Jason Pay

Great advice, thanks

Some comments have been great, I appreciate that help, I have also asked similar questions elsewhere and the response didn't get pedantic about boat size... Just saying. It doesn't matter! Which is exactly my point. You're right.

Thanks for admitting your mistake, There is no link, Not getting snotty just don't see the relevance. Thanks for your help. As with Forums there's strange positions... never nice or useful.

Dude -Mross! Pretty pedantic, once I asked a question about a narrower boat which isn't this one. Congratulations... I said it was 10' because it's 10'. Thanks Rusty you'r right... simple isnt it

Equally I understand the risks and perhaps it is a stupid idea...

I understand this point... Thats why I would install the tap by the door and gangplank to the boat which can be turned upon leaving and arriving, but understand the concept of forgetting. Water storage is already installed in form of two tanks in the engine bay, and perhaps it is easier to keep refilling these... And perhaps my line from the shore 'feed' would be into these tanks and turned on when I needed to fill them up.

We don't do either currently, but would have tanks and would be able to feed directly. As I said these are questions we want clarification on. Sorry if they're obviously odd or wrong, appreciate your help. I understand your concept of the pipes freezing... which would be a concern in the winter, but I thought that this could be something which is addressed in the winter, we have another boat and the pipes from the yard have never frozen just the pipes running from the tap which can be replaced with another pipe if necessary therefore the option to fill up or have a 'water supply' is always possible. With the right stop cocks and taps I thought life would be easier is to have a constant feed of mains water to the boat?

Sorry, I presumed I had. We will be moored all of the time. We will be living on board.

Can you recommend a heater please? For reference... thank you

Okay thank you, so therefore a red ring is unuseful. Would you say a Morco LPG boiler would be better to supply hot water on demand. We have a solid fuel stove (without back boiler) which does a pretty good job of keeping the boat warm. We thought about rad's from a boiler (to be fitted at a later date).

I've been reading about shower tray installation, is it standard to go against household norms and not use a bed of mortar to fit the shower but to lay straight onto a levelled piece of ply?

We have a constant supply of water from a tap on shore, therefore, it is an option. But also as the minimum operating pressure is 1 bar I believe our Jabsco pump will be able to produce this and allow the Redring to work? - I may be wrong.

Hello All, Liveaboard and permanently moored. New owners of a Hancock and Lane 45x10 barge, my partner and I exchange on Wednesday and we are really excited to get stuck in. Following lots of research and reading and looking and thinking we are beginning to seek some sort of reassurance on our ideas or final decisions. And I just found this forum which looks like it might be able to help. Apologies if i ask something which has already been done before. But here goes... Regarding Plumbing and Hot water; We will be moored on a 'residential' mooring on an unregulated river. So we have access to electric and water from the shore at all times. With this in mind we are considering our best options for our bathroom. We are starting from the beginning and we are trying to work out the best way to heat the water for our shower and bath. The options we have explored are to have a Redring instant hot water (http://www.screwfix.com/p/redring-powerstream-eco-bat…/89511) which fits in the bathroom and heats the water for the shower and bathroom sink. With an electric immersion tank (already fitted along with accumulator, and pump) to heat enough hot water for the bath which is only used for this purpose. Two isolated systems - one for the shower and sink and one for the bath. Does anyone have any useful information regarding this and if these are sensible options. We are aware of the option to fit a boiler which would also allow us to fit radiators - we think we would like thie eventually, is this something we could add into the system later on in our first year? Thanks in advance for any advice.

Thank You both, I will go browse that website. I think the normal average would be 2 laptops, a tv and lighting. Apart from that... the only thing I can think of is her straightners and hairdryer which is of no consequence apart from earache to me.

Good Day! Hopefully a liveaboard by the summer, I have a question regarding eleccy on board. The boat I'm hopefully buying, I will be firstly living on the hard for a year while I ponder and fit out to my requirements and then onto a permanent mooring. So eleccy will always be available, am I right in thinking I can run the shore power lead to a trip box and then from the trip box, wire the boat as you would a house with 240v sockets in and around the place. If say for holidays and weekends I want to go wondering on the river these would need to be fed by a 12v battery bank and suitable inverter? Correct me if I'm wrong so far... My question is... how many plugs can shore power supply? How much output can I expect to be handled in a boat or is it limitless? Say of an evening I had me and my girlfriend had our laptops charging, a tv running and some mains lights. Then the kettle every half hour for a healthy distraction from university... Thanks Jason