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On 07/09/2018 at 12:07, dave moore said:
Try Sarah Edgson at Glascote Basin, she usually has them in stock. Google Norton Canes Boatbuilders for numbers.
Thanks Dave, Their web site is down and the phone number provided on Facebook is unobtainable. I've tried to contact them using facebook messenger so I'll see if I get a response.
Any other suggestions anyone? I'm after the smoke box for my Epping range
Thanks
Richard
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Does anyone know if you can still get spares for an Epping Range? It's the smoke box I need.
I've tried the Brenmarl number and email and no luck. Can anyone help?
Also my BSS is coming up soon and is likely to fail due to cracks in the smoke box, is removing the flue likely to be sufficient to decommission the stove so that it's not tested? I'll check this with my BSS examiner when I book him to get his view too but some early warning would be good
Thanks
Richard
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Do keep you eyes on the winter stoppage programmes while doing your planning. My reading of the CRT & Thames stoppage program says that you need to be back to Newbury by 3rd November or you could be stuck on the Oxford until nearly Christmas.
Also bear in mind when doing your planning that we might have a lot of rain and that the Thames might go on to red boards so you cannot use it. The fact that there are red boards will not delay the Thames stoppages. I know this from bitter experience a few years ago while trying to get to the K&A during October, I got stuck at Abingdon on red boards, it was a nail biting time waiting for the river to drop while the start of the winter stoppages drew ever closer! Fortunately I made it with just a few days to spare.
Rik
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You'll find the latest advice from CRT here http://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notice/778/river-kennet-
it ends
"Although the navigation is open, our strong recommendation is not to move your boat unless absolutely necessary and you are confident of your ability and the capability of your craft. If in any doubt and you are safely moored, stay where you are. We anticipate that in another week’s time, the river condition would have eased further."
With advice like this I wonder what our friends, the insurance companies, will say if you travel and have problems
Rik
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Mine also rattles at tickover so if it is a damper plate it hasn't cured it.
Rik
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Also, on mine with the standard PRM 160D gearbox, the drive plate is a R&D 55A21.
There is a plate on the case above the gearbox which you can remove to see the drive plate. If you get someone to rotate the engine while you will watch you can see the numbers stamped on the plate. This is what my engineer did to find out which plate I needed.
Rik
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This is the information that I got from Neil at Beta when he asked me for the engine number.
The engine serial No. is usually on the left hand side, looking forward, and is on the web along the lower part of the block.
It will probably be of the format - seven No’s beginning with 4
CRK3A
Three No’s beginning with 0
Typically – 4300014CRK3A041
Hope this helps
Rik
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Yes I personally know someone that has successfully claimed housing benefit.
He's had two claims in different parts of the country. In the first he managed to claim licence fee, 3rd party insurance and boat safety, at the time he did NOT have a permanent mooring.
In the second he gets licence, mooring, 3rd party insurance and boat safety. As he has a kid aboard he also got social services to spend £5k fixing various bit on the boat, new cooker, new shower, replacement water tank were the key things.
Key thing is , never give up, if your claim is rejected appeal, if your appeal is rejected submit a new claim, make sure they give up before you do!
Rik
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I was told by one of the CRT guys doing the work that the stoppage before Christmas was to repair the channels in the wall above the lock that take the stop planks.
Looking at Gillie's photo ,I guess the stop planks won't not come up high enough to enable them to stop the flow and so the official stoppage is now delayed.
Rik
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Got my kipor from the Green Reaper at Thame. Don't know if you can collect but maybe worth a call.
Rik
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I have a feeling that some detectors also detect hydrogen which you'd get from battery charging. Is the 140 number constant? Are you constantly charging via a landline?
Have you tried swapping the position of the two detectors to check that one isn't faulty?
Please be careful and keep safe
Rik
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Is this similar in principle to the old barge that the boatyard uses as a dry dock by Denham Deep?
Sounds a good idea to me and may help provide more dry docks around the system
Rik
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Try the Anglers* near the junction of the K&A and the Thames. Not the smartest pub but good ale cheap basic food and very pro boaters. A short walk up and over the bridge from the Tesco river moorings.
*It's not the Anglers - its the something Anglers or the Anglers something, one of two similarly named pubs, but it's the one nearest the Thames.
Think you mean the Fisherman's Cottage right by Blakes Lock? http://www.fishermanscottagereading.co.uk/
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Had a new one fitted for me yesterday.
