Hi All,

Sorta following on from the recent thread but on a different tack ..

Dad used to be involved in some BSI meetings and often saw a similar
picture.

The UK delegation would be fighting tooth-and-nail to pin a standard
down to be reasonable / useable etc whilst the likes of the French
(for example) were happy for it to go through 'as-is' irrespective of
how unreasonable or overstrict etc it might be.

The reason for this lack of involvement .. "we aren't going to take
any notice of the std anyway ... "!

So is it *just* us that do this stuff by the book .. judging by what
you see on these house makeover shows re work in France / Spain I
think the answer is yes (and not just the diy'ers).

All the best ..

T i m