Well Worth the Wait!

Some things in life are worth waiting for and I'm not referring to the resumption of our blog, here! The object in question has eluded us for two and a half years now but yesterday our patience paid off.

What, you may ask, is that object? None other than our 'carte d'accès en déchèterie'!

Regular readers of our blog may recall the time and trouble we've invested in to trying to obtain this carte d'accès. Three, maybe four, applications, twice as many philosophical shrugs from Monsieur le déchèterie and an unproductive trip to the Mairie in Richelieu, but finally it has arrived!

No longer will we have to announce "nous n'avons pas reçus notre permis" as the very friendly and long suffering Monsieur comes eagerly to greet us, armed with his scanner.

We are also now privy to an eloquently written list of rules and regulations for the use of said déchèterie...

So at last we're official and desperately trying to find something to tip....

What has happened we wondered to finally expedite this correspondence??

We can only assume it is our Christmas present from Monsieur le déchèterie as it was dated 24th December!

All is revealed

Following on from yesterdays post, removal of the old shower tray is now complete. The job went reasonably smoothly and once the concrete had been removed from both sides the old tray could be lifted. It was held in place by the waste which had to be unscrewed from the top using a special tool, which we did not have, so made do with a hammer and screwdriver.

Unfortunately because of the power of the breaker we ended up with a chip in the shower tray and several loose tiles, at floor level, in the adjacent toilet. They had been shaken loose... Not surprising given the water content of the plaster.

The removal was quite revealing. You have to admire the ingenuity of the French builders.

The new tray we are proposing to fit is 120cm by 90cm so it will go virtually fully across the width which is 127cm. It is only 40mm high so fitting is is going to be fun...  once it has dried out with the help of our dehumidifier  (from damp Lancashire).

This brings us to the removal of the spoil

and our old friend la déchetterie at Richelieu. See here. We are now two years + down the line and despite a visit to the Mairie at Richelieu, where we were told it is processed by the man at the déchetterie, we still have no card.

So for the third time the very helpful man (Alain Delaunay) took our paperwork and said the card would be delivered by courier!!!

We wait in anticipation.