Devis for gutter in a foreign language (French?)

[Nearly Retired (I am now)]

I would appreciate a little help with just a few words. Finally we have our devis for the mid-roof gutter (regulars will know all about this). We've now missed our November slot (grrrr) and have to wait until Spring as the house gets wetter and wetter. Anyway the devis I want to accept has the following phrases that I am struggling to fully comprehend:

ml de cheneau coupé à 0.50  (cheneau ?)

naissance zinc de 80      (birth ? er, no)

ml tuyau de descente zinc de 80  (mid descent?)

Any help would be gladly received.

 

[Ptostevin]

Hi

 tuyau de descente zinc  = the downpipe from the guttering

 

Paul

[Cat]

Cheneau=gutter, so... ml of gutter cut to 0.50

Naissance=...erm... could be line (as in naissance des cheveux=hairline) or uprising (up-pipe) or possibly cradle?

 

 

[Nearly Retired (I am now)]

Thanks Paul,

The down pipe it is. That bit at 13m long now makes sense. It's  €350.

As for the "birth zinc of 80" who knows? I suspect 80 is the trade way of denoting zinc thickness, such as code this or code that for lead thickness. It's an item not a quantity and at only €13.81 out of a total bill of around €1000 so I don't suppose it's super critical even if I don't know what it is 

 

[Nearly Retired (I am now)]

Cat 46,

It could be the hopper that connects between the gutter and downpipe. Where the water is "born" (originates) and needs to be channelled away down the tuyau de descente zinc.

 

[Ptostevin]

we had our roof re-newed and included in the devis was 29 ml of dalle .... I could not work out what flagstones had to do with the roof ! It turned out that 'dalle' seems to be used locally for 'guttering' - though I never found that translation in a dictionary!

[Jonathan]

You are right, the naissance is indeed the end piece, or 'hopper' as Nearly Retired describes it.

'80' refers to the diameter in mm of the exit pipe from the hopper which connects to the down pipe.

 

All the best

[Nearly Retired (I am now)]

Guess what? The roof work was put back to 20th November due to the gutter glitch. I now have a revised date of 27th November (if it doesn't rain). Watch this space  -  if the work actually happens this side of 2012, I'll let you know how we got on.