> France signed the Venice Convention in the 70s Not only that, according to a friend the French laws about replacements are so harsh, that he: * would have t

> France signed the Venice Convention in the 70s Not only that, according to a friend the French laws about replacements are so harsh, that he: * would have to use handmade wallpapers * was not allowed to replace a very thin outer door with a slightly thicker one so that he could have steel bars run in the door to provide adequate security (he would not have been allowed to drill the holes the bars lock into on the other side of the frame either) He sold his house after realizing that there is no way around these rules (and he worked in French bureaucracy all his life). PS: IIRC it was a small 17th century hôtel particulier in a town some hours from Paris, off the tourist track.