Running a Gite in BrittanyFed up with life in the UK we moved to France for a new start. Left behind the private schooling, traffic jams and housing estates for a better quality of life. We now live in Brittany, France running gites (holiday cottages).Plumbing started- May 8, 2008 I finally got around to starting the plumbing. Actually this contraption, that looks like the control deck of a submarine, is the 'nerve center' of my plastic plumbing system. I hope I'm using the French equivalent of top quality barrier pipe :-) Steve From now on new runs are going to be dead easy as I just attach the length of pipe to the manifold and run the other end to the appliance, turn on the valve and voila, water. Yep, that thing is now full of water at 5 bar. The reason there are...http://radio.weblogs.com/0136203/2008/05/09.html#a523 New window opening- May 4, 2008 Almost finished the new window for the downstairs office this afternoon. There is a little stonework inside to do but basically the window is in. The window frame was made from some oak beams of 10cm by 20cm sections to take a 60cm by 75cm window. That's the internal dimensions of the window. The window is actually about 4cm larger all around as it is fitted to the inside face of the frame. Just for fun and a little authenicity I used oak pegs to made the joints in the frame. Because the joints.http://radio.weblogs.com/0136203/2008/05/04.html#a522 |