The size and position of letter boxes is specified by the Association Francaise de Normalisation or AFNOR, and the letter box should be approved by La Poste (The French Post Office). La Poste recommend that the boite au lettres is situated in an easily accessible place on the perimeter or entrance to your property, whilst [...]
Archive for June, 2009
French Letter Box (boite au lettres) Regulations
Friday, June 26th, 2009Preparing for the concrete floor
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009It’s a lot easier to get the water in and sewage out of the barn under the doorway than digging under wall. I have also added a red plastic cable protector so that the electric could enter below the door if necessary. The steel grid is not really required because the floor is not load [...]
MasterLock Padlock / Portable Key Safe
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009I got one of these Master Lock portable key safes from safeoptions.co.uk, I am using it to lock the shed, and also to store the keys to the barn. It would be hard to fix a standard external key safe to the barns stone walls, but this portable key safe locks onto the padlock staple, [...]
Mixer Mounted Concrete Conveyor Belts – Not Pumps!
Sunday, June 21st, 2009One cubic metre of concrete weighs around 2.4 tonnes. That equates to about 20 wheelbarrow loads per cubic metre. If you need to move 6 cubic metres of concrete (a full mixer truck) – that’s 120 wheel barrow loads. The chemical reaction that takes place within a concrete mix begins as soon as the cement [...]
