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Slim

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  1. From personal experience things just seem to accelerate rapidly after that point. 10 years ago, bag of coal in each hand, 5 years ago bag of coal in one hand. Now, the firelighters to go with the coal. Come back in 5-10 years with an update.
  2. The issue of loading/lifting gas bottles or coal was a significant factor in my deciding, at the age of 76, to call it a day as far as boating was concerned. As the old adage goes "time and tide wait for no man."
  3. Tony, point taken. I mentioned 15mm as an indication of size only. Indeed, when I installed my pipework I was advised that household copper pipe was not acceptable.
  4. I just used 1/2" (aka 15mm). It was malleable and ran from the cockpit isolation valve (as required at the time) to the appliances without joints.. Getting it through the forward bulkhead and fashioning a suitable grommet was 'interesting'.
  5. Sometimes one can over research an issue. Given that the greatest risk from gas piping would be from a leak. I fail to see how the volume of gas within a given length of pipe is of any significance. Far more important is how gas might escape into the cabin of a boat. The greatest weakness is obviously at joints. Soldered joints are a no, no. Think of the reasoning behind the ban. Solder melts at a fairly low temperature . A soldered joint could fail in the event of a non gas related fire thereby turning the fire into a gas related fire of greater intensity. Easy when you think of it. As I understand it brazed or silver soldered joints are acceptable both of which require a much higher temperature to fail ie melt.
  6. Forget what they're called but the standoff brackets you see on some plumbing may be suitable dependant upon size. (not copper saddle clamps) Remembered, Musem brackets
  7. I had a Gulper fail a few years ago. As I recall it was a flap/joker valve. Bought an overhaul kit which was not cheap. Replaced the various parts supplied including the diaphragm which forms the seal between the two parts of the casing. Could not get the diaphragm to stay in place whilst re-assembling. The locating lip was just too tiny. After hours of fiddling around gave up and binned the whole lot. Long winded way of saying exactly the same as Mr Smelly.
  8. No , all you need is a windlass and a highjacked pedestrian. That's how I always got through it single handed.
  9. I've got one as well (mine came from Maplins). Must track down where to get some tape.
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  11. I would say, both. I had a Squirrel fitted about 10' aft of my front doors on a 55' nb and that worked fine. Never understood fitting a heating source at one end of a narrow cabin . (be it a narrow or a wide beam.)
  12. although I only had Houdini hatches I made the linings for them in a vaguely similar way with exposed screw fixings. This allowed me to lower / remove the entire lining easily. Over the years I had to do this on several occasions and it more than compensated for a very minor visual 'blemish'.
  13. That is exactly what I was told by a surveyor last year. Isopropyl Alcohol. It isn't that expensive either.
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  16. My roof was originally Midnight Blue with aggressive anti slip grit in it. Some years later I overpainted it in Oxford Blue. It was noticeably cooler on sunny days following the re-paint. Make from this what you will. 🖌️🖌️
  17. Obviously what everyone else said but I thought that HS2 was a damp squib.😇
  18. Unfortunatly these days the pub is likely to have morphed into a house/block of flats-----sorry, apartments.
  19. Agree regarding quality. They made up several panels to my specifications
  20. I had 3 ordinary computer fans within mushroom vents. Galley, Bathroom and shower. Actually in the lining between grill and roof. Held in place with a few dabs of silicone with power from existing lights but independently switched. The Bathroom/ shower fans were also powered from a small solar panel via 2 way switches. Exact wiring depends upon where you're starting from.
  21. You MAY find it doesn't go up too much as some insurance companies increase their rates on the 1st April. I changed my car in January and the increase for the remaining 3 months on the policy was only a few pounds. Come the end of April it had gone up by over 50%.
  22. £128 per 8' x 4' sheet last week in local B&Q. Just browsing.
  23. Slim

    Cable Crimper

    I've got one as well. No issues regarding leaks but sizes are a matter of trial and error rather than claimed size. I tend to go one size under stated. More to do with Chinese millimetres.
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