Waiting with bated breathe!
Such a shame we have all missed out on the tulips in the Chateau de Cheverny.
Rosemary Kneipp
April 15th, 2014 at 7:54 am
Next year, next year!
butcherbird
April 15th, 2014 at 6:31 am
You are right, I can’t wait for the next episode! You are having so much ‘fun’ with your renovations and I’m glad that I get to enjoy them in the final product.
What a lot of work, a lot of it that important unseen graft which ensures a good, secure , lasting job.
I like the term ‘percussion drill’, in the UK it is a more ordinary sounding hammer drill.
Looking forward to the next episode… perhaps a pic of you in your throw away overalls ;o)
Rosemary Kneipp
April 15th, 2014 at 8:02 am
Jean Michel is very thorough and meticulous so does an excellent job each time.
Percussion drill is a direct translation 🙂 but I just checked Wikipedia which gives this explanation: “Lower power units are usually called “hammer drills,” typically have a “cam-action” or “percussion” hammering mechanism, in which two sets of toothed gears mechanically interact with each other to hammer while rotating the drill bit…. More advanced power units, usually labeled “rotary hammers”, tend to be larger and provide a bigger impact force by utilizing a technology called the “electro-pneumatic hammering mechanism.”
I think we must have the second type. It’s borrowed because they cost a fortune and you really only need them for very large holes through very thick walls.
We both work with gloves all the time which makes taking photos as bit complicated but I’ll have to remember to have my photo taken next time. They are the same overalls I wore when we renovated the fireplace http://www.aussieinfrance.com/2013/01/more-progress-on-the-fireplace/. I can’t find my cap though.
Yuk. I don’t envy you one bit, having been through similar myself. Well done on getting through it and now it’s done it will all be so much better than before. The single most disgusting job we did in our house was taking down the ceiling above our office, which was holding up a decades old rats’ nest.
Rosemary Kneipp
April 15th, 2014 at 8:53 am
How revolting! So far, we’ve only had an empty hornets’ nest.
Wow! This is such an undertaking – y’all are certainly learning a lot, I can’t even imagine. Things are looking great though! 🙂
Rosemary Kneipp
April 16th, 2014 at 10:46 am
The learning curve is certainly very steep! It’ll keep Alzheimer’s away with a bit luck. I haven’t posted about the upstairs kitchen JM made this winter, because it isn’t quite finished – still a couple of minor details to go. The next major project however is not taking place until summer 2015 – adding a large window to the downstairs kitchen, which also has a 70 cm wall but it’s the solid type (we hope) that shouldn’t cave in. It is still going to be a major operation though. Then there is the barn we use as a garage whose roof needs replacing. Not to mention an insert in the downstairs fireplace. Then Jean Michel wants a skylight in the mezzanine. And that’s before the new gîte even gets started!
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Waiting with bated breathe!
Such a shame we have all missed out on the tulips in the Chateau de Cheverny.
Next year, next year!
You are right, I can’t wait for the next episode! You are having so much ‘fun’ with your renovations and I’m glad that I get to enjoy them in the final product.
Now I have shooting pains in my hands …
What a lot of work, a lot of it that important unseen graft which ensures a good, secure , lasting job.
I like the term ‘percussion drill’, in the UK it is a more ordinary sounding hammer drill.
Looking forward to the next episode… perhaps a pic of you in your throw away overalls ;o)
Jean Michel is very thorough and meticulous so does an excellent job each time.
Percussion drill is a direct translation 🙂 but I just checked Wikipedia which gives this explanation: “Lower power units are usually called “hammer drills,” typically have a “cam-action” or “percussion” hammering mechanism, in which two sets of toothed gears mechanically interact with each other to hammer while rotating the drill bit…. More advanced power units, usually labeled “rotary hammers”, tend to be larger and provide a bigger impact force by utilizing a technology called the “electro-pneumatic hammering mechanism.”
I think we must have the second type. It’s borrowed because they cost a fortune and you really only need them for very large holes through very thick walls.
We both work with gloves all the time which makes taking photos as bit complicated but I’ll have to remember to have my photo taken next time. They are the same overalls I wore when we renovated the fireplace http://www.aussieinfrance.com/2013/01/more-progress-on-the-fireplace/. I can’t find my cap though.
Yuk. I don’t envy you one bit, having been through similar myself. Well done on getting through it and now it’s done it will all be so much better than before. The single most disgusting job we did in our house was taking down the ceiling above our office, which was holding up a decades old rats’ nest.
How revolting! So far, we’ve only had an empty hornets’ nest.
Wow! This is such an undertaking – y’all are certainly learning a lot, I can’t even imagine. Things are looking great though! 🙂
The learning curve is certainly very steep! It’ll keep Alzheimer’s away with a bit luck. I haven’t posted about the upstairs kitchen JM made this winter, because it isn’t quite finished – still a couple of minor details to go. The next major project however is not taking place until summer 2015 – adding a large window to the downstairs kitchen, which also has a 70 cm wall but it’s the solid type (we hope) that shouldn’t cave in. It is still going to be a major operation though. Then there is the barn we use as a garage whose roof needs replacing. Not to mention an insert in the downstairs fireplace. Then Jean Michel wants a skylight in the mezzanine. And that’s before the new gîte even gets started!
Wonderful Jean Michel is so handy. Just reading about all of his efforts with the ceiling and then, the wall, I felt overdue for a teatime of my own!
It certainly helps to have a husband who is so handy!
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Excellent. Absolutely loved reading and very helpful at the same time 🙂
Thank you!