Paddy

[quote user="passepartout"]Hi, we found a very good timber yard in Libourne (well we thought it was) on the road from Libourne to Fronsac, just on the other side of the bridge (from Libourne) follow the road and you can't miss it, its on the right hand side. [/quote]   Thank you all for your replies, I have enough Info now to work out what to do.   This site is a great fountain of knowledge. No doubt over the years I will have another load of problems to sort out.   Many Thanks

[IMG]http://i33.tinypic.com/dyt5js.jpg[/IMG]     This is the Barn roof as pictured last year,  Some of the planks are shot and need replacing but as I said before we are not at the full renovation stage just a preventative medicine period.  We dont use the barn other than for storage. its a couple of hundred years old and as stood the test of time but there are a few leaks.   When we viewed other houses before we eventualy bought this one , there was one which had a Layer of what seemed like corugated material the same contours as the tiles which was sandwiched in between the planks and the tiles so it was watertight and still looked original. Has anyone come across this before?

Is this for a typical Charantaise roof, with a slight pitch and canal tiles   Yes, I am looking at patching bit up as opsed to a full new roof , I presumed that the existing planks are oak?  I will check out the builders merchant and see what they are using.    Cheers.

Hi All   I am looking for some oak planks to repair my barn roof,  We are 40 Mins south of Bordeaux near to La Reole,   I have a number of questions:   Where would be the best place to buy these?   What is the approximate cost?   Has anyone got any left over from any work that you have carried out?   I have looked at the ones that need replacing they are around 6' long X 12" wide  I will need to replace around 30 lengths.   Any info appreciated   Paddy