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Letters: French roofers' tiling error made it rain in my home

Connexion reader shares a hard lesson on making sure your canal tiles are are correctly positioned

Roof tile shortages delay building projects and repairs in France

Increased gas prices, huge order backlogs and manufacturing issues are leading roofers to finish jobs late, sometimes going months without access to tiles

How France’s taste in roof décor has shifted from religion to pets

A long-established Normandy pottery says it is receiving requests to put labradors, cats and even toucans on its ceramic finials

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Drones can replace scaffolding to clean roof and walls of French homes

The small flying devices carry a hose and spray chemical onto mossy surfaces that are hard to reach

Paris’ grey skyline could turn green if roof garden idea approved

An award-winning concept by three French students is under review by technical experts and could offer the city solutions for cooling and biodiversity

Architecture of France: Périgord Noir

Hammering home beauty

Notre-Dame architect pledges to ‘heal’ Paris cathedral

The architect in charge of the stricken Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris has pledged to “heal” the building from its “nightmare suffering”, after visiting the site for the first time since the fire disaster on April 15.

Rooftop gardens give fresh food and air

Paris is in the middle of a giant project to clear the city’s air by creating urban farms on rooftops and open spaces.

Work starts at Versailles to save royal chapel

Roof is in “precarious state” and could collapse

Zinc roofing skills in short supply

Thanks to Haussmann, couvreur-zingueurs are in constant demand in Paris

‘Paris's mixed skyline makes no job the same’

Francis Arsène is passionate about his job

Paris roofers want Unesco protection

Roofers in Paris have asked for their trade to be added to Unesco’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in the same way as Alençon lace-making, Aubusson tapestry and compagnonnage apprenticeships.

Roof

Letters: French roofers' tiling error made it rain in my home

Roof tile shortages delay building projects and repairs in France

How France’s taste in roof décor has shifted from religion to pets

Drones can replace scaffolding to clean roof and walls of French homes

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