kathyg

Just discovered this doesn't run with Vista![:@]

.....or an alarm, or a rigid cover....

Coconut milk/cream is also a great alternative for normal cream, maybe you could experiment with some Thai dishes.....

Watch out for wheatflour in baking powder though, you'll need to get a gluten-free version. Kallo make a great puffed rice cereal and with rice milk it tastes just like Sugar Puffs![:D]

I understood that it's still ok for the farmer to do it till January '08

Have you tried Intasure? Pool insurance is included in the house insurance. Kathy

Thanks for your help Danny! Kathy

Well that's exactly the depth/height that would be a problem! It's got to be above 600mm, the idea being that a toddler couldn't accidentally fall in. Kathy

Mr Clair's mad!![:-))] Kathy

Hi C&C, We did pretty much the same, the local farmer supplied a digger driver for us who also collected and poured all the sand for the base (didn't use mortar). We thought we'd need a compactor for the sand but it worked out extremely well without, backbreaking couple of weeks though! Our pool is near enough 10m x 5m and we're on a slope too so half buried and we've surrounded it with a deck, looks fab![:D] Kathy

That can't be right Sniffy, do you mean 120cm? Kathy

Hi Sniffy, We've done exactly that and yes we've complied with the regs as though it was an 'inground' pool. I think the criteria is anything that is less than 600mm above the ground/deck is then technically an inground pool. I'm sure that's what you didn't want to hear![;-)]

Hi Cheryl, We used a big stepladder and on the side of the ladder that was in the pool, we attached a piece of wood covered in foam to protect the bottom of the pool. Good luck, Kathy

Don't know but I know a French cheque is as good as cash over there! Kathy

Hi Andrew, Apart from the pool itself, the other equipment that we're thinking possibly of buying from the States is available in France anyway so shouldn't be a problem re spares etc. We're still only exploring this possibility at the moment anyway, we'd much rather have someone come in and do it all for us. Are you able to respond to my pm/email that I sent last week? Thanks, Kathy