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  1. i would  stabalise it as best i could by throwing  lime mortor as far in as i could & pointing up the outside as well, you could then try &remove a few stones further up & using a shute , try & pour mortor in from above.you could try using something like a  big dia flexy hose pipe & funnel ie bigger than 30mm & a very sloppy mix.   it'l still set  ok. [quote user="Rich1972"]Hi I've got a rather derelict single-storey old piggery that I'm trying to renovate. The back wall has partially collapsed, a section about 2 metres wide, but I was planning on rebuilding that. Unfortunately I've since discovered that the tiles all along the back wall have cracked/slipped and for the last decade or so rainwater has been pouring through the rubble-core of the stone wall, to the extent that the wall is still standing (apart from the collapsed section) but has literally no earthen/clay mortar in it whatsoever. It's just the outer facing stones with the rubble interior. You can poke a thin stake from one side all the way through to the other. No mud is to be seen binding the stones together. It's all been washed away. Is it possible to inject the wall with mortar rather than totally rebuilding it? Is repointing by hand even an option given how deep the mortar would have to penetrate? Has anyone had a similar experience? A total rebuild is a) beyond my capability and b) beyond my finances. If the entire 10-metre wall needs to be rebuilt then I think I will have to demolish the structure. Rich [/quote]
  2.  yes but is there any point to these cars? what do they weigh & what do they rev to ?diesels are alright for pulling heavy weights with hardly any revs.  ie lorrys , caravans  etc.i wouldn't have thought they'd be  any good for motorbikes unless you like plodding around bored to death.
  3. 80 bhp per litre !  from a diesel road car,  i find that hard to believe.[quote user="Bob T"]I can't imagine that there is a rear tyre that would handle the torque of a diesel without a very short life. If BMW were to make one with a 1000cc then they could give it some power - they manage over 80 bhp per litre from their car diesel engines. [/quote]
  4. hi cooperlola ,  i found an old newspaper from 1968 saying 12 francs to the pound, i personaly remember 9\10 francs to the pound in 1980 , i worked it out to be about 7.5 francs to the pound last summer . i guess its more like 6 or less now.  when did you remember it being 7 , & how did you work it out?    [quote user="cooperlola"]Recent events have at least given people still in the planning stages some idea as to how bad it can get.  I remember a time when a pound bought seven francs, but I reckon few people thought Euro parity was even a remote possibility, in spite of evidence to the contrary.  Now we know this is a more realistic "worst case" rate to work to than the 1.20 I budgeted for before making the move four years ago.  I agree with you Derek; if it's happened once, it can happen again.[/quote]
  5. i layed tanalised battens at 450mm centres & put30mm dense polystyrene in between over some nasty 1930's grey tiles, then floor boarded over them with proper floor boards. looks great & is warm, lost about 50mm floor height but was putting in new fire place Door & skirts so it didn't matter.battens would have been better thicker because i had to hammer my nails in at an angle to get some bite.
  6. mike151

    Walnuts

    do you think it will bleed in spring when the sap starts to rise, & is there something to paint on to prevent it happening[quote user="alleycat"]Sounds like you got away with it then because they bleed within the day if they're going to.  We cut ours too late on in winter, in other words towards the spring I think when the sap was already rising - our mistake but the tree in question is still there!  We have some serious cutting back to do this year as our trees, we are told, are in the region of a hundred years old and are now posing quite a threat to overhead power lines when there is strong wind!  We are dreading having to deal with it frankly as we can't seem to locate someone who will come and do it for us!  So we plan to hire a cherry picker and maybe even contact EDF to ask if we can have the power turned off for a couple of hours for safety?  I think we are totally barking but hey it's why we came here and we intend to stick it out come what may even if we die doing it!  Joking really but it still beats being back in dear old blightey! [/quote]
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    Walnuts

    too late, i cut 1 x 225mm thick limb & several 100mm branches off the lower part of our tree last month, it didn't do any weeping! i hope when i go back in feb it hasn't bled too much, i'll let you know. definately didn't bleed for at least a week before we left.
  8. i found that tool expensive & in some situations not ideal, in england i use the waifer head self tap screws instead, which is what i'd recomend anyone using, especially if you're only doing a few walls.  ps don't forget insulation if its on an outside wall.
  9.  i think official tradesmen in france have to guarantee their work for 10 years+ thats probably why it seams expensive. you could get someone to do it cheaper on the black but it won't be guaranteed, & without a receipt you can't claim tax releif when you sell your house. best to do it yourself, its not a difficult job with a van & some tape & joint, no need to plaster! cost you about 15% of what you've been quoted, for materials.
  10. we bring creosote from england cos i don't think they have it in france. once when we ran out we used old engine oil mixed with thinners/turps .looks ok, especially after 1/2 a year of sun beating down on it. cost= virtually nothing + saves you going to the tip with your old oil.
  11. i brought 25m2 of natural indian stone flags from england this year weighing about 1.5tonnes, cost was £15 per m2 + vat. the thought of paying 50euros per m2 for immitation drove me to it.
  12. do'nt suppose you know if uk type gully trapps would fit on? i can get those for about £15 ea. its just i had a couple of those concrete things lying around, ive seen plastic versions in the brico's which i guess are glued on.
  13. i was more thinking of using them as a collector for my downpipe water, & then taking it via 100mm pipe to a soakaway. at the moment my down pipes from gutters just terminate next to the house & are soaking the immediate area & could be responsible for softening the foundations causing cracks  & bowing in the walls in these areas, so its quite a serious issue.
  14. does anyone know how 100mm plastic drains seal into those 1ft  square concrete gully things with lids. i'm  presuming you knock out those  cast in holes & fit your pipe. is there a rubber seal or do you concrete them together, or do they use clay pipes?
  15. why should a pair of brake shoes for a citroen ax cost more than 3 times as much in france? i was shocked  when i paid  over £50 for them, so i priced them up when i got back to england & found i could get them for £15. there was no mention of citroen on them & he had the cheek to keep back the springs & other retainers. i wo'nt buy anything else in france for cars again unless i have to. has anyone else had such experiances?
  16. in my opinion 120bhp ,1600 petrol or 2000 deisels are plenty powerfull enough, anything more should be taxed heavily.
  17. i had a similar problem which was solved by putting air bricks at each end of the house, it actually felt warmer because the dampness was reduced.
  18. i was told by a german kid who was into minis that the belgeum army used mini vans, they may have had them in france
  19. my local quarry said 700euros per cubic meter for cut tuffeu(lime stone), they didn,t say how many cuts you got for that .this was in 2004
  20. hi kevin, how much are tickets pre-booked? last year it was about 53 euros on the gate for race day & about 63 for 3 days.mike.
  21. sorry, missed a zero off. so you're saying 650,000 euros per hectare?
  22. hi, ams i thought there were 10,ooo m2 in a hectare.ie 100m x 100m
  23.   when you say" lot land", do you mean building plots? so  65000 euros per hectare
  24. thanks, ive just got hold of the log book & hand book & its written in french & spanish as well as english so i guess they are imported.
  25. cheers bob,i will tomorrow.  actually iv'e just seen a post about a yam 900 diversion a few months ago, will probably follow what they did as its the same year.
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