The work on the house did not start until after the summer holidays 2002.
We did not realise that all of France went on holiday from the end of July to the end of August....so we had to wait, and wait.
First thing to be done was 'roof revision'. All the tiles were taken off, the beams checked and ny that needed replacing were replaced. The volige was also replaced in parts - most of it was good.
New under tiles were put in and a mix of the original and new were then put on. The tiles are 'U' shaped, the bottom ones are put U side up and the top ones upside down. And so the roof was done. In the process the grass outside the house was churned up to look like a sea of mud.
The electrics were the first interior things to be sorted out. The system we had came 'out of the ark' and was extremely inefficient. If I had more than one appliance on the go the whole lot blew fuses. Also the plumbing was started. We had worked out where to put radiators and bathrooms for the B&B. The plumber J-P was excellent, efficient and clean.
We eventually had pipes running round and up the walls all waiting to be put behind the dry-lining that was to go in. There was also miles of different coloured electrical cables running round the walls, poking out of holes in ceilings - hopefully it would all come together. Then came in the aluminium support frame for the dry lining. Sheets of plasterboard were cut and fixed and slowly but surely the work came together.
Trouble was, the guy overseeing the work had other jobs on the go...... It took 14 months for them to complete the job. It was overstretching our time and I wanted to get the B&B up and running..
We did not realise that all of France went on holiday from the end of July to the end of August....so we had to wait, and wait.
First thing to be done was 'roof revision'. All the tiles were taken off, the beams checked and ny that needed replacing were replaced. The volige was also replaced in parts - most of it was good.
New under tiles were put in and a mix of the original and new were then put on. The tiles are 'U' shaped, the bottom ones are put U side up and the top ones upside down. And so the roof was done. In the process the grass outside the house was churned up to look like a sea of mud.
The electrics were the first interior things to be sorted out. The system we had came 'out of the ark' and was extremely inefficient. If I had more than one appliance on the go the whole lot blew fuses. Also the plumbing was started. We had worked out where to put radiators and bathrooms for the B&B. The plumber J-P was excellent, efficient and clean.
We eventually had pipes running round and up the walls all waiting to be put behind the dry-lining that was to go in. There was also miles of different coloured electrical cables running round the walls, poking out of holes in ceilings - hopefully it would all come together. Then came in the aluminium support frame for the dry lining. Sheets of plasterboard were cut and fixed and slowly but surely the work came together.
Trouble was, the guy overseeing the work had other jobs on the go...... It took 14 months for them to complete the job. It was overstretching our time and I wanted to get the B&B up and running..
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