Timber Frame Cladding Arrives
Sitting happily at home catching up with paperwork I got an urgent call from my neighbor Andrew. Apparently a lorry had arrived from Estonia with no notice containing our timber cladding of charred and oiled ....
Category: External
Views of the property from the outside
Attic Floor and Garden Store
Arrived late today and used the morning that remained to move some storage shelves and garden items from the rented storage to the new garden store. Lots of space in both stores now so more ....
Tidying Up
Excellent weather for opening the doors and tidying up the interior before offloading the latest timber delivery. Florent has once again organised the purchase and lent me his lorry to bring it to site. Esteban ....
Earthing
French electrical installations rely on local earthing points. With three main panels (house, PV panels on BBQ and PV panels on car park where the mains supply enters the property) I decided to fit three ....
Electric Gates 2
By lunchtime, Erik had finished the installation. By then I had installed the lock plate for the new Yale lock and provided a temporary electrical supply for him to test the doors. So finally, we ....
Electric Gates 1
Back or no back, the gates needed to be installed. Actually the medication has made me much more mobile but I am still cautious about doing anything that exerts too much strain on it. Eric ....
Back to Work?
After our trip to the UK I am finally back on site to see that in my absence Florent has been back to install the internet fibre box connection through the wall and in a ....
Water, Water Everywhere
A little worrying as we are off to the UK next week and the site is now flooding. The ditch at the back of the property has overflowed into the garden preventing any further work. ....
Site Closure
With the water continuing to fall, Florent has only been able to tidy up the paths and fencing areas and has now left site until the sewage approval is received. timing is OK as we ....
Electrics and Fencing
The weather is turning very wet so I am pleased the fencing is now secured and looking good. I am waiting on approval for the sewage (assainissement) system before it can be installed so work ....