Recent content by Drew Peebles

Hi, We have a holiday home in France that we are renovating. The summers can be glorious but when it rains, it rains! We want to be able to store the cushions from garden furniture in a watertight way, but it has to be practical i.e. close to the pool. In reality bringing them into the house...

Thanks Mikeey - that all makes sense and I am more confident I am doing the right thing.

Thanks blup. Looking at diagrams I think I am proposing a well ventilated cold roof: there is insulation between the rafters, and then beneath them, but no insulation exterior to the rafters. I do want the room to be a bedroom so the room space itself needs to be warm. I would think that the...

Hi, If I can have a quick sense-check with the collective knowledge of the forum I'd be really grateful. I am renovating a old French pile dating from 1100 in the oldest parts to early 1900s in the youngest. I am working in a newer part of the building and looking to convert a loft. Currently...

Thanks Blup!

Hi… I am renovating a stone house in France. Correze - so reasonably cold winters, rainy spring and autumn, and warm summers. On the whole the house has stone exterior walls 80 to 100cm think. However there is an end wall - not strictly exterior as it is between the house and the barn - that is...