone have? What options have we? What precautions would anyone suggest?:: Thanks Wynnstay

A few years ago our local B & Q manager told us he was going on an exchange period to a Castorama as he spoke French - or at least he spoke reasonably good French I think it was having done various school exchanges for longish periods when young). The local store was Wrexham. I do not know if he is there still. But could you not try for an exchange period and see what the company could do depending on how you got on Wynnstay

Just a word of warning. We have two bedrooms with ceilings and another one open to the beams. This large bedroom is well insulated with plasterboard including the spaces between the beams. It has a very large window yet in hot weather it is absolutely unbearably hot - even if the windows are open or the curtains drawn. We always move out of it in hot weather as even an air cooler is insufficient. The other two rooms with ceilings are cool. This is a granite house.We know many people have such rooms which do not suffer the problem but we do....   Best of luck Wynnstay