Sadlonelygit wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 8:59 am
I wouldn't buy/own an Indian built motorcycle
That's not unpopular with me. You buy what you like, I don't mind.
As the forum is turning into the unofficial RE/Himalayan owners club
A mate of mine used to develop some clever pipe inspection kit which Tata bought. After 6 months of use he was summoned to India to find out why they had such a high failure rate.
After examining their processes and recalibrating the machine he came to the conclusion that they just made shit pipes.
Senior management wanted to know if there was any way to lower the failure threshold on the inspection equipment
These were oil/gas pipes by the way, not the kind of thing you want to fail in situ
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Jody wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 10:27 am
The rounded 'tiles' used on French roofs are a bad design that hasn't aged at all well.
French roofers must rub their hands in glee after every high wind - there's an infinite backlog of repair work to get through.
Most of my 'unders' have been replaced by wriggly cement board.
Jody wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 10:27 am
The rounded 'tiles' used on French roofs are a bad design that hasn't aged at all well.
French roofers must rub their hands in glee after every high wind - there's an infinite backlog of repair work to get through.
Most of my 'unders' have been replaced by wriggly cement board.
If it was my roof (it is for my parents). I'd take all the tiles off, put some felt or similar over the wood, then plastic roofing sheets over the top. Then I wouldn't have to think about it for 20 years !!
Jody wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 10:27 am
The rounded 'tiles' used on French roofs are a bad design that hasn't aged at all well.
French roofers must rub their hands in glee after every high wind - there's an infinite backlog of repair work to get through.
Most of my 'unders' have been replaced by wriggly cement board.
If it was my roof (it is for my parents). I'd take all the tiles off, put some felt or similar over the wood, then plastic roofing sheets over the top. Then I wouldn't have to think about it for 20 years !!
Roofing felt on southern French roofs is a Very Bad Idea - it just melts in the temperatures that are routinely achieved. You need foil-based roof lining, whether multifoil or single layer, with the preformed wiggly concrete-based sheets on top. Then if you wish you can add the tuiles canales on top of the sheet to make it look 'authentic'. Plastic sheets will degrade very quickly due to high levels of UV.
French roofers must rub their hands in glee after every high wind - there's an infinite backlog of repair work to get through.
Most of my 'unders' have been replaced by wriggly cement board.
If it was my roof (it is for my parents). I'd take all the tiles off, put some felt or similar over the wood, then plastic roofing sheets over the top. Then I wouldn't have to think about it for 20 years !!
Roofing felt on southern French roofs is a Very Bad Idea - it just melts in the temperatures that are routinely achieved. You need foil-based roof lining, whether multifoil or single layer, with the preformed wiggly concrete-based sheets on top. Then if you wish you can add the tuiles canales on top of the sheet to make it look 'authentic'. Plastic sheets will degrade very quickly due to high levels of UV.
We're in the Vendee, granted the weather is better than the UK, but it's not as hot or for as long as the South. The neighbour has the plastic sheets on his garage !
mangocrazy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 12:12 pm
Roofing felt on southern French roofs is a Very Bad Idea - it just melts in the temperatures that are routinely achieved. You need foil-based roof lining, whether multifoil or single layer, with the preformed wiggly concrete-based sheets on top. Then if you wish you can add the tuiles canales on top of the sheet to make it look 'authentic'. Plastic sheets will degrade very quickly due to high levels of UV.
Mostly wriggly cement sheets used around here (Charente-Maritime) AFAIK, but I've seen the wriggly plastic in the Bricos. I'm maybe consider using it on an outbuilding I spose (although I didn't I just used what I was used to, the cementy stuff).
Last year it got so hot that the roof lining in the car detached itself.
BTW I dunno about French food being over-rated (depends where you go), but I find the overall quality far higher that the UK (not that that is too hard). However the menu choices get a bit samey.