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    Slow Cookers

    in French Food and Wine

    Posted

    Thanks for the info - I will certainly be doing our pud that way this year but don't think I will try doing it from scratch.

    Will have to keep it in the kitchen because once made a rice pudding, put the cooker in a room other than the kitchen and remembered it three days later. Surprisingly it was edible but a bit dry to say the least - I think we cut it into slices.

    Thanks again

     

    Slow Cookers

    in French Food and Wine

    Posted

    I love my slow cooker and find it great if we are expecting visitors and not sure of arrival time - nothing spoils. I never thought about doing my Christmas pudding in it Russethouse - what a great idea! How do you do it? Do you just stand the pudding in water and leave it? Would love to know.

     

    Mobile phones

    in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone

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    Hi

    We recently bought a Leclerc Sim and it works really well for us. It was costing us such a lot to use our UK mobiles when we are in France, paying to receive and send, and also we found french artisans and delivery people reluctant to call a UK mobile. We were put off getting a french Sim before because of losing the unused credit but the twelve month credit time more than makes up for the 1.50 euro monthly charge.

    We used it during our last visit and we were really pleased - it cost nothing to receive calls or texts from the UK.

     

    Water damage in plasterboard

    in House Renovations

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    Can anyone help? We have just stripped the wallpaper off our bedroom and discovered an old damp problem in one piece of plasterboard. There must have been a problem at one time as the plasterboard has a few lumps and bumps but it is completely dry now. Can anyone tell me how we can remove the lumps so that we can have a smooth finish ready to re-paper? I know that the probable solution would be to replace the complete piece of plasterboard but is there another option? Can it be sanded down/ removed with a stanley knife and a coat of smooth plaster applied? Am making this up as I go along so please be kind with your advice,

    Thanks

    Gill

    repointing

    in House Renovations

    Posted

    That looks great and the effect that we would like to achieve. Can you tell me how much it is to buy, where to buy it and what area one bag will cover.

    When we start on ours it is going to be done a visit at a time so having the consistent colour would be great.

    Thanks

    Gill

     

    Television in French - while in the UK

    in French Language

    Posted

    Hi Phylis

    Sky Channel 799 is TV5. The News is on at 7.30p.m. every weeknight for half an hour- long enough to concentrate! It is quite a good channel because on some programmes it gives subtitles in French - the only downside of that is that one reads the titles instead of listening. I think it is mainly a Swiss channel but they do have quite a variety of programmes.

     

     

    Buying online from IKEA - experiences ?

    in Finding/Owning French Property

    Posted

    Hi

    We bought beds from Ikea on line a couple of years ago and had a stress free experience. As non-residents in France I arranged it all from home. If you go onto the website (Ikea.fr) and click on Vente en distance and then on English, you are guided through the whole process. There is also the possibility of speaking to someone in english if your french is not good. We entered the dates of our visit to France, ordered on line and were then given a telephone number to arrange the exact date and time of the delivery. The delivery van arrived within two minutes of the promised time. My only gripe is the cost of delivery which increases with the amount you spend - surely the more you buy should attract a reduction. Saying that, it was good to have everything on time as it is difficult enough to get things done on a short visit.

    static caravans.

    in Finding/Owning French Property

    Posted

    Hi

    Have you tried the websites for companies who provide camping holidays e.g. Canvas Holidays or Eurocamp. They usually sell off their caravans and I think I have seen that they have facilities to transport the vans to your chosen site.

    It may also be worth trying the sales pages of French Property News.

    septic tanks

    in North East (Champagne-Ardennes, Lorraine, Alsace)

    Posted

    Hi

    We are in the process of buying a house in Burgundy which has a septic tank.  We know that you should not use bleach but can anyone recommend suitable cleaning products which will not upset things. Someone has told us that a regular dose of Eparcyl should be added - is this right. Any advice on the maintenance of the tanks please.

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