Artisan Anguish: Escape to a French Fishing Port - 3

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  • The third of a series of videos about restoring a French townhouse and improving its energy performance.
    After a wet Breton winter, spring has finally arrived in the little grey fishing port I have chosen to live in.
    Work continues on the house, insulating the roof space and opening up old windows to provide a view of the sea.
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    Moments Passing By - Wendy Marcini
    Easy Now - Melanie Bell
    both from Epidemic Sound
    www.epidemicsound.com
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  • @byronbarker6860
    @byronbarker6860 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    I subscribe to many 'channels' of differing content and I enjoy each one for various reasons. But when I'm in a relax and nostalgic mood I always turn to your videos Roger. The news ones and the ones I've watched many times over. We have so much in common, dinghy sailing, adventure, design and architecture and practical projects. I also enjoy working mostly alone on my projects - but seeing you at the end of the video, sitting alone, made me a bit sad. I hope you have enough company when you want or need it. I'm sure you do - who wouldn't want to be in your company, I know that I would enjoy it very much. Thank you for another honest, light and lovely video.

  • @torisaengilbert8400
    @torisaengilbert8400 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Glad to see your videos again. I was afraid you had retired. Like me 😅

  • @marcos7106
    @marcos7106 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Thank you for taking the time to make this. It is always appreciated.

  • @paulersboll7903
    @paulersboll7903 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    We have a home built in 1890
    I fully endorse the idea of the wall system being able to breathe.
    Our house would not be here if it was wrapped in plastic.
    I am a long term viewer and appreciate all your videos
    All the best

  • @karls6802
    @karls6802 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Good to see you back, you’ve been missed. I thoroughly enjoyed these videos on upgrading your 1890 house. I especially like that you take the time explain your thinking and the hows and whys for doing it. Hearing about the French way to approach building (or not) is fascinating as well.
    I have to add the lovely walks around the town with stops at outdoor cafes is wonderful and gives me/us a betters “feel or sense” of the place. Thank you for sharing.

  • @darrenrichards4840
    @darrenrichards4840 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    After the winter break I was concerned that you'd had a midlife crisis and we'd see you racing along the french coast in a Scarab power boat wearing a peach suit with the arms rolled up. Its wonderful to see you back on here and I look forward to your sublime videos that will no doubt follow in 2024.

    • @RogerRoving
      @RogerRoving  หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I started to have a midlife crisis at about 25 years old. I may be leaving it now...

  • @m1kalD
    @m1kalD หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm so impressed Roger......
    An Architect that can build as well..... that was a snug cut on the framing at the window.... it sat there while you screwed it in.....
    I really appreciate your thoughtfulness in the many things you do. Thank you for the video.....

  • @graeme-sailingskeptic
    @graeme-sailingskeptic 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    It's nice to catch up on the renovations - but I am certainly looking forward to some more French coastal sailing.

  • @robertseaman2254
    @robertseaman2254 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Iam full of admiration of you roger ,its really so good to see you back its been a long cold damp winter ,its so interesting to watch as almost as the sailing videos and such a worth while project i wish you all the best on that and look forward to that and sailing videos ,it always have a good feel fact watching them.robert.

  • @leedunham5997
    @leedunham5997 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I look forward to your videos like sharing a beer with an old friend. And besides the sheer enjoyment of watching them there’s always something new to learn. Many thanks

  • @ruudsmith3836
    @ruudsmith3836 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    enjoyed the venture. I'd be happy to see more of your renovation, as well as ambient views of the house from sitting in chair perspective. lots of interesting details inside and out of this dwelling.

  • @chrisphar2305
    @chrisphar2305 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I have spent all winter being inspired by your beautiful and relaxing videos. And now you're back! Two days before my mirror arrives 😃 Thank you Poseidon

  • @josephmansfield2875
    @josephmansfield2875 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Great to see you again Roger. A labour of love.
    Best of luck

  • @OldBlindDougArtist
    @OldBlindDougArtist หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It was nice to see a video of your work on your house. Thank you.

