Ania

Hi guys! I am looking for, in vain so far, for a thermacouple for our vanette grill. Ebay don't seem to have them though. Any idea where to look for and how to instal one? Cheers Ania

no it doesn't it would have to be a shave off the skull I'm afraid

Thanks everyone. James - can I ask how long did it take? We are going to only do it on 14m2 (which is probably some 18ft of the length of the boat). We might be having tiles in kitchen and definitely in bathroom. And already laid laminated floor in bedroom. I really don't like the cheap look of laminates - the solid wood is solid wood in the end and I am mainly looking into reclaimed one but am a bit put off about cleaning the bitumen - rough idea about workhours needed to be put in such a project?

Thanks Ally, that's really useful. Yeah, seems that the headroom is really low. What do you think about putting the ceiling up - there is some 4cm space between the ceiling wood planks and insulation - do I need to leave it for some sort of ventilation or can I win 2cm over there?

Hi everyone! I have just posted something on lowering the floor and now this one is on putting the ceiling higher up (6'1" - almost 6'2" so a bit of an issue with height). I am thinking about putting a new wooden floor on our narrowboat and if we don't just rip the old ply out it will lower the height by another 2cm. Seeing that I already am touching ceiling at all times in the highest point of the boat and have to bend in others I am wondering whether we can't just put the ceiling a little up. We had a look yesterday at around one of the portholes and it seems that there is about 4cm gap between the insulation and the wood panel which forms a ceiling. Do you reckon I can just unscrew the ceiling boards, shave the battens and stick it back on? Or is it not a good thing to do? Does there need to be a gap? Is is necessary for i.e. insulation. There are additional panels on sides to access wiring so this wouldn't be a problem. Would appreciate your help and expertise! Cheers Ania

Hi guys! New to boating and just got our first narrowboat - a 65footer. It had quite shabby pink fitted carpets which I had pulled out to see that we have a thick 7 ply floor under. This is really destroyed too because of carpets being glued to it but I think structurally sound. I am thinking of putting a solid wood floor on it and I have few questions. First and foremost whether I can just rip the old floor down and have a antidamp layer below and wooden floor (18 or 21mm) on top and use it without plywood underneath. Do you think it would be durable enough on its own? I don't see why not as it would be strong solid wood (oak or acacia) and same thickness as the ply currently is. My husband is concerned however therefore the question. He is also concerned about taking off this primary ply floor as it might be structurally important? Is it? Another question is whether you usually have solid wood floors on boats? Mostly it seems that people are putting engineered floors on boats and laminates but I have seen some with solid wood and it looks gorgeous. Would it not be too humid though? Especially for a tropical tree such as acacia (which I am currently thinking about). I need to say here that I don't want to put the solid wood floor on top of ply as it will take additional 2cm from the height of the boat and as I am 6'1" I am already touching the ceiling and I would not want to need to bend down all the time. Would really appreciate your help and expertise! P.S. I am writing a second post now about a possibility of lowering the ceiling?