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Hi All. I have a Mk4 Midi Prima Thetford Spinflow oven, and have a problem with A) the fan blowing the flame out, and the Gas control knob shaft seems bent, sometimes you need pliers on it to turn it, others you don't. This may be a heat expansion thing, but gas scares the stuff out of me so I ain't taking it apart! I am trying to find a gas engineer/ Thetford Spinflow engineer near Tamworth who may be able to help, but they seem as rare as hens teeth, so if anyone knows of a mobile engineer, I would be very grateful. Cheers, Steve

We are 3 months in, and absolutely loving it. Particularly like the look on colleagues and friends faces when they find out we live on a boat. Also, looking out this morning to see a kingfisher taking a fish 2' from the front of our boat, then sitting on our mooring rope to enjoy it! Regretting not doing it sooner.

Just started a thread in Virtual pub on same topic, having not seen this. Doh! Most cutting question must have been when he was talking to Ken the Bruce this morning" Can you stand up on a narrowboat" What a complete **** (please fill in as you feel fit !)

Hi, saw your boat being built, i think we spoke while waiting for ours. No idea when we will get it yet, builders diary has more pages per month then ours ! Your boat looks even better in the water.

All of a sudden i have an urge to volunteer for CRT!

Hi. 2 absolute newbies would like to attend. Must point out we may be shiny boat owners by then, if the bloody thing is ever delivered. Be good to put faces to names (is there a badge identification scheme?) and especially to find out if the grumpy ones(you know who you are!) are like that in real life or just in the cyber world!

'Cos I drink a lot? No, truth is i misread the post, which was about cruiser sterns and tillers. Apologies for numtyness!

Well. not sure what to do now. Our new 70' boat is a trad, but now i am worrying about the dangerous tiller. Oh well, i guess i better ride over on my 1200cc 130BHP motorcycle and have a word with the builder.!

Cheers Keith. Most helpful! Not sure how I missed that in the first place Steve

Well, according to my calender, although the boat builders seem to use a different diary, with sliding scale of dates!! Still, pleased so far, lets hope it floats! Question: Is there a fixed amount of fire safety devices for a 70' narrowboat? The best i can find id 3 x 1kg extinguishers and 1 x fire blanket. Apologies if this is out there somewhere, but i can find no definitive answers. Thanks in anticipation,

Kindle fire HD does about everything, and plays HD movies through HDMI to TV. (and you can read books on it!)

And I hope to(love living on it)!!!! Might be a while yet tho' [/url]">http://s239.photobucket.com/user/bodger_bucket/media/P1010004_zpscd53d65c.jpg.html][/url]

First ever greeny given!! :-)

We have at last sold the house, and waiting for the boat, around August. The one thing I would add is that we didn't think we were material people, until we moved in (temporarily! ) with son. It took a week of travelling to the skip, the people there now think I work there and have invited me to their Xmas dinner, and also have hired a 20' container for storage. BE AWARE!!

All moved out and into the son's for the duration of the build. Car and van still full of tat, most for the skip, some for storage, where i guess it will stay for a year or 2 then to the skip! Counting the days!

How did I accumulate so much rubbish!!!! All week to and from the skip and charity shops. Still, the dogs Not got cancer, but now owes me £500.00, the wife does have a hernia and I am still a grumpy git(Apparently), but it's another week towards boat ownership, so all is good!

Cheers guys, wrote that in a moment of pique, but I really don't have a lot to moan about. Just can't wait to live aboard.

Exchanged contracts Tuesday, boat ordered for delivery August. Can't wait. But as usual, the light at the end of the tunnel was some git with a torch! Since Monday the dog's been diagnosed with suspected cancer(£400.00 so far), the wife with a suspected hernia, and me as a grumpy old man, although that was confirmed. Still, mustn't grumble

Hi. If all goes to plan, we should exchange on our house this week, and be living aboard by the end of summer. I keep seeing the comments on how comparable it is to live on a boat to a house, but I don't really understand the logic. Most of us will sell the house, settle the mortgage and any loans, buy the boat outright and have only the things mentioned above to pay for. Or is everyone assuming that none of us has a mortgage or other fixed outgoings? My apologies if i am wide of the mark, (it won't be the first time) but as we are paying approx.4.5k PA just for utilities and Council tax, I am certainly hoping we will be better off. ( If not, I have a lot of explaining to do to the boss!!)

Well, at the risk of tempting providence, we have had an offer on the house (after reducing it substantially)so going looking at boats this weekend. Trying not to get too excited, as we fully expect to be let down again. This bloody glass is half empty again!!

That's quite ok, wish Virgin was as fast as you at fixing stuff!!

Hi, is it just me, or does cheshire rose's link not work?

Oh I know how to finance it, sell the bloody house!!!!!!

We had a buyer for the house, ....then we didn't. Then we had a new buyer for the house, then we didn't. Why are people such time waters!!!!!!