Comments on: Hot bath for the spiders http://www.francethisway.com/wp/hot-bath-for-the-spiders/2009/10/ Living in France and daily life for a UK expat in the French blog! Thu, 24 May 2012 13:33:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Schofields http://www.francethisway.com/wp/hot-bath-for-the-spiders/2009/10/comment-page-1/#comment-16045 Schofields Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:34:18 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1337#comment-16045 You took some sensible precautions Boris, which are good guidelines for those who lock up and leave their holiday homes over winter. Seems you were a little unlucky though. Philip You took some sensible precautions Boris, which are good guidelines for those who lock up and leave their holiday homes over winter.

Seems you were a little unlucky though.

Philip

]]> By: Johnny Norfolk http://www.francethisway.com/wp/hot-bath-for-the-spiders/2009/10/comment-page-1/#comment-16040 Johnny Norfolk Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:55:10 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1337#comment-16040 Now there a thought. I had on of my fog lights on the car broken by a stone and it cost the best part of £200 as the whole thing had to be replaced. Why do governments not pass laws that on car parts all bits had to be available not the whole thing. So much more could be done to make replacement easier and cheaper and more sustainable. Batteries shouls be sold in singles and light bulbs and all this plastic wrapping should be banned. Its about time governments started dooing things that we would welcome instead of giving it all to us to do. Now there a thought. I had on of my fog lights on the car broken by a stone and it cost the best part of £200 as the whole thing had to be replaced. Why do governments not pass laws that on car parts all bits had to be available not the whole thing. So much more could be done to make replacement easier and cheaper and more sustainable.
Batteries shouls be sold in singles and light bulbs and all this plastic wrapping should be banned. Its about time governments started dooing things that we would welcome instead of giving it all to us to do.

]]> By: Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/hot-bath-for-the-spiders/2009/10/comment-page-1/#comment-16038 Boris Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:36:04 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1337#comment-16038 Good advice for anyone with second homes, thanks. Generally speaking we empty the water tanks and turn off the water to avoid freezing problems - but yes we should still check inside every week or two (the house is only 20 metres across a courtyard from our own house so it's not exactly difficult to get there) Just to make sure the day finished on a downturn we also noticed somebody had kicked in one of the lights on the car, very kind of them, that will cost 250 euros to replace (seems expensive for a light I thought). Ah well, things can only get better tomorrow Good advice for anyone with second homes, thanks.
Generally speaking we empty the water tanks and turn off the water to avoid freezing problems – but yes we should still check inside every week or two (the house is only 20 metres across a courtyard from our own house so it’s not exactly difficult to get there)
Just to make sure the day finished on a downturn we also noticed somebody had kicked in one of the lights on the car, very kind of them, that will cost 250 euros to replace (seems expensive for a light I thought).
Ah well, things can only get better tomorrow

]]> By: Johnny Norfolk http://www.francethisway.com/wp/hot-bath-for-the-spiders/2009/10/comment-page-1/#comment-16037 Johnny Norfolk Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:57:51 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1337#comment-16037 Wow. I felt shocked and tired reading this.I hope that is the end of your maintenence problems. My only comment would be to advise you to inspect the property at least once a week and after any extreams of weather. i would never leave a propery uninspected ever for a more than a month. A stitch in time and all that. If you have any unemptied water tanks or any areas that if they became frozen could cause a disaster I would consider fitting electric tube heaters with a thermostar set at +3C. i used to have roof plant rooms some of which containd water tanks and the heaters worked well when we has severe cold. Wow. I felt shocked and tired reading this.I hope that is the end of your maintenence problems.

My only comment would be to advise you to inspect the property at least once a week and after any extreams of weather. i would never leave a propery uninspected ever for a more than a month.
A stitch in time and all that.

If you have any unemptied water tanks or any areas that if they became frozen could cause a disaster I would consider fitting electric tube heaters with a thermostar set at +3C. i used to have roof plant rooms some of which containd water tanks and the heaters worked well when we has severe cold.

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