Marcel

we put hot water underfloor heating in our house in Scotland and would never go back to conventional rads. The house is constantly warm with no hot and cold areas.  We have found it cheaper to run as the the concrete acts as one massive storage heater and will give off heat for several hours after shutting down. The fitting was very straight forward with all pipes running back to a manifold controlled by room stats and run with an oil fired boiler. marcel

We fit many Kitchens in this situation. Mark the wall along top height of wall cupboards, measure down 15 cms and mark. Then mark length of run (cupboards joined side to side).  Remove with stanley knife the 15 cms strip of plasterboard the required length and replace with strip of ply  (same depth or a wee bit shy of original plasterboard), double screwed into metal/wooden studs. You now have a solid hanger section of wall the length of wall cupboards on which to fix your top wall cupboard hangers. hope this helps Marcel

[quote]have you tried ebay.fr with my very limited french found loads........hope this helps ..[/quote] hi Dave When I tried Ebay.fr for "prise de courant", (sockets), I didn't find one . What did you search under? marcel

Thanks for everyone's input on this.  Firstly let me say that I have had a place in France for over 20 years, love France ,and am not wingeing. But someone out there must be making a lot of money from electrical gear in France. One can buy good quality double sockets for £3.60 each in GB, whereas the equivalent French item works out from Castorama at £7.92.  No wonder I see in all my french friends houses single sockets everywhere with mountains of adapters on adapters hanging from the walls. I am currently rebuilding in France and need to buy 50 double sockets , so you can see why I ask if there is anywhere else besides expensive Bricos to buy sockets. Marcel

thanks Tim.  So I guess everyone finds the Bricos the cheapest and there isn't an internet company that sells french electrical sockets etc in GB marcel (not really a newbie, as I was one of the originals way back under a different name -member number 28 if I recall properly)

does anyone know a web site or whatever where one can but french electrical sockets etc at reasonable costs please.  The bricos seem quite expensive compared to the price i can by a single/double british socket say from screwfix.  Srewfix equivalent perhaps? thankyou  

I have been offered a tumble down wee house in France by some French friends who want to get rid.  I have been offered the property for 1 euro (yes one) !! Would someone advise me on what fees, taxes etc I would be liable to pay on a purchase of one euro. thanks marcel