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Yo, I was looking for light grime removing products. I have a nice rebuilt TransAlp (beadblasted and chemically ruined) that needs fannying with a dainty and deft hand from time to time. I tried the AutoGrim stuff and it was OK, I suppose, despite the price. The two products above just tickled my slightly warped SOH.

Still need ideas?

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Can you see them now dear?

What are the buttons? Your button images don't appear, ironically. None of what you wrote appears to work....

Strange - can you see all the pics in my OIL Heating post on House Renov?? I can see them.... Perhaps one of the moderators can explain?

Laugh, I nearly paid my Impôts when I saw this stuff...   then I actually DID pay them when I saw this...     What a larf.

Bricomarché near us sell the TNT receivers, with a BIG coverage map next to them clearly illustrating that TNT will not be available here until the end of 2006! I suppose people could be buying them for their relatives elsewhere.... Look forward to it for the kids - the Analogue Sat reception is a bit naff now and again.

Contrary to the post about Norton and McAfee, a brief tour of recent reviews would yield the fact that Norton comes WAY DOWN on the useability/protection scores. Norton has never been particularly effective, and still isn't, irrespective of price. McAfee and Trend PCcillin are both expensive bloatware. And neither work that well. The best are free. AVG is world renowned and very well supported, as is Zone Alarm and both outperform those that cost money.  

Could you check the website address? Have tried adding .com and .fr but no joy.

Michael, you can't just take a boiler and expect it to work on paraffin, it needs modification. Conversely, people insist on bringing their UK oil boilers here and expect them to just work! Most just need an injector change and that's it, but some have pumps that require replacement. Of the UK import ones, those with Riello burners are the most "international".

Better still, I have downloaded both the missing OM, AND the service manual!!! Something to read in bed tonight.

Brilliant! Thanks for that, I couldn't find anything via a search! Feeler gauges to manual....

I have a 2003 Honda Ride-on with a GCV 530 engine. The owner's manual has walked. It is due for a minor service, and the only technical info I am missing is the valve clearance figures. Anyone help? Ta 

Yes to both. With a caveat. Italian and German boilers are sold here with CE marking only. Fine. But you cannot use them in the UK - the fuel is wrong. Copper pipe drawn in Belgium has EN 1057, NF and BS markings. The Italian copper has just EN 1057. All are usable, even the 15mm stuff - in theory - most copper fittings have EN1057 and EN1524 markings - except the ones which are only made and sold in the UK, which have BS markings only. To make matters more complicated, the (French) COMAP 15mm connectors have EN1057 and EN1524 markings! So you could use them. HOWEVER, that doesn't mean that your installation meets building regs! You cannot fit single pole CE MCBs in France. Not because the item is "unfit", but because the requirements forbid them. Similarly, you cannot fill your house with UK sockets, whether they have CE on or not. The situation across Europe is becoming easier. CE and EN are seeing to that. But there is a difference between material/components and installation regulations. Even the French accreditation body AFNOR appear somewhat confused. You can download the various NFs and DTUs from the site. In the end, it is a matter of buying the correct product for the market and the application. It's not that difficult?

Never used PVC other than for drainware. I think you are referring to "Easytub"? Plastic pipe in the form of PER is gaining a strong following here. Albeit slowly. The tube (in 16 and 20mm) is quite cheap and also available pre-sleeved (pregainée), BUT the connectors are quite expensive, although you don't need too many because you can run long lengths of pipe with no joints. And the joints are fully demountable. It is easy to use, is clean, is safe and is recommended. It is vital that very long straight runs are avoided, since the expansion of PER (1%) is 10 times that of copper. Or arrange the run to allow for this. PER is generally connected by special compression joints (with integral pipe supports), whereas UK PEX is generally joined by push fittings with seperate insert pipe supports.  It is also possible to use crimp connectors - you need to buy a crimping tool for these. It is also essential to use the correct cutter for the pipe - it cuts clean and square. Never hacksaw or use a bare knife.

It really depends on what it is you are fitting/supplying. EN will eventually replace everything - many standards in the UK quote BS EN xxxxx for example - which is an interim position. Likewise, pipe is often quoted to NF and EN. CE is an accreditation concerning (in the main) electromagnetic compatabilty, and is applied where one piece of kit will not cause interference or malfunction of another. It also applies to personal safety and various other factors. The point about NF is really that one countries' quality/applicability standards do not necessarily translate into anothers'. And would certainly cause extreme difficulties in Insurance Claims. Assurance companies in France have a near Forensic ability to determine material and fit standards, and any minor non-compliance will result in them having every reason to blast the claim. Which is their aim! Thus, non-EN/NF goods cannot morally be fitted (whatever it is) in France. And anyone in the recognised metier (an Artisan) will NOT do this. And certainly not wantonly import it. And, advocating, encouraging or even bragging about the use of "random" material that is clearly non-compliant, together with a disdain for correct procedure, skill or technique is something that rattles. Imagine the scenario of Mr and Mrs Smith making a claim for a fire in their recently renovated Gîte (as recently happened on the Cote d'Azur with clients in it). The assessors (lots of them) walk in and ask for all the Factures for the electrical installation, the roof, the plumbing and the roof. The owners can only provide one for the roof. The assessors start to delve into the cause together with the Pompiers, and they find a UK tableau with single pole MCBs. They delve further and find that there is no RCD. They continue and find that there is a ring main, in twin and earth. They find UK sockets. They find UK light fittings, not fitted in the manner expected. They find that the compteur was connected without Conseul. They find that the heating system has a UK indirect copper cylinder. They find that their woodburner (not the actual cause of the fire) was fitted without the correct flueing. How much do you reckon they paid in the claim?

