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I installed solar model in december and  also an indoor domo alarm which worked o.k. but today i havea message on the screen -perte radio which signifies perte de la liasion radio entre la centrale de detection et sensor dome and yellow flashing light.Surveillance is still active and green light on. Question----- Why when i have not moved any of the equipment  does this happen. i have the alarm domo situated inside house about 25 metres from pool????????????????????? appreciate any help -tomorrow i will go to the pool and check nobody has nicked my [8-)]sensor from the pool.!!!!!!!!

WE HAVE LIVED  NEAR TO COUSSAC BONNEVAL FOR 5 YEARS AND FOUND IT IS NOT AS WET AS EXPECTED-MY WIFE IS A KEEN GARDENER AND WOULD LOVE MORE RAIN FOR THE GARDEN AS THE SOIL IS NOT VERY WET MOST OF THE YEAR .THE LAST YEAR WE HAD LIKE OTHER AREAS A BAN ON USING WATER HOSES BETWEEN 800A.M. AND8.00P.M. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL AREA AND NOT OVERCROWDED(LIKE MOST OF FRANCE RURAL AREAS) AND STILL REASONABLY PRICED. THIS AREA IS 40 K.M SOUTH OF LIMOGES. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD TO THE EAST IN CORREZE AND CREUSE AREAS IT CAN BE A LOT WETTER ,COLDER AND MISTY.AGAIN AS SOMEONE ELSE MENTIONED YOU HAVE SEVERAL MICRO-CLIMATES  DUE TO THE HILLS.PREVAILING WINDS FROM THE WEST .

where do you think the rain goes when it falls directly into your pool?unless it is always under cover you have free top up.seriously it is clean and free of any man made additives apart from what it picks up from the air and this is negligible unless you live next to a chemicalplant etc. the chance of filling a new pool by this method is very difficult if it with a liner that should beinstalled and filled within a few days-i had this problem and had 2 giant paddling pools to fill before a liner could be installed as i only had well water with insufficint capacity to fill 60000 litre in 2-3 days.

i have used registered company and was charged 5.5%tva.,retired and make french tax return..work cost 827 euro. I did claim 3 years ago on double glazing which was one of the items allowed with insulation etc.

CAN I CLAIM ON TAX FOR REPLACING STAINLESS STEEL CHIMNEY LINER AND NEW CHIMNEY CAP?

thankyou ASPERO-I also have a strange sense of humour -it is never understood at home . perhaps i will have a water-free pool which will need no maintenance,no laws to meet,until the rain fills it up again and i go round the merrygoround again.CATCH 22 PERHAPS IF I BURY IT I WILL HAVE NO MORE PROBLEMS.MAKE A GOOD LEEK GARDEN OR PRIVATE  CEMETARY.!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bloody clever pool regulations -they have you by the xmas b**** -best form of french taxation and keeping some people employed..--just like speed cameras.now that's a touchy subject WELL MERRY XMAS TO ALL YOU READERS AND SUBSCRIBERS -.-HOPE NOBODY GIVES YOU A XMAS BOX LIKE A CEMENT ONE ---------------   IN OTHERWORDS A POOL.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   AU-REVOIR OFF TO DROWN (NOPUN INTENDED) MY SORROWS IN A FEW XMAS DRINKS.

Can chlorine direct injection be put into a salt pool without draining it and refilling? What is ballpark cost? without advertising in case admin. stops reply. In my case I had a pool where water had to be brought in from a mile away taking a week to fill - I hired two plastic pools as  I only had a well supply which could not fill pool quickly when liner installed. Most pool owners are not rich but decide to have the  benefit of a pool for family visits as I am retired here without any home in u.k. and have small pension. In hindsight I would not have  installed a pool if I knew the problems it was to give me .-e.g.- pool cost                                    =34000 euro. covers                                          =4600euro bubble cover                                =640   euro                                    total          =39240 euro(£27000.!!!) and within 3 years all covers are obsolete=5240 euro(£3600 down the drain!!!!!!!!!!) PERHAPS IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO ROUND UP THE GOOD GUYS WHO INSTALL POOLS AND SEE IF YOU CAN GET ADVANCE NOTICE HOW DO WE ESTABLISH WHETHER THE SMALL AMOUNT  OF SALT WATER PUMPED OUT A FEW TIMES A YEAR IS POLLUTING OUR OWN LAND OR ENTERING GROUND BEDS TO EFFECT A NOTICEABLE CHANGE TO THE WATER.. PERHAPS THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY BY NUCLEAR MEANS IS A FAR GREATER THREAT IN FRANCE BEING THE MAIN PRODUCTION METHOD AND WILL HAVE A GREATER AFFECT ON THE  LIVING AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.!!!!!!!!!!!      

