Description

English-speaking home-owners bent on renovating a property in France may be baffled by the vagaries of the French language when purchasing essential tools, materials and equipment – but there are also anomalies between the countries beyond a disparity of sizes, quantities and terms.

From an established author, the Dictionary of French Building Terms demystifies the bewildering choice of what’s available, exposing oddities and inconsistencies – even highlighting items that don’t exist in the UK.

•Accessible and comprehensive, the most up-to-date and easy-to-use dictionary of French building terms.

•Entries divided into the main categories that cover all aspects of home renovation: Building, Building Site, Carpentry & Joinery, Decorating, Electricity, Ironmongery & Hardware, Metalwork, and Plumbing & Heating.

•Ready reference on numbers, fractions, decimals and percentages, plus terminology for financial and property matters, and an appendix of useful phrases.