rodie Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Hi ,i am a new member ,, we have a barn nr rouffignac 24580 dept 24 that we are just about to restore , we live in the uk at the moment , just saying hi to every one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Hi back at ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Hello Rodie. Welcome to the Forum. Do you have any photos of the barn that you can post (using photobucket.com)? What is it like? How big is it? Have you any artisans lined up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaud Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Hi RodieGood luck, have patience and hold on to your sense of humour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nounoupie Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Hi Rodie haven't seen you around for a long time!!! from another forum / s. hope all ok with you and yours and the little one is giving you joy xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodie Posted May 22, 2008 Author Share Posted May 22, 2008 hi Cathy ,the barn is 12.2m Lx 5.4m w its got an ok roof and it is build of some volcanic and some honey colored stone ,its on a 2 acre plot which is pretty flat but say on a 1degree tilt , we have owed it 2 yrs nearly but we have had trouble with planning as we used a uk guy who did not know the french system so it was thrown out ,no we dont have any builders lined up ,im a plumber -htg guy myself so i can do a bit , we have just had a baby so we cant do tooo much ,but we cleared out the barn ,it was full of hay and it took all day [:)] ,the barn is in a little hamlet of about 7 houses so its a good spot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Sounds idyliic. But with a brand new baby, don't expect to get much done for a couple of years... (I speak as a mother of -nearly - a cricket team of children).I would say that a 1 degree tilt is flat. Isn't the planet Earth tilted by that much anyway?Quite the hardest thing about barn conversions in France (apart from planning and getting artisans) is the fosse septique. There's been loads written about this on the Forum so you could do a search.http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/1172925/ShowPost.aspxhttp://www.completefrance.com/cs/search/SearchResults.aspx?q=fosse&f=&u= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 If you have several acres, use a bucket and the field! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 WBB: [:D][:D]It's all right for you men. Splashback is a problem for us ladies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 there are solutions but this is a pubic forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodie Posted May 23, 2008 Author Share Posted May 23, 2008 cathy you need to work on your angle !!! forgot to say we have baby 2 due in sep im a plumber /htg guy in uk and i know a bit about fosses , if a fosse is more than a few yrs old it wont comly with the spanc so in some ways its best if there isnt 1 there at all ,a few poeple are doing mwwt plants but i dont think they are legal in france yet ,we only have water at the barn , we did have temp elec but the took down the overhead cables as we are now in a zone naturale ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nounoupie Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Heyyyyyyyyyyyy Rodie you get my PM?????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodie Posted May 25, 2008 Author Share Posted May 25, 2008 yes dint see it there ,new to this forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Wooly wrote: there are solutions but this is a pubic forum.Wooly - Is this another of your deliberate mistakes? [Www] (I've been reading your post elsewhere about boar and bore.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 as my ole' granny used to say to my sis, lift a cheek and aim for the side girl, course in those days it wasn't a bucket it was a guzunder, probably all tinder boxes by the fireplace, or trendy flower pots on the kitchen window sill now, if only they could speak about the promised lands they'd seen! [8-|]you got see the price of this one!http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VICTORIAN-LIBRARY-STEPS-STEP-COMMODE-ESCAL-BIBLIOTEC_W0QQitemZ250251038005QQihZ015QQcategoryZ63591QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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