Quote: "Just checked with Electrical manager here and he advises that all the MCBS RCBO contactors switches ect ect are to a European standard and has shown me the Klockner catalogue to show the standards " - you said Klockner were dead! Just knew you were bulling about Moeller....  you know no-one. The real problem with your postings is that people use this Forum looking for advice. They may well read your postings and follow your poor advice - as I stated before: " French registered plumbing Artisans (those who have CdC accreditation, a Carte de chambre de métiers, and assurance responsabilité civile) cannot morally fit non-NF material, just as French sparks cannot fit BS only products. The implications are too considerable to contemplate.  What is most disturbing is the implication that it is alright to do what you want. This is NOT the case, is misleading (at best) and cannot serve to help those who want to have work done (whatever it is) legally, professionally, safely and Insurable. Or in the case of someone who wishes to do some of the work themselves, or make purchases, to have reasonably accurate and informed guidance. " If you insist on hijacking posts, you must offer accurate and real advice. EuroNorms are one thing (and a good thing), BUT NF is the ONLY fully recognised standard in France and its Dom-Tom. Every quotation you provide relates to UK standards, UK Products, UK suppliers, UK prices, UK websites, UK practice. This is just not acceptable. This is France, mate. DO NOT offer half-baked advice. You are clearly some kind of Walter Mitty character, and a dangerous one at that...scanning through some of the muddled crud about Woodburners, Flues, Chimneys and electrical installations using UK kit is just frightening. What if someone gets hurt? Just what is your trade, Jack?? I also suspect you are working on the Black - you cannot be processing TVA properly with all the UK items you keep bringing over by your own foolish admission. Not good, that, not good at all. There are a good number of folk on this forum that would just love to shop you.   You also don't seem to know where you are: Quote: "I, like you are in the Aveyron and good roofers are like Hen's teeth " "Down in Cassis measuring up so I expect" "Remember two years ago it was minus 15 in central france" "I have just had two roofs done in the sw region of France" "My home in Uk will in the evening go to 3 bar" " I spend £100,000-00 per year "   

1. OF not OP (spelling again) 2. If you bother to quote a brand or society, it ALWAYS helps to spell it correctly. 3. I know Klockner-Moeller from a previous life. I know some of the reps. So which rep?? Or is the question too hard? 4. You seem to have missed the point about plumbing rather than electrical installations. And all the HVAC controllers we use have Klockner-Moeller on them. Still. 5. I believe the weather in the UK this weekend is not good - sorry. Kenavo!

1. Don't do Industrial and I think you are referring to the company APAVE (do spell it correctly) 2. Know Klockner-Moeller well - which rep???  3. EN fine if so marked

After all that's been said on this post... Why would anyone fit the more expensive UK taps etc? Just doesn't make ANY sense. It's like bringing French wine INTO France from the UK. French registered plumbing Artisans (those who have CdC accreditation, a Carte de chambre de métiers, and assurance responsabilité civile) cannot morally fit non-NF material, just as French sparks cannot fit BS only products. The implications are too considerable to contemplate.  What is most disturbing is the implication that it is alright to do what you want. This is NOT the case, is misleading (at best) and cannot serve to help those who want to have work done (whatever it is) legally, professionally, safely and Insurable. Or in the case of someone who wishes to do some of the work themselves, or make purchases, to have reasonably accurate and informed guidance.    

A French plumbing company will not fit anything 15mm, or PVC products that are not grey! They will be VERY reluctant to fit UK sourced kit if it is obvious that it is - installation instructions and packing are a giveaway. In general, plombiers will always prefer to supply and fit. They make money on supply. The guy I work for will generally fit someone's gear, but right at the back of the queue. Remember that Artisans like plombiers and chauffagistes are not short of work.

Dip and Strip - I noticed that there is a one on the main drag between St Malo/Dinard and Rennes. There is a yellow panneau with "Dip and Strip" on it on the left if you are heading north.

And then you'll get someone coming on poo-pooing the cheap ceramics. Ignore them - they are all NF and the cheap stuff is great value and tough. Buy cheap here. Taps with sink drains for 7.90 Eur is just not achievable in the UK...... and they are exactly the same ones Screwfix sell for 5 times the price.