  • @pshearduk
    @pshearduk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    A lovely video Roger, loving all the architecture / architect decisions you must make. Ending with a nice well earned cold ale!

  • @terencefield3204
    @terencefield3204 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello Roger, I have missed your videos, so I am very pleased you are back! Foul winter in Normandy, home your weather has been a touch better. now to watch your video!

  • @neilhenderson5782
    @neilhenderson5782 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Building your next boat will be easy after all this Roger, just think of all the skills you re acquiring! Mind you I think you will be glad when it is finished - will be a lovely house. It's autumn in Australia so we have plummeted to 23 degrees during the day - glorious blue skies. Look forward to the next video.

  • @marcellucassen8033
    @marcellucassen8033 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    No, you are not overthinking it, you are thinking about it and are doing just fine! Love to see how you do 'things' whether it is managing a boat or building a home. 👍

  • @inseltom3906
    @inseltom3906 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very interesting, we installed wall heating in our old house (like underfloor heating) to shift the dew point and are very happy with it.

  • @pnwesty7174
    @pnwesty7174 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I adore these house videos for so many reasons. Merci beaucoup.

  • @DanSathmar
    @DanSathmar 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Big fan !
    Greetings from Germany ! 🇩🇪

  • @Cammboz
    @Cammboz หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Roger, I’m very much enjoying your house videos…..thank you. It would be very interesting to hear about what you have had to do for planning and building control along with any other bureaucracy you have encountered, would be fascinating :-)

  • @PaPawsWorkShop
    @PaPawsWorkShop หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was just wondering why I had been missing your videos or if I had been unsubscribed. Thanks for the update🙂

    • @RogerRoving
      @RogerRoving  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I've been distracted by writing a book!

  • @anthonyhulse1248
    @anthonyhulse1248 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great to see another video from Roger!

  • @gordtemple764
    @gordtemple764 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good work 🍻🇨🇦👨🏻‍🏭

  • @psocretes8183
    @psocretes8183 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    As an officially certified Old Fart retired carpenter I agree with your damp theories. Nice to see you again.

  • @jasonstork9606
    @jasonstork9606 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your idea of keeping the electrical cabling out of the insulation is a good idea. It means you get a better current rating from the cables and you can repair or replace or modify in the future much easier.

  • @sbgroen
    @sbgroen 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I cannot wait to see the finished product, but the journey to it is fun too. Thanks for sharing it. I'm sure your neighbors think you're the quite mad English architect at this point. It could be that in a decade all of them will have followed your lead :) Cheers!

  • @ArthurPopeye
    @ArthurPopeye 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It's funny, I'm a French living in England and I moan about the English and their way of doing things the same way as you do with the French 🤣. But... we have more freedom sailing in British waters so it's not so bad! (and for you there are free slipways everywhere in France!)
    Thanks for sharing this interesting approach to insulating old buildings.

  • @ingmarhornke3009
    @ingmarhornke3009 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    So happy seeing you again! Thank you for taking time for our update on your forthcoming in Douarnanez! Wish you all the best!

  • @rmcnabb
    @rmcnabb หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lovely house. I wish more American builders had some idea of the importance of breathability in homes - lime plaster and lime paint are fantastic materials on so many levels. Wrongly they're seen only as something you use for historic preservation.

  • @jonathanlewis1352
    @jonathanlewis1352 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Compliments. You’ll have a lovely home in a short while. You have more stamina and patience than I. P.S. Those fish and chips looked scrumptious.

  • @tomcarr1358
    @tomcarr1358 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thoroughly absorbing. Interesting solutions to old problems. Onset of new sailing season may extend completion date somewhat.

  • @jean-claudefaublase999
    @jean-claudefaublase999 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am so pleased now.. being "dans le sillage" d' Avel dro.. A nice way of life !