Not another law to screw the poor pool owners!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! First we buy a pool and within a year find out new laws will take affect within another 2 years to make the covers,fencing etc redundant!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We now buy the compliant alarms or new covers etc.  In another 2-3 years we drain our salt pool and throw away our chlorinaters etc.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 We all believe the advice when we first buy the pool but now it is becoming a financial nightmare.!!!!!!!!! WHEN ARE THE POOL INSTALLERS GOING TO TRY AND PROTECT THE CURRENT OWNERS AFTER THEY HAVE ENJOYED GOOD PROFITS FROM US????????????????? RETROACTIVE PUNISHMENT WENT OUT IN THE LAST CENTURY OR SO I THOUGHT. WHEN I WAS WORKING IN U.K. I SOLD PAINT BUT SAT ON COMMITTEES TRYING TO PREVENT UNFAIR CHANGES TO STANDARDS . SUELY THERE IS A POOL INSTALLERS ASSOCIATION WHOSE VOICE SHOULD BE HEARD OR AM I BEING TOO OPTIMISTIC.-----------SUELY EXISTING POOLS COULD BE EXEMPTED FROM HAVING O CHANGE TO SALT FREE SYSTEMS. IT IS LIKE BEING TAKEN TO THE CLEANERS BY SOME FINANCIAL COMPANIES -AS SOON AS YOUR SIGNATURE IS ON THEIR PAPERS TO BUY AN INVESTMENT  THEY DISAPPEAR INTO THE NIGHT. 

I WOULD BE INTERESTED AS I STAYED IN 3 HOTELS LAST YEAR WHICH DID NOT HAVE ANY APPROVED PROTECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE SUPOSED TO HAVE COMPLIED BY LAST JANUARY.

glad for you now i can tell you a secret .       you always get an appointment when a toothaches at toothy -hurty chinese time

does the key need a new battery?

I have had problems and if it is so bad you could scream then it is likely an abcess under or at side of tooth. until the swelling goes down via use of antibiotics the dentist normally will not touch your tooth-extract it or fill it. I DO NOT KNOW IF A DOCTER IS ALLOWED TO PRESRIBE FOR YOU IN THIS CASE. I ONCE HAD A FINE DRILL GO THROUGH MY TOOTH TO REACH THE ABCESS AND RELEASE THE GAS BUILT UP IN THE ABCESS AND A TEMPORARY FILLING PUT IN UNTIL IT SUBSIDED,,AND A WEEK LATER FILLED AGAIN. A BIT LIKE THE DUSTMAN HOFFMAN SPY MOVIE.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ,

TRY DISCONNECTING BATTERY AND CONNECT AGAIN -MAYBE MEMORY IS THEN JOGGED -A BIT LIKE A COMPUTER FREEZING AND THE ABOVE HELPS WITH A COMPUTER.BUT PERHAPS WAIT FOR SO CALLED EXPERTS AT CITROEN-I HAVE HAD THEM TRYING TO FIX MY CAR MAP NAVIGATION SINCE JUNE.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TRY JUMP STARTING -SORRY A JOKE FOR A JUMPY -BUT WHO WANTS TO GO OUT ON SUCH A MISERABLE DAY? WE WILL ALL BE WAITING FOR THE SOLUTION SO KEEP US POSTED.

