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I wondered if that was as high up. Can't remember for sure as it was 1999: and 2000 when I was up there for the winter. Not been since then. I think it was a contour not an embankment. Not sure if Ms Sharman used the words 'impermeable membrane' or 'impermeable layer'. From a non civil engineering background I would think this will be the 30ft Larssen piles with concrete caps because of the height but I don't know what they do about the actual channel. Maybe if the piles are long enough the channel shape is not as important. It's definitely not going to be an earth bank with 8ft Mickey mouse piling hammered in on top 😁 Maybe it's just the same as the Middlewich repair.

It's odd they chose to use images of the Thames. I suppose it's just library pictures of water and Boats. Newbridge Lechlade

You will of course have noticed that my suggestion of building an aqueduct resulted in a discussion from knowledgeable people about what is likely to be done.

I think it 2 only one small springer actually close to the hole. This was lifted later by a rigid Hiab truck once the canal bed had been made into a road.

It's interesting calling it impermeable. If it's flexible someone might stick a boathook through it. It's an interesting area because of the lift bridge. Lots of coming and going plus I'm sure the occasional use of a pole. I suppose if it's thick enough it's not realistically going to get a hole in it. Also a lot of prop wash from vessels starting and stopping.

One thing I wondered about was the potential for putting an aqueduct instead of our as well as an embankment. One imagines that back in the day it would have been cheaper (man power) to build an embankment and culverts but maybe the cost position has now changed. Just for the part where the culverts are. Facilitate the passage of water beneath. I suppose a canal over a culvert sort of is an aqueduct but not in the normal sense. It would be good to get some suggestions about how this will end up being completed. The CRT talk about impermeable linings. Is that basically concrete?

It's a good photo..

That is an impressive number of children if they all live in the Boats.

Not had a squirrel but did have problems with other fires. So when I got a welder to help me make the current fire I opted to have the flue dropped in to a rear outlet. All stainless. It means the 70mm dia flue can just be lifted out. At the top end it is spaced to the 4 inch collar with an aluminium "washer" and a silicone cooking pot mat as an external seal. Been fine for 3 years. It's nice to be able to take the flue outside and clean it out now and then. Elbow is 76mm 316 mandrel bend tig welded to the stove body. But generally off course fires installed in Boats were originally designed to go in buildings so they are universally made to have fixed heavy flue systems. We also made the top plate so that the front part of it lifts off which gives direct access to the baffle plate and allows loading vertically with 4"X4" standard pieces of timber like fence post sections. That's as well as the front porthole loading door.

Also interesting what fish they are burning. Some smell worse than others. For example Excel (which I avoid like the plague and clichés) is awful. Significant amount of pet coke (oil based) so it stinks like someone burning sanitary products. Unless my previous neighbour actually was burning sanitary products... It is possible that if they changed to a different coal or as Blackrose suggested it's coming from someone else the smell would be more noticeable.

I think it likely they mean CO. It seems to be part of the BS scheme these days so likely to be found in most Boats.

I am not wishing to continue the argument and this genuinely will be my last comment on GFM but I have realised why we could never agree. You have put it down in writing. You think fraud is acceptable if the outcome is better efficiency. I think fraud is not acceptable under any circumstances. That's it. Very basic difference. Back to the Boats !!

Interesting that the CO alarm is not going off. I think as suggested by @Rob-M there is a fair chance it is coming in through a mushroom vent or even through an open window hopper. That would explain the occasional nature of the problem and the lack of an alarm state. It's worth having a CO alarm with the digital readout as it will show up a reading without the alarm going off so you can discover if a flue is gradually blocking up without needing to wait until it gets to a danger threshold which would trigger the alarm.

That range is nice 😍

I was the one who made attempts to get this all back on track by raising the subject of the repair at Middlewich but it wandered off again. Maybe if more people were to add to the content it would work better. Navigating non verbal communication is like walking through a minefield. Also there is a software story. I use other forums and facebook where the facility exists to wipe every single comment and the profile from the site. Something I do regularly. Because there is too much 'stream of consciousness' rubbish. Sadly this IPS software does not have the facility so all the junk stays there.