  • @bobfellows5758
    @bobfellows5758 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks roger. Your posts make me feel warm and fuzzy. What a great story you are.

  • @KenDay
    @KenDay 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Beautiful! Thank you

  • @aaronharris5275
    @aaronharris5275 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks Roger, always enjoy hearing your tales of renovation, architecture and everything happening in your French lifestyle.

  • @Gary-wb8qt
    @Gary-wb8qt หลายเดือนก่อน

    Book, The Great Explorers ....
    Thames & Hudson
    Includes some sailing as with Christopher Columbus. Good with history.

  • @S_Edward_Burns_ArtsEditor
    @S_Edward_Burns_ArtsEditor หลายเดือนก่อน

    Carry'n on.

  • @andersholmstrom3571
    @andersholmstrom3571 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Interesting update.
    I have often thaught about your project and wondered how you were getting on with it.

  • @kenyeresgellert
    @kenyeresgellert หลายเดือนก่อน

    Looks great!

  • @joewilliams5396
    @joewilliams5396 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice to see it coming along.

  • @jamesjakubik4428
    @jamesjakubik4428 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like these videos as much as the sailing videos. Good job.

  • @danielculpepper8772
    @danielculpepper8772 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love the building update!!

  • @Ameland50
    @Ameland50 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can't wait for thenext episode!

  • @davelawrence6777
    @davelawrence6777 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the post

  • @janheld8316
    @janheld8316 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Welcome back Roger. Good to see you. Love your house

  • @jamshedsethna3428
    @jamshedsethna3428 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great to see you are ok and all the works Roger.

  • @trencnchadam
    @trencnchadam 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    good to see you back.

  • @anthonymcnamara4002
    @anthonymcnamara4002 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I always look forward to your videos Roger, a real treat. Thank you for your efforts.

  • @MrBrianc1975
    @MrBrianc1975 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video Roger. Good to see the progress, its looking good.

  • @michaelfk2548
    @michaelfk2548 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Big thumbs up !

  • @robinengland5799
    @robinengland5799 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful work, I am sure it will be an amazing home when you are finished. Glad you are making videos again! Cheers

  • @elliowb2
    @elliowb2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Glad to see that you've made so much progress over the winter. We are considering a similar move.

  • @Lookup2Wakeup
    @Lookup2Wakeup หลายเดือนก่อน

    Enjoying your renovation videos. I have a 200 year old cottage in Devon with solid walls, so some of this is applicable to my property.

  • @benmills7407
    @benmills7407 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    🎉🎉🎉 so glad to see a new video from you, and your house renovation videos are really interesting as there’s not much on naturally insulating old buildings in such a good way around

  • @whyisthissuddenlyathing
    @whyisthissuddenlyathing 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Glad to see you 're still about Roger! I was worried for a while

  • @clydelindsay6657
    @clydelindsay6657 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you Roger. I like your videos and I am enjoying your book. I look forward to seeing your home when it is done.

  • @fredbustin3788
    @fredbustin3788 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No sailing but very interesting. I was wondering how your new residence was coming along. Glad to hear from you!

  • @maryjomagar7154
    @maryjomagar7154 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hello again from the dry Southwestern U.S.!
    I love your videos so much, beyond any words to express.
    This video is most precious for being so long awaited!
    Wishing you the Very Best of Everything in your journey toward completion of your home!

  • @gaetanroudaut6155
    @gaetanroudaut6155 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Un plaisir de vous revoir pret pour un coup de main

  • @tomcherry6168
    @tomcherry6168 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really like your duct solution, very practical but also I think it will be visually pleasing.

  • @branni6538
    @branni6538 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your sailing videos are inspirational Roger! I purchased your book too! Thank you!

  • @user-ho9cz9lo9f
    @user-ho9cz9lo9f หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gto see whats going on for you Rodger. All the best from a fellow contry man just moved to Latvia.