This is a problem with most items you buy and it is sad to think that the most expensive items you buy can give you much agro and dis-satisfaction as once the seller has your money better beware. For example your house ,car and pool are very expensive to buy and maintain but after sales service is generally poor both  in U.K. and France with complete lack of commercial etiquette -like the simple reply by phone or letter acknowledging your complaint and in many cases failing to rectify the fault quickly or worse still giving you further  incorrect advice.!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I PERSONALLY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH CAR COMPUTERS NOT WORKING DESPITE 13 VISITS TO THE GARAGE THIS YEAR AND STILL WAITING FOR AN APOLOGY OR RETURN OF MONEY.tHE CAR IS A CITROEN C5 ONLY 4 YEARS OLD.  SWIMMING POOLS ARE PROBLEMMATIC AS THE NEW LAWS AND ADVICE GIVEN BY MANY SUPPLIERS IS GUESSWORK.  

bought mine at castarama and found when erecting it that it was identical to one i had in u.k. even the glass came from u.k. in same pack.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hewitts downunder-a very good description of the spot needing the tape. It was like visiting the hairdresser and being asked--"Anything for the weekend sir?"-and being only 15 years old was very embarrassed' again the phrase refers to a weak-end.!!! never went back  for a haircut for a long time afterwards.

WHAT DO YOU NEED AS MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR DIESEL 2.2 AUTOMATIC ESTATE CITROEN C5? THE BATTERY IS NEARLY 4 YEARS OLD AND IS THIS A NORMAL LIFE.?IS IT WORTH TRYING TO RECHARGE OR WILLIT JUST LET ME DOWN AGAIN?   AS YOU KNOW WHEN AN AUTO WILL NOT START YOU CANNOT DO A PUSH START . AND WHEN IT HAPPENS ON A SUNDAY WHEN MOST GARAGES ARE CLOSED AND YOU HAVE 100 K.M. TO GET HOME YOU TEND TO BUY ANYTHING AS A GET YOU HOME MEASURE. A JUML LEAD DID NOT WORK JUST SMOULDERED AS THE WIRE WAS LOOSE IN THE END CLIPS AND PERHPS NOT MAN ENOUGH FOR THE JOB. AS SECOND QUESION WHAT IS GOOD JUMP LEAD TO BUY.   STANGE TO SAY BUT THIS HAPPENED A DAY AFTER THE GARAGE HAD BEEN TRYING TO FIX A SATELITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM THAT THINKS THE CAR IS 850K.M. FROM WHERE IT IS PARKED.!!!!!!!!!!!!   WISHED I HAD JUST KEPT BUYING A NEW MAP EVERY 3 YEARS.!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS FOR YOUR ANSWERS

DO NOT USE ZIP .A FIRE WILL START EASILY IF ALL IS WELL WITH PAPER AND STICKS IF VENTILATION IS GOOD I.E. SUPPLY OF AIR . THIS IS NOT GENERALLY A PROBLEM IN FRANCE AS MOST HOUSES HAVE LOTS OF HOLES AROUND .EVEN WITH OUR DOUBLE GLAZING NO PROBLEM. WE HAD A SERIOUS PROBLEM LIGHTING OUR JOTUL.   WE EVENTUALLY GAVE UP AND CALLED PLUMBER.     DESPITE PLUMBER CLEANING CHIMNEY HE HAD TO USE A BLOW TORCH TO START FIRE. I TOLD HIM THAT WAS A RIDICULOUS WAY TO START FIRE AS NEXT DAY WE COULD NOT LIGHT IT.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVENTUALLY I CLEANED CHIMNEY AND FOUND A BLOCKAGE DUE TO BUILD UP OF BLACK BISQUE WHICH HAD OCCURRED DUE TO ME BURNING AT VERY LOW SETTING OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUOUSLY OVER 3 WINTER MONTHS.!!!!!!!!!! THE PLUMBER THOUGHT HE WAS HITTING THE COVER ON TOPOF CHIMNEY BUT I BELIEVE HE WAS HITTING THIS SOLID MASS.. AFTER USING RODS WITHOUT THE BRUSH I MANAGED TO BREAK THE LUMP OF RESIN AND IT TOOK AN HOUR . WE COLLECTED A FULL BUCKET OF BLACK BISQUE AND ONE PIECE AS LARGE AS THE FLUE DIAMETER. AFTERWARDS IT STARTED EASILY. I RECOMMEND CLEANING EVERY 3 MONTHS AND NOT RUNNING AT VERY LOW POSITION NOR OVERNIGHT. P.S. I HAVE ALSO HAD RED HOT BURNING OF PIPE AND THIS WAS WHEN I LIT FIRE I OPENED BOTTOM DOOR TO GIVE IT A STARTER BOOST AND IT WAS LIKE A FURACE IN NOISE AND I WAS FORCEDV TO SHUT DOOR AND THROW A DISH OF WATER ON BACK OF STOVE PIPE. WE HAVE A SAFETY/CLEANING LID AND THIS POPPED OFF RELEASING PRESSURE AND A BIT MORE BISQUE FELL ONTO THE FLOOR BEHIND STOVE.

