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Neilsfirst said:
That's 3 people that make my wife right and created more work for me! Any more votes?
Another yes here. Our two holiday lets both have underfloor heating, but we still fitted a (small) wood burning stove for the cosy effect. City dwellers coming out to the country like a fire...Another yes to the wood burner! we stayed in a nice cabin in Scotland in April, the cabin was heated and it wasn't that cold out, but we lit the fire one evening, as sat by the fire with a nice single malt (or I'm guessing glass of wine in your case) is a great way to spend an evening.
Craikeybaby said:
Another yes to the wood burner! we stayed in a nice cabin in Scotland in April, the cabin was heated and it wasn't that cold out, but we lit the fire one evening, as sat by the fire with a nice single malt (or I'm guessing glass of wine in your case) is a great way to spend an evening.
It is the way we spend every evening as it is our only source of heating. I am not against fitting one as long as it will be used. And so far it looks like we need to start looking for a suitable one!Neilsfirst said:
Craikeybaby said:
Another yes to the wood burner! we stayed in a nice cabin in Scotland in April, the cabin was heated and it wasn't that cold out, but we lit the fire one evening, as sat by the fire with a nice single malt (or I'm guessing glass of wine in your case) is a great way to spend an evening.
It is the way we spend every evening as it is our only source of heating. I am not against fitting one as long as it will be used. And so far it looks like we need to start looking for a suitable one!See: http://antiquefrenchstove.com/Antique%20French%20S...
As it happens I'm moving soon to a city flat so could let you have one or two of mine very cheap. You'd just have to get to Northamptonshire!!!
IanA2 said:
If you're not looking for state of the art highly efficient heat machines, you could try antique french stoves.
See: http://antiquefrenchstove.com/Antique%20French%20S...
As it happens I'm moving soon to a city flat so could let you have one or two of mine very cheap. You'd just have to get to Northamptonshire!!!
Funny you mention that. We will be in Northants over Christmas! Will let the designer know. See: http://antiquefrenchstove.com/Antique%20French%20S...
As it happens I'm moving soon to a city flat so could let you have one or two of mine very cheap. You'd just have to get to Northamptonshire!!!
Neilsfirst said:
IanA2 said:
If you're not looking for state of the art highly efficient heat machines, you could try antique french stoves.
See: http://antiquefrenchstove.com/Antique%20French%20S...
As it happens I'm moving soon to a city flat so could let you have one or two of mine very cheap. You'd just have to get to Northamptonshire!!!
Funny you mention that. We will be in Northants over Christmas! Will let the designer know. See: http://antiquefrenchstove.com/Antique%20French%20S...
As it happens I'm moving soon to a city flat so could let you have one or two of mine very cheap. You'd just have to get to Northamptonshire!!!
Neilsfirst said:
IanA2 said:
You're welcome to drop in.
Any chance of you sending some pictures over for the boss to look at? Il est froid et il pleuvait just at the mo, so I'm not going out to the garage. Will have a gander tomorrow.
IanA2 said:
Neilsfirst said:
IanA2 said:
You're welcome to drop in.
Any chance of you sending some pictures over for the boss to look at? Il est froid et il pleuvait just at the mo, so I'm not going out to the garage. Will have a gander tomorrow.
An awful weekend of spraying the wood in the barn. Had to get kitted up each time and spend an hour and a half every time spraying. At least now we can rest easy about our wood.
Thanks to the opinions over the weekend I now have to change the below plasterboards to pink fireboards around the proposed position. I really can’t tell you how much I love manhandling that around!
This morning I spent my time extending out the rails on the back wall as one end was too far away from the proposed interior wall position. We had to find a way of shimming it out so we could lock the fixers in position. I was all set on Friday to make wooden shims, but Wilfrid was on hand to give another tip. All we needed to do was put another of the rails on top facing the one already there and secure this top and bottom. Then we could screw another one to the back of that to accept the fixer. Simple solution and worked a treat.
The main part of the wall is now all fixed in place and we started filling with insulation late afternoon.
Had a little intermission before lunch to make this as we have no table near the sofa for me to perch my wine or coffee. Not been happy with keeping them on a rounded arm.
Thanks to the opinions over the weekend I now have to change the below plasterboards to pink fireboards around the proposed position. I really can’t tell you how much I love manhandling that around!
This morning I spent my time extending out the rails on the back wall as one end was too far away from the proposed interior wall position. We had to find a way of shimming it out so we could lock the fixers in position. I was all set on Friday to make wooden shims, but Wilfrid was on hand to give another tip. All we needed to do was put another of the rails on top facing the one already there and secure this top and bottom. Then we could screw another one to the back of that to accept the fixer. Simple solution and worked a treat.
The main part of the wall is now all fixed in place and we started filling with insulation late afternoon.
Had a little intermission before lunch to make this as we have no table near the sofa for me to perch my wine or coffee. Not been happy with keeping them on a rounded arm.
gemini said:
Many years of visiting France led us to the Vaucluse.
We want to start a business there hosting travellers.
Love what you're doing.
The detail is great.
Thanks for the compliment. It is a helpful thing to do and would of been a shame to complete this whole process and not have a record of it. It is good for us when we have a period where not much appears to be done, to look back and see how far we have come. We want to start a business there hosting travellers.
Love what you're doing.
The detail is great.
When you move are you intending buying a ready made up and running business or are you mad enough to take on a full renovation?
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