  • @nyshkominternational7085
    @nyshkominternational7085 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great pleasure to watch. Your home will be wonderful, I am sure. Good to see you taking some care; one never knows when a mishap may occur. Best wishes for the rest of the project.

  • @aljo54
    @aljo54 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very interesting as always Roger. I must say that as a UK state pensioner living in an old French house, the cost of hiring French artisans is almost prohibitive! Getting quotes is always a game as well. At least that way the artisans 'self select'. Your house will be a joy when it's finished.

  • @kabuti2839
    @kabuti2839 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That is an intriguing place to occupy yourself with there.

  • @n11743
    @n11743 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank-you! I'm sitting in an old house in Abruzzo doing a similar renovation. But at the same time thinking of my Tech Dingy waiting for my return to Wisconsin. I greatly enjoy your videos...

  • @andrewrobb633
    @andrewrobb633 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just when I was thinking it had been a while you release a new video.
    I think I am part way through my sixth reading of your book by the way. Really though I think I have lost count of how many times I have read it. The way you write is a joy to read.

  • @markdelawarr4189
    @markdelawarr4189 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey Rog, from Australia, renovating old houses, I have taken 30 years and still not finished and mine is only 150 years old. Love ya vids keep em Rollin.

  • @rickwhitehouse
    @rickwhitehouse 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you Roger. Was getting a bit worried about you. Now I can see why you have been a bit absent. I am sure it will be beautiful when it is finished. For your mental health and ours, a break for a relaxing sailing video would be wonderful.

  • @philip-ur3qj
    @philip-ur3qj หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a wonderful episode Roger . Nice to get that living space complete soon to enjoy along with some great sailing . Greetings from Ireland .

  • @GavTatu
    @GavTatu หลายเดือนก่อน

    Blimey !

  • @jeffmack4995
    @jeffmack4995 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fantastic return, Roger!! Not only a sailor, architect, but also quite good renderer! Love the thought that obviously goes into all your work. best of old and best of new, it's easy to just go with the flow and just do what everyone says is right and have someone else do the work. The satisfaction comes from working it through and getting your own hands dirty and in the mix. Thanks for the efforts to show us all and include us in your work. Jeff and Julie s/v OoLaLa Westsail32 Hull #81

  • @paulthew2
    @paulthew2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another Roger Barnes video is always a joyous moment.
    Great, as always.
    (You'll be happy to know that I listen to you through a lovely Hi-Fi, and the music sounds fantastic...you choose great songs!)

  • @tigerjongreen
    @tigerjongreen หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good to see your renovation moving forward. I was wondering on your progress. Interesting the use of hemp, I have used it myself, but not for insulation. Best wishes, thanks for the video, and keep us updated if can find time in your busy life.

  • @amilton2128
    @amilton2128 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Those Manhattan iron riveters, named the Skywalkers, were mostly Mohawks from both US and Canada. They are still in high demand today (no pun intended)

  • @ja1a100
    @ja1a100 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank god, Rodger is back! Now I can turn the volume down and relax for a while.

  • @danielheistg9385
    @danielheistg9385 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love all your videos Roger
    [ and my inner cheeky rascal wants to say "but will it float? ]
    Now have to watch 1 and 2!

  • @mschmidt62
    @mschmidt62 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There are worse things than having a garden full of timber....
    It's a lot of work, yes, but it sort of satisfying, too, right?

  • @rockykoast7065
    @rockykoast7065 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'm enjoying your house renovation videos, not least because I'm seriously looking to get a late foothold on the property ladder with pretty meagre savings from my pension. I don't think I'll get much for 8000€ 😬 allowing up to 3000 on top of that for notaire fees...🤔. So I'm following carefully how you've tackled the insulation question, having seen how wet-rot, dry rot can get into the spaces created by plaster-boarding or timber cladding..

  • @winmosser
    @winmosser 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent we built a house in Canada with many of these concepts around accommodating imperfect seals and isolating the plumbing/electrical from the thermal system. It works.

