Didger

Thanks all for the discussion..seems not be very straight forward..down to individual councils and planning officers. The cabin is built completely over the water. The jetty has been rebuilt and extended to accommodate the building of the structure which takes up maybe 1/3 of the space of the available jetty. The edges of the structure are flush to the edge of the jetty on three sides, then the 40' boat takes up the remainder of the jetty at the waters edge. I can't see it being a council issue..the moorings have been established for 20yrs+...I'll chase CRT for an answer..think I know what it'll be!

Thanks for this..as I thought something of a grey legal area! Which unfortunately allows people to take advantage.. I'm expecting to see smoke curling from a chimney from the stove that's going to be installed soon..then followed by insulation, a Genny, lights and there you have a dwelling...on stilts over the canal!

It's more like 14'x8'... More of a cabin then a shed!

Hi Dave I'm not..someone else is! And I agree wholeheartedly..this may have consequences for other people. What I'm trying to figure out is if it's CRTs responsibility..in effect the structure is being built over their land...

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Thanks for the reply Ken, judging by the lack of other responses it looks a bit too difficult to be sorted on here!! Im leaving it until the spring before I investigate further, then if i all goes wrong I have some time before the lack of heating is life threatening! It works fine at the mo, just dipping the toe in the liveaboard world this winter..hope I dont get too frostbitten! Cheers El G

Hi All, be obliged if you could share thoughts on this... I have a boatman stove with backboiler, running through 28mm copper convection pipes to produce hot water through calorifier in HW tank (have another engine fed calorifier that runs to same tank when cruising) System runs well at the mo, gives me benefit of heat and HW without using any power. I am considering fitting radiators to the back end of the boat, as the stove is at the front of the boat and heat doesnt make it to the back bedroom with space narrowed down by cupboards, bathroom etc, even with a fan sat on top of the stove. In the past, someone has tried to extend the copper piping from the back of the stove to try and fit a convection ststem on it...there are Ts from the hot and cold return which run pipes for about a foot and are then blanked off, in effect the HW system runs from the back boiler down the port side,the exsisting system extention runs for a foot down the starboard side... options are.... 1) extend this system using 28mm copper convection by extending exsiting pipework down the S/board side into back bedroom Issues with this... running 28mm through saloon and down entire cabin...I understand hot pipe needs a slight rise on it to work properly?...this would make radiator at bedroom end high on wall? also would want to run pipe under gunnel shelf so its out of sight and neat,so that would need to go up from the back boiler, run 30'feet then down 2' to the rad? Would the system run two ways on gravity at once? and where can I source Rads with 28mm fitting for convection use? 2)Install 12 volt HW pump at back boiler end, reduce exsisitng 28mm down to 15mm, use speedfit palstic pipe to ordinary rads down starboard side, leave exsisitng HW convection in place, but connected up to this system. Issues... Running 12v pump on this sysem may cause it to back up on Cold return at back of stove(cold return still gravity fed) System wouldnt heat up quickly enough with water circulating? Might be bloody dangerous! 3) Make new loop/extension where 28mm convection return pipe runs out of cal...fit 12v pump and run 15mm speedfit from there down to rads in Bedroom and return to join cold return Issues... System wouldnt run normal convection as I am breaking into the pipe to fit pump, so would always require power to drive water round..even if I only want HW? Dont have access to shore power so concerned about power use... Options... option 1 low tech solution...but clumsy/messy Option 2 dont think would work, may block up Fit option 3 and always have concerns over power Forget about it and wear a hat in bed... all suggestions gratefully received.. El G

Hi, not sure youll be able to book a passage from BW anymore, even if youre single handed...the BW staff have been drastically reduced and are under instructions to concentrate on keeping the water levels good and the culverts clear.... mind you when I tried to come up the flight last wedsnesday am, some idiot had drained the bottom pound from the lock outside the lock keepers cottage all the way down to the poolstock locks on the leigh branch at 2am , I would estimate about half a mile of water....perhaps it would have been a good idea for BW to padlock the paddle mechanism overnight if they are under instructions to save water.....obviously some local scrote has a windlass and vandal key....it took all day to refill and then scrape up the flight the next day... Allways try and double up when going through the flight,it saves water and makes life easier.. allow about 4-5 hours, have a break about 8 locks in to recharge the batteries ...and keep going...you'll get there eventually! Good luck El G

Some people of East Lancashire do take pride in and care about their canal..... See below from the Lancashire evening Telegraph, 26 July(sorry couldnt get hyperlink to work) East Lancashire team pulls 14 tonnes of rubbish from canal.... A TEAM of volunteers has removed a staggering 14 tonnes of rubbish from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. litter boat Lee Shepherd with some of the rubbish Sofas, shopping trollies, fencing, office chairs, household waste and tyres were among items pulled from the water during the huge spring clean. The six-week operation, led by hire boat operator Lee Shepherd, of Hapton Valley Boats, has seen a 15-strong team of volunteers cleaning up grotspot areas along a 23-mile stretch of the canal. Mr Shepherd, of Simpson Street, Hapton, said: “Everyone had been complaining about the state of the water for months but no one was doing anything about it. “My home backs on to the canal and I wanted to improve the appearance of the area as well as improve the safety. “If someone fell in the water they could easily get trapped under a trolley or a farmer’s fence and drown. “People who dump rubbish in the canal need to be prosecuted and handed large fines.” Working with British Waterways, which has provided a litter boat, the volunteers targeted hotspots between Barrowford and Blackburn. So far they have collected a large skip full of rubbish. The volunteers plan to continue the spring clean throughout the summer and are encouraging local residents to adopt parts of the canal. Mr Shepherd added: “It cost British Waterways £200,000 each year to clean up the canals. “If local residents take ownership of small stretches of the canal we will be able to prevent people using it as a dumping ground. “By working together we can keep the British waterways clean.” Anyone wishing to get adopt part of the canal can visit www.waterscape.com. El G