Well on the plus side we did get all the internet sorted, but it did come with quite an effort of drilling through stone walls and rewiring the inside. Old houses again.
For the past 12 months we had been waiting for our builder to reconnect one side of our downstairs electrics, install a new light and switch and fix a hole in the wall that he had previously created in trying to install said new light switch. As we were only visiting once a year it wasn't a big deal but it was quite a pain not having one side of the downstairs having power, especially with a small kitchen.
Michelle asked around and found a reliable electrician who was available. He was able to reconnect the non functioning plugs downstairs, create a new switch for a hall light and put in some new electric sockets upstairs. He was even able to fill in the hole in the wall downstairs.
When we bought the house in 2015 we were told it had all been rewired. I suppose in the fine print it didn’t say rewired correctly, but when ever you hear a French sparky suck his teeth, shake his head or go 'merde' under his breath you know that your wallet is going to take another hammering!
It turns outside that all the fuses were basically crap and noone had bothered to set our massive hot water boiler ( I’m still at a loss why it’s so big) to only heat during off peak times. So they are now replaced and we on ‘heures creuses. Hopefully the bills will reduce.
Ok so that's plumbing and electrics sorted, just one more thing to sort out before Michelle has to lock up and join me back in Perth.
For the past 12 months we had been waiting for our builder to reconnect one side of our downstairs electrics, install a new light and switch and fix a hole in the wall that he had previously created in trying to install said new light switch. As we were only visiting once a year it wasn't a big deal but it was quite a pain not having one side of the downstairs having power, especially with a small kitchen.
Finally able to use the old sockets again!
Eventually we realised we would have to engage a professional electrician to do the work.Michelle asked around and found a reliable electrician who was available. He was able to reconnect the non functioning plugs downstairs, create a new switch for a hall light and put in some new electric sockets upstairs. He was even able to fill in the hole in the wall downstairs.
When we bought the house in 2015 we were told it had all been rewired. I suppose in the fine print it didn’t say rewired correctly, but when ever you hear a French sparky suck his teeth, shake his head or go 'merde' under his breath you know that your wallet is going to take another hammering!
The new fuses
..and these were the old ones which are apparently not very good. Yeah I'm none the wiser either.
It turns outside that all the fuses were basically crap and noone had bothered to set our massive hot water boiler ( I’m still at a loss why it’s so big) to only heat during off peak times. So they are now replaced and we on ‘heures creuses. Hopefully the bills will reduce.
Ok so that's plumbing and electrics sorted, just one more thing to sort out before Michelle has to lock up and join me back in Perth.
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