Sea Dog
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Because there's no money in it and the council is bankrupt so investors for that approach will be thin on the ground. Birmingham's changing landscape is being driven by business and private investment.
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Ok, I think I've come up with the ideal compromise from all the preceding advice: I'm going to use a cheap, easy to handle little Danforth with polyprop rope for false alarms and keep my ridiculously expensive huge ocean going yacht anchor with all-chain rode locked away for proper emergencies. Now I just need to get Geoff Cape's phone number on speed dial and I'm sorted...
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Single post to his name too Tony.
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£1100 a month for a mooring at Car Thief? Something amiss methinks. Either the sign writer was lost or this boat is mooring in Chelsea, not the S&W! Apart for that, those two (perfectly lovely folk, I'm sure) look pretty unlikely "free spirits" - or maybe they feel their new bus pass has set them free? Who wrote the article? They must surely be using an inappropriate stock photo for the text.
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These statements are contradictory. Are we sure this post isn't "click bait"?
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East Fife 5 Forfar 4?
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No hot water but new immersion heater?
Sea Dog replied to NealSmith100's topic in Boat Building & Maintenance
I appreciate that Tony, and agree with your advice. The point of my post, based on my interpretation of the OP's poor outcome even after calling in paid 'help' so far, was to be just a little more cautious... -
No hot water but new immersion heater?
Sea Dog replied to NealSmith100's topic in Boat Building & Maintenance
Not sure this is a good starting point with mains voltage electricity... -
Your missing reading the context of my question! I haven't used it and I've got no idea if it's any good. If it is good, I'd have thought it would be widely known and frequently recommended is my drift. ETA. Ooh, the OP has posted while I was typing and has now given it a glowing report, so maybe we need to know more?
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If this is a good solution, I wonder why it isn't widely known?
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No hot water but new immersion heater?
Sea Dog replied to NealSmith100's topic in Boat Building & Maintenance
Methinks maybe this chap isn't worth his salt... Checking that power is reaching the immersion before blaming the element and changing it is an absolute prerequisite, so let's hope he did that, but not confirming that his repair has resolved your problem after the job is done is just plain daft. Cut your losses and get someone else in would be my advice. -
Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey - except for this application because it's a left hand thread, so maybe try something like "Gassy Wassy - Backy Wacky".... but don't get confused and smoke whacky baccy when you're changing a gas bottle!
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When you put it like that, it sounds rather good! A 20kg bag of smokeless lasts me about 3 days give or take, so that's roughly a fiver without powering the fridge or hot water. An Eberspacher or Webasto is about 0.5ltr of diesel an hour, so that's costing more for those who use theirs like domestic CH. I know you don't have a narrowboat, but the comparitive costs of gas use still looks far better than I'd have expected.
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I think most of us just disconnect the empty bottle and connect the full spare. Hard to beat the simplicity of a manual changeover unless there's something critical on the end.
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We might be happy to lose a tenner in order not to have a stinky boat every time we cooked though, eh? Certainly worth trying the upside down 2 seconds burst idea first I think, then that bottle would be history.
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Forty quid, near as makes no difference.
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OBE: Other Buggers' Efforts MBE: My Bloody Efforts
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Or a bad haircut...
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Ooh, if they can make that much off canoodlers, imagine what they could charge for a narrowboat...
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Your system sounds complicated, vulnerable and overkill. Why filter shower waste water that's going overboard? If you're going to replace it, why not just go with a gulper pumping from the shower waste trap directly overboard. Reliable pump, simple plumbing.
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Notification just received from CRT that Brick Kiln Lock is "fixed" and back in operation.
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I think the more accepted method is known as belt and braces...
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The cafe just down the road a bit (on the old railway line) post dates Brindley by quite some time, but don't let that put you off if you're in search of being impressed at The Bratch - they do a smashing breakfast.
