"Fred" wrote in message
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Andy Hall wrote:

On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 18:37:00 -0000, "Peter Scott"
wrote:


"Steve Smith" wrote in message
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Hi again. I have found a company in France called Lapeyre who sell
rather
nice oak windows at affordable prices (as far as I can tell with my
fracture francais that is). Has anyone here purchased items such as
this
from across the channel and if so how did it pan out? Their window
furniture looks really nice and a much better selection that B&Q et al.
Having said that I have not travelled over to see any of their stuff
yet,
I am basing all this on their catalogue pictures. I hope to go over for
a
combined Christmas booze and recce run later this month.

Steve

Is there a web address so we can look?

Peter Scott



Perhaps www.lapeyre.fr then


Accueil e-catalogue Les fenêtres Fenêtres et Portes-fenêtres
Fenêtres et Portes-fenêtres BOIS Tradition Chêne


Chêne means "oak", BTW, not "dog".

Good one, Andy. But here is a question about windows that has
intrieged me ever since I came to this country: why are traditional
sash window shutters on the inside? I mean go continental and you will
see that shutters are outside to protect from the sun (no question
here ;-) and wind&rain (big question!!). Then you look at some houses
in my street and they have the shutters inside? I mean what is that,
that is like putting the boxer shorts on after the trousers.

I have always assumed that is to reduce draughts and improve insulation.

One window salesman has given me the nice version of the Europeans
having all these wars, hence the shutters were really meant to protect
from invasion. Now I have a hard time believing this as I do not buy
the hypothesis that domestic violence is much higher in the UK...

Older large houses, traditional Police stations and a few high security
modern Police stations have heavy duty doors outside the main door, which
are known as riot doors.

Colin Bignell