Assuming you have a new squirrel with the heat shield on the back you need to
Remove the heat shield - this is not required with a back boiler
Locate the dimples on back of stove that mark position for the boiler pipes
Remove back firebrick and baffle plate -these are not required with a back boiler
Drill holes with a hole saw
Fit boiler ( found this was easiest by removing top from stove first)
Seal around pipes - my installer used something like this http://www.amazon.co.uk/VITCAS-Black-Fire-Cement-1250/dp/B004646CLM
Tighten nuts
Hope this helps
Rik
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Have you looked into buying a 12month standard canal licence and then upgrading it to Gold? I believe that CaRT will refund you and whole months on your standard licence when you upgrade. This way you'll probably have to pay for a month more than you need but this is a lot better than wasting 9 months of a gold license.
Rik
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Well yes, exactly. Even i could manage to drag the boat onto our patio, it does occasionally flood, so it would require a license.
I guess if our lounge flooded we might need a license for the floating sofa too?
at least if theres a drought, it won't need a license, although in that case it might make having a boat a bit pointless!
I think I might just investigate building a boat lift. The whole boat with engine probably weighs about 60 kilos, so a small lift would be able to pull it out the water. As i said before, it will be over the water, and will occupy the same space, but if its not touching the water....
I could probably build one for the same price as a years license anyway
How about installing some davits and hanging the boat over the water? It would stop having to use your garden for boat storage.
Rik
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How about a blob of Sugru? www.sugru.com
It looks to me as if it could well fit the bill.
Having said that I've never used it so can only go by the advertising hype.
Rik
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However, the River Kennet is different - it is an older pre-canal river navigation and CRT only have rights over the navigation, not the whole of the river. I know for example that at Greenham lock, where the lock cottage owners also have a set of moorings on a weir stream of the Kennet, that they are outside of CRT's jurisdiction, and do not have to pay for mooring rights or have the craft licensed (although if the craft want to cruise they obviously need to buy a licence to do that).
Hi Rob,
I know that this is correct at Kintbury too. The people whose houses have gardens down to the water own the river and do not need licences or need to pay mooring fees to C&RT. This right is jealously guarded by the owners and C&RT are sent packing with fleas in their ears if they try to enquire about the status of boats moored on this water.
It might be worth knocking on a few doors and seeing if one of the owners can assist further as C&RT may be trying to levy charges when they are not required.
Rik
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I fitted a new one earlier this year.
I got a made-to-measure one from Goodwin plastics (http://goodwinplastics.co.uk/). It is approx 4'x2'x1' and cost about £300.
It's working fine so far.
No connection with them just a satisfied customer
Rik
PS don't underestimate the effort required to remove the old one
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Couple of other points about this mooring
it's for a boat up to 75.46' in length but I don't think you'd to get a boat of that length through the K&A locks, so you'll always be paying for more than you can use.
the only access to the mooring is over the lock gates, really convenient if you have to carry luggage/shopping to your boat.
I certainly won't be bidding on it
Rik
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I had a similar problem and fixed it with radweld.
I let the header tank go dry so there was capacity in the system to get the radweld into the circuit then got the system hot and added radweld followed by topping up with antifreeze mix. Put the circulation pump on to give it all a good mix and kept my fingers crossed.
It did the job and I haven't needed to top up since (5 months).
Hope this helps
Rik
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As I traverse the canal system I see many boats which seem to be defying all naval architecture rules by staying the right way up, despite having everything from coal heaps to gardens on their roof. I am boring I only have a plank a boat hook and a long shaft, occasionally a Nicholson's guide before it gets blown into the cut. I was wondering who has the most useful/junk on their roof.
A couple of weeks ago I was told about a fleet of hire boats from the 60s/70s that had the watertank on the roof because it meant that the boats didn't need water pumps. Anyone know anything about such a system?
Rik
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Cool, thanks Brian
So a 4:1 or 3:1 ratio on the pulleys?
Mines got 2 90amp alternators running off 13mm single v belts. The 2nd alternator has a taper lock pulley as Brian describes 12" diameter which give a little over 4:1 I think. If I was setting it up myself (rather than inheriting it) I'd go for an even larger pulley, I think I could squeeze a 14" possible even a 15". This would give better output at the sort of speed I like to travel at.
I've also got a Smartbank setup to enable the two alternators to power my inverter for running the washing machine while cruising.
Cheers
Rik
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On my BD3, the calorifer is fed from the front of the cylinder head. I get hot water in about an hour of gentle cruising but a full tank would take a bit longer.
My calorifier will stay hot enough for a morning shower provided I don't use it for washing up etc. the night before. I find if I use some of the hot during the evening then it's still warm but makes for a rather chilly shower. Answer, shower in the evening or eat out, preferably both!
Rik
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Thank you Sarah, very relieved to hear that it's just domain issues and I hope you can resolve them quickly. I'll get the new number from facebook and call you later today.
Thanks again
Richard