IF THAT IS THE CASE THEN IT MAKES THE NEW REGULATIONS A FARCE AND CHILDREN ON HOLIDAY IN THESE HOTELS WOULD BE AT RISK!

LAST MONTH I VISITED 3 HOTELS ON HOLIDAY YET NONE HAD PROPER REQUIREMENTS TO MEET NEW SAFETY LAWS.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YET FROM WHAT I READ ALL SHOULD HAVE HAD IN OPERATION SINCE JAN.2004. HAS ANYONE HEARD OF ANY POOL CHECKS BEING MADE ANYWHERE IN FRANCE??????????????????

I HAVE NOW READ MY LASTCONTRIBUTIONS SOCIALES  FORM RECEIVED THIS MONTH AND  I NOTE CSG AND P.S. ARE CHARGED ON ITEM RENTES VIAGERES A TITRE ONEREUX .THE INCOME HERE IS A FORMER PENSION WHICH COULD NOT BE TRANSFERED INTO ANOTHER COMPANIES SCHEME WHEN I CHANGED JOBS. IT HAD TO BE PUT INTO AN ANNUITY AND THIS IS TAXED AT 8.2% , 2.3% AND 0.5% FOR CSG  P.S. AND CRDS RESPECTIVELY.AFTER A 50% REDUCTION DUE TO THE TIME IT WAS STARTED ,I.E. BETWEEN 50-59 YEARS OF AGE. THIS MAY HELP THE OTHER CORRESPONDENT PETERW. IS THIS ANNUITY  CORRECT TO BE CLASSED AS INCOME?

I PAY ALL MY TAXES IN FRANCE AND AM RETIRED. INCOME IS OLD AGE PENSION AND COMPANY PENSION PAID WITHOUT ANY UK TAXES. WHY MUST I PAY CSG.CRDS AND PREL.SOC.ET CONT. SOLIDARITE.????? I UNDERSTAND A LITTLE FRENCH  BUT WHEN ASKED IF I HAD ANY DEDUCTIONS PAID IN THE UK I SAID NO TO LOCAL TAX INSPECTER. HOWEVER I READ SOMEWHERE THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY THESE CONTRIBUTIONS. I PAID FULL N.I. FOR ALL MY WORKING LIFE FOR 47 YEARS. ANY REFERENCES I CAN GIVE TO THE TAX OFFICE TO STOP THESE CHARGES GREATLY APPRECIATED.

thankyou Jim for your information. can you fit these yourself or do they have to be installed by a company to get the approval certification? my pool is 10x4.5 metres pluas a 1.5metre roman end so i assume 1 alarm will do. what are you doing in winter as i am told you cannot use your cover over an alarm-i suppose you will have to put up with more cleaning of leaves etc. i am rather dis-illusioned with pool installers as they are quick to take your order but not 100% on the ball on several technical requirements. alan.

WHICH ARE AVAIABLE TO MEET NFP90-307? WHAT IS EXPECTED LIFETIME? IS A SOLAR ONE WORTH EXTRA 50% IN COST- I ASSUME THE CHEAPER ONE USES A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY. CAN THESE BE FITTED BY ONESELF OR DO WE NEED AN APPROVED FITTER? ANY INFO AND NAMES/ADDRESSES OF SUPPLIERS  WITH PRACTICAL EXPERIECE TO DATE APPRECIATED AS I WILL HAVE TO GET THIS INSTALLED .              %  

WELL IF ARCHANT IS CONNECTED WITH ARCHANT SPECIALIST LTD. WHO I BELIEVE ARE INVOLVED WITH MAGAZINE SUBSCIPTIONS THEN GOD HELP YOU. A MORNING'S DELAY IS NOTHING COMPARED TO MY WIFE STILL WAITING FOR HER GARDENING MAGAZINE SINCE PAYMENT IN AUGUST AND AWAITING FIRST COPY.!!!!!!!!!!!!! OCTOBER EXPECTED ANY TIME -NOW ---AND I MEAN ANY TIME .OH. WHAT A JOY LIFE WAS BEFORE COMPUTERS AND CUSTOMERS SERVICES..........!