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I totally agree with Fillide's post. Cost to buy a 120 litre scaldobagno should be in the region of €100-€125. I've even seen them discounted down to €80 from time to time. To heat from scratch, which takes 1-2 hours dependent on temperature setting will cost something in the region of €0.5. So four showers a day (emptying tank twice) and running costs to maintain temperature when no water is being drawn, you are talking at something like €1.5 per day. Mounts up over the year, but if only being switched on for a few weeks or months, could easily be your most economical solution.

Cement render (and lime mortar etc.) will not adhere for any length of time to tufo. Tufo is porous and absorbs water when breached. If you want to seal from the outside, the product you require is "fissativio". €5-6 for a litre which will cover around 12 m2. However, unless you have perfect adhesion, all you will be doing is sealing the water in. Unfortunately, I don't think that there is too much that you can do. If its any help, we have the same problem.

I can go back that far, Brianm....33.7% gain. Lire converted at 1936.27 to the euro. The lire was actually quite strong for much of the 1990's.

As always, Penny gets it in one. But, if you look at the converse, Sprostoni, you have gained by buying when you did. If you bought your house now, you would have had to pay 23.2% more in sterling terms. CB.

Just to clear up a mis-conception. The state does not actually grab the money in a dormant account. It is always yours provided that you can show proof and there is no time limit for you to claim. It is true that the government can use the money but reserves are in place to repay the rightful owner if and when he crops up. The whole concept of dormant accounts is based around money that will never ever be claimed. An account can be declared dormant anytime from 3 to 15 years. Various banks use different criteria. Well done alexcal and I'm sure that your currency gain over the last ten years more than compensated for any lost "ISA" interest.

I would concur with Fillide. Permissions for a pool run at around €1,400 here. Are you using the "piano casa" legislation for your extension?

OK....Found out.....I'm Suisse. Hotel Gottard in Weggis. 20 mins from Luzern and on route. The rivieria of Switzerland. Owner Beni Nanzer. Restaurant on the lake. Viervaldstattersee....Lake Luzern......You owe 1 glass prosseco..... CB.

Hello again, I'm assuming that you are talking about a stand alone model and not jets in your pool. I can't really help you with individual models or number of jets but its really important that the unit stands on a completely level, very, very solid base. Otherwise you will have one side firing like mad and the other side coming out as a trickle.

Infinity pools can be problematic and require greater attention. I've never heard of tolerances down to 2mm though. Not sure where that is coming from. The real key to succesful operation is that you have a really good filter system to block out leaves, small twigs etc which may be carried along with the returning water. Otherwise you run the risk of them becoming trapped in the main returning valve, stopping it from closing with the consequent emptying of the infinity channel or worse the whole pool. (Believe me, I've seen this happen a lot). That said, I've got to say that the price you have been quoted does not look expensive to me. I don't have much experience of liner pools but for a conventional tiled infinity pool, I would have thought that you would have been talking of a figure substantially above €40,000. (Well at least here you would). Are you sure everything is included? pumps, filtrations, surrounds, landscaping, iva etc?

Its a bit of a generic term loosely used. Can refer to a number of things. Your description above can easily apply. What exactly is the problem?