"Fred" wrote in message
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: Andy Hall wrote:
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: On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 18:37:00 -0000, "Peter Scott"
: wrote:
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: "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
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:
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: Perhaps www.lapeyre.fr then
:
:
: Accueil e-catalogue Les fenêtres Fenêtres et Portes-fenêtres
: Fenêtres et Portes-fenêtres BOIS Tradition Chêne
:
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: 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.
:
Hi Fred

One reason is that the shutters also act in lieu of curtains or blinds. This
means that you can have the shutters closed at night and also have the
windows open on the inside to allow ventilation on those warm summer nights.

S