Dictionary of French building terms : essential for renovators, builders and home-owners : French-English, English-French

This essential dictionary and phrase book provides every term you need to know when buying, maintaining, renovating or building a home in France. Accessible and comprehensive, it includes the technical words you won't find in an ordinary dictionary for tools and equipment and every aspect of painting, carpentry, roofing, plumbing and drainage. It also equips you with terminology for planning structural changes such as extensions and determining boundaries. An appendix of emergency phrases will make this a book you'll want to keep by the phone at all times. Whether you own a home or work in France, this book will help you talk to French tradesmen with authority and avoid costly misunderstandings as you pull down the language barrier brick by brick. Contents......Page 4 English/French......Page 6 BUILDING/MAÇONNERIE......Page 7 CARPENTRY/CHARPENTERIE......Page 31 DECORATING/DECORATION......Page 42 ELECTRICITY/ELECTRICITE......Page 55 FINANCIAL/FINANCIER......Page 68 IRONMONGERY/QUINCAILLERIE......Page 72 METALWORK/FERRONNERIE......Page 88 PLUMBING & HEATING/PLOMBERIE & CHAUFFAGE......Page 97 PROPERTY/PROPRIETE......Page 109 TRADES/METIERS......Page 116 NUMBERS/LES NOMBRES......Page 120 MAÇONNERIE/BUILDING......Page 124 CHARPENTERIE/CARPENTRY......Page 149 DECORATION/DECORATING......Page 160 ELECTRICITE/ELECTRICITY......Page 173 FINANCIER/FINANCIAL......Page 186 QUINCAILLERIE/IRONMONGERY......Page 190 FERRONNERIE/METALWORK......Page 206 PLOMBERIE & CHAUFFAGE/PLUMBING & HEATING......Page 215 PROPRIETE/PROPERTY......Page 227 METIERS/TRADES......Page 234 LES NOMBRES/NUMBERS......Page 238 USEFUL PHRASES......Page 243 Also by the author......Page 247 Extract from Bon Courage!......Page 252

A French phrase book to help you with all your building and home-renovating needs

 

This essential dictionary and phrase book includes every term you need to know when buying, maintaining, renovating, or building a home in France. Accessible and comprehensive, it includes the technical words you won't find in an ordinary dictionary for tools and equipment as well as every aspect of painting, carpentry, roofing, plumbing, and drainage. It also equips you with terminology for planning structural changes such as extensions and determining boundaries. An appendix of emergency phrases will make this a book you’ll want to keep by the phone at all times. Whether you own a home or work in France, this book will help you talk to French tradesmen with authority and avoid costly misunderstandings as you pull down the language barrier brick-by-brick.

A French phrase book to help you with all your building and home-renovating needs This essential dictionary and phrase book includes every term you need to know when buying, maintaining, renovating, or building a home in France. Accessible and comprehensive, it includes the technical words you won't find in an ordinary dictionary for tools and equipment as well as every aspect of painting, carpentry, roofing, plumbing, and drainage. It also equips you with terminology for planning structural changes such as extensions and determining boundaries. An appendix of emergency phrases will make this a book youll want to keep by the phone at all times. Whether you own a home or work in France, this book will help you talk to French tradesmen with authority and avoid costly misunderstandings as you pull down the language barrier brick-by-brick. This essential dictionary and phrase book includes every term you need to know when buying, maintaining, renovating or building a home in France. Accessible and comprehensive, it includes the technical words you won't find in an ordinary dictionary for tools and equipment and every aspect of painting, carpentry, roofing, plumbing and drainage. It also equips you with terminology for planning structural changes such as extensions and determining boundaries. An appendix of emergency phrases will make this a book you'll want to keep by the phone at all times. Whether you own a home or work in France, this book will help you talk to French tradesmen with authority and avoid costly misunderstandings as you pull down the language barrier brick by brick.