  • @richardfoster5851
    @richardfoster5851 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not a sail in sight, and still great stuff!!!

  • @peterwynn4088
    @peterwynn4088 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Normally I'm all for solid wood but actually I like OSB; its honest stuff, and such an efficient use of a tree. I like the look of it, too.

  • @doctorshawzy6477
    @doctorshawzy6477 หลายเดือนก่อน

    welcome back

  • @user-pz4qq7qz8t
    @user-pz4qq7qz8t 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wet on wet helps 👍🏻spray a little water one the walls before applying the render Roger ! Good luck 🤞🏻

  • @janebaker966
    @janebaker966 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's so nice to hear your lovely melody calm and therapeutic voice again. This video was EVEN MORE interesting than your sailing videos. They are calming and beautiful. I'm sure im not the only one would like more on all the house processes. Too much insulation gets you condensation and mould. I don't believe most of this Green ideology any more. Most of it was hijacked a couple decades ago as cover for another agenda entirely. How handy to be an architect,when you're dealing with tradesmen be it at a garage or wherever it helps it they know YOU KNOW what theyre saying. I know you moved to France due to Brexit damaging your business,just proves every cloud has a silver lining. I voted for Brexit but I wanted the 2nd vote they wouldn't let us have. My first vote was a protest vote,like many I think. We were fed up with posh people bossing us around. I see now I was subtly set up as many of us were. Everyday there would be well spoken people on the radio lecturing us and we wanted to slap them in the face with a wet fish,metaphorically.
    Now you have two subjects,house projects AND sailing!

  • @chrisbeaver5331
    @chrisbeaver5331 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow that is some project you have taken on Roger - I trust that it will be your forever home! Will look forward to visiting in due course.

    • @chriswilliams6568
      @chriswilliams6568 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agree but can’t see it as a forever home as it has 4 stories. An older person will never be able to cope with that. I am 74 and live in a 3 story, but use the first 2, and with arthritic hips I look at the staircase before me as if it were Mt. Everest. Why older folk, and I mean anyone over 50, don’t buy bungalows or apartments I do not know. They will only have to move again if they don’t.

    • @alangilbert1876
      @alangilbert1876 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@chriswilliams6568 Maybe he's going to take up yoga

  • @TIGA
    @TIGA หลายเดือนก่อน

    Superb approach to presenting a method/specification that, while it appears to be simple, certainly is not. I just wish that we had ARTISANS in the UK. They may sometimes be a little too steeped in their own specialisms and other matters such as turning up and coordinating with other artisans but they generally know far more than the average UK generalist. It ain't light work so thumbs up for getting stuck in yourself. Have fun - An engineer & building surveyor. p.s. I didn't see the boat upstairs!

  • @steveclancy6474
    @steveclancy6474 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Been missing you Roger.
    Did a similar project on a house I owned in Brighton.

  • @LNM0000
    @LNM0000 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's *VERY* hard work.
    And impossible... looking at a new set of walls like plate glass done by a lad from Birkenhead.
    I'd leave a wall or two just plain hemp finish.
    Cracking stuff mate.

  • @andrewmackenzieeveritt673
    @andrewmackenzieeveritt673 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mon Dieu, Roger. Fish n chips with cutlery…? Mais, non! Pas de tout! Great to see you’re back, btw!

    • @janebaker966
      @janebaker966 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Looked SO delicious.

  • @vempronordeste2841
    @vempronordeste2841 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bom dia mestre🌞

  • @ericdelevinquiere9902
    @ericdelevinquiere9902 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interesting how I came to the same conclusion building icf structures when dealing with the electric conduits etc… a few decades ago and in a totally different environment!

  • @Nerd3927
    @Nerd3927 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I agree on all your decisions, except for removing the fireplace. That is the sole of a building like that. With the volatility of the energy market, noting beats a well stocked wood pile and coal bunker.

