Jump to content

briwy

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    146

  • Joined

  • Last visited

    Never

 Content Type 

Posts posted by briwy

    Electric water heaters

    in House Renovations

    Posted

    Could someone enlighten me as to how these are piped and wired up please.

    I assume that they are some form of immersion heater but ours has no

    header tank so are they under mains pressure or what and how is

    expansion taken care of?

    All the houses we viewed and the one we eventually bought dont have any

    timers on as is usual in the UK.  Is there any reason for this as

    it seems a waste of power if they are just on all the time as ours

    appears to be when the breaker is on.

    Must say it works brilliantly and the house we have bought has just had

    a new one but I would like to know how it works just in case of a

    problem.

    Thanks

    Brian

    HEADLIGHT REFLECTORS

    in Travelling to/from France

    Posted

    Might be worth a call to Toyota Customer Services and asking them if there is a mask pattern available.

    A few years ago I had a Saab and they supplied a template FOC.

    Went ot Woolies and got a roll of black fablon and kept making them as and when needed. Dead cheap option.

    Brian

    Peage doofahs on planes

    in Travelling to/from France

    Posted

    Does anyone know if its OK to take a peage doofah on a plane, either in baggage or hand luggage.

    We usually drive down to the Pyrenees but as we are only going for a

    long weekend we are flying down and hireing a car so we need to take

    the doofah on the plane.

    Just wondered as I assume the doofah is transmitting a signal of some sort all the time.

    Thanks

    Brian  

    Interior wall painting.

    in House Renovations

    Posted

    We need to decorate the  inside walls in a small chalet we have just bought in the Pyrenees.

    The walls are the usual  Artex like stuff and we just want to overpaint it.

    Can anyone recommend a reasonable priced emulsion amd where to get it please.

    From what I can see a lot of French paint seems to be very expensive compared with England.

    I would prefer to buy in France when we get there as I dont fancy about 10L of paint in the car.

    Any ideas please

    Brian

    Buying a French property as an unmarried couple

    in French Legal Issues

    Posted

    My partner and myself are in the same position and are just finalising the purchase.

    We both have one child from previous marriages and in the end we

    decided to do the simple thing and buy the property 50/50 and leave

    individual shares to our respective children.

    We looked at all sorts of supposed ways round the issue but in the end

    it seemed to us that there was no positive way to make sure that in the

    event of the death  of one of us the other could inherit fully.

    As we all get on well as a family we felt it wasnt worth the hassle and expense of trying to get round it.

    We also took the view that either of us probably would not want to keep the property any way if the other died.

    In our case the property is a relatively low value, (approx £100k) and

    is a second home so I can understand if it is a high value and a

    primary home that we may have acted differently.

    Brian

    Insurance recommendation

    in French Finance

    Posted

    We are just in the process of purchasing a small house in the Pyrenees and need to get the insurance sorted out.

    At the moment, simply for convenience, we would prefer to deal with an

    English company then later on when we get more confident in the

    language we intend to use a French company.

    Has anyone got any recommendations for an English based company please?

    We need house and contents cover and will possibly rent the house out on odd occasions

    Any help appreciated

    Thanks

    Brian

    Socket spurs?

    in House Renovations

    Posted

    We are about to complete the purchase of a property in the Pyrenees and will want to fit more sockets.

    I have done a fair ammount of wiring in the UK so am OK with the

    mechanics of it but just want to make sure that I do things properly in

    France.

    I am aware the the the wiring to sockets is a radial circuit and that

    as far as I can see up to eight sockets are normall allowable depending

    on the circuit rating.

    If there are not this many sockets on the circuit is it allowable to

    take spurs off  (as in the UK) or do any extra sockets have to

    come from the last existing socket.

    Is DIY wiring actually allowed in France or is it like the UK where it can now only be done professionally?

    Thanks for any help

    Brian

    Property in Cauterets

    in South West (Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées)

    Posted

    We are seriously considering buying a small chalet near Cauterets and

    wondered if anyone else has experience of owning property here.

    All seems very friendly on the surface but we have heard one or two tales about the the locals not being happy with the British

    We would want to rent the property out for a few weeks a year really

    just to cover the costs and  would be grateful if anyone can

    recommend any of the management/cleaning  companies in Cauterets.

    Many thanks for a any help or advice

    Brian

    New ferry route

    in South West (Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées)

    Posted

    We got back last week after a two week stay in the Pyrenees and really

    enjoyed this boat.  Swimming pool is great, not big but OK on the

    top deck with a sliding roof.

    Not as well stocked as the P & O boat but we thought very good value.

    We were due to sail on the second sailing from Portsmouth and

    eventually we managed it OK after a fraught time when the inspectors

    stopped the boat carrying passengers.

    Got a £150 refund fro all the messing about so ended up paying about £400 return.

×
×
  • Create New...