    • @frank-waltervondervogelwar4909
      @frank-waltervondervogelwar4909 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I admit it hurt seeing you demolish the fireplace. Still: I've got a breton house with an insert-fireplace. It does burn nicely. BUT: At this place the inside-insulation (which I bought already done with the house...) becomes a problem. It is: Much of the warmth of the fire leaves the insert with the "gas-flow". It heats up the walls in the chimney which pass mot of the energy on to the outside of the wall, while the inside is insulated. :( Just to put numbers to it: I took a measurement with a thermo-cam which says the wall-temperature rises up to 40 °C...
      I dream of a solution of two concentric pipes: The smoke inside pre-heating the air flowing into the rooms through the outer ring. That heated air should not be led directly into the fireplace but enter the room as a warm stream of air before it is used for the fire. The system should be built in stainless steel (we are talking about britanny after all). A nice side-effect would be, that the temperature-gradiants in the wall would be less strong releiving the structur from thermal stress...
      I would be curious if anyone has already developed such a thing...

  • @katej3z715
    @katej3z715 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I watched a lovely couple restoring a Georgian House and former Post Office. All went well until they cut a door space into the back wall. The wall was lined with loose layers of uneven flat stones,the size of a hand +/-. The Plaster, fittings and force of habit were keeping the wall upright. Being the original, entire,external back wall, it had to be sympathetically replaced. So,orange brick was in time rendered very successfully with a new eco rendering. The house is a monument to full energy saving. I wonder if a surveyor could have picked up on the wall. It cost much more than a rebuild as it was demolished in parts as they went along (needs must). From wreck to finished took a long time and half a million. Ouch. Your house is looking good and the electrics should be good to put in. The real revelation was that the French know how to cook great fish and chips, north of England style! Just the job!

    • @katej3z715
      @katej3z715 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      George Clark (who suggested the new doorway😂). He looked vaguely overwhelmed at one point!

  • @fawnmalone410
    @fawnmalone410 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You are a man of all seasons. Able to turn your hand to any task. 🫠

  • @semajekrad6922
    @semajekrad6922 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ah he's back

  • @Panoramix0874
    @Panoramix0874 หลายเดือนก่อน

    OSB is a very good vapour barrier, so you could have made the economy of your expensive "pare vapeur" by taping the boards together with SIGA (or equivalent) vapour resistant tape. We do it on straw insulated building which can't stand bad design on this front, it works very well. Regarding vapour (in Brittany at least), it goes from inside toward outside so you want to be vapour resistant inside to avoid condensation inside the wall.
    I am Breton, learnt to work in the UK and completely agree on your assessment on different ways across the channel. As a designer, it can be infuriating as sometimes French tradesmen will refuse to do something which you (and sometimes they) know is OK, just because their insurer does not want it...
    Be careful with the vapour barrier, not all artisans (nor even architects nor engineers) understand these things properly.
    If you don't already own it, I recommend the book "L'isolation thermique écologique" from Jean-Pierre Oliva, it gives almost everything you need to know and saves you from "old wives tales" that sadly still perdure! Also "Tiez Breizh" is a good resource.

    • @RogerRoving
      @RogerRoving  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes. I decided to add the sheet vapour barrier at a very late stage as I was not confident the joints in the OSB were being made properly, as every joint was not supported behind by a timber batten, as I had planned. It is vapour proof from in to out but breathes from out to in. Or so it claims...

    • @Panoramix0874
      @Panoramix0874 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@RogerRoving I think the claim about these membranes is right, amazingly they use this stuff underneath unventilated flat roofs supporting waterproof membranes that are inherently very closed to vapour... and it seems to work!!! I am like you, I like when it is open to vapour as it is much more tolerant to errors/mishaps.... In your case, this membrane is probably overkill as you are properly ventilated above. OSB not supported by battens ? They need to read again DTU 31.3... some people would have got them to redo it!

  • @shroommcfanta2020
    @shroommcfanta2020 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hope you go back to sailing soon..