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thanks Peter more done this weekend will post again after sunday
Gary
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back from working away a lot and heres some more progress ? bloddy hard work and more than i thought lol anyone heard that before ?
so new front frame and doors/windows in
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Im fitting out at the moment and let me say its not for the faint hearted doing it all my self im loving it but been going at it for nearly a year and im still probably 6 months off getting her in the water again will update my thread shortly
good luck with your search
Gary
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hi neil
as long as it stops the worst of it i'll be happy, I'm not a fan of the pram cover either , im going to put a drip around the new deck boards to help the water into the channel,and ive seen that sound proofing but isnt it expensive lol. the sr3 is bolted direct to the hull might try putting rubber matting between the mounts but cant see that making much difference either. Was waiting for a mate who's a welder but cant wait forever need to get on so had a go meself ?.
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now for the rear deck, as you see all angle iron so im wanting to try and keep the bilge as dry as poss so ive done this with some channel
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its been a while, but i have been busy dodging the weather the engine and gearbox now stripped cleaned painted and rebuilt ready to go back in.
while ive been doing that my dad has been making the new frame and windows for the front.
before
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well ive learnt something today
thanks alan -
i would have thought the weir gates to the side were not open enough to take away excess water in upper pound ?
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was about to say the only difference is the dye and this time of year the anti waxing agent but can be happily mixed
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I've replaced all my single sockets for these
just ordered two of the same for mine was about to put up a link
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By jove, is this a record ? Only 5 posts before the abuse started !!!! Merry Christmas
i was thinking the same light the blue touch paper and sit back and see what happens ?! lol
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apalling duck and eBay
lmao
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A router turns much too fast. A no-no I would think.
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I just hope its not crap
erm at £6 its a fair chance lol
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was hoping MTB would poke his nose in lol
would like his take on it although im not so sure!
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Firstly, maybe being a bit pedantic, technically a Morco is not a boiler - it is an instantaneous water heater - it simply raises the temperature of water passing through it by more or less a fixed amount, depending only on how fast that water is going through.
I think the general view is that if this is your sole source of water for a shower, you are best not having any kind of thermostatic mixer as part of the shower itself.
In all honesty, using Morcos (or similar) for showers is a bit unsophisticated, as their throughput is relatively low anyway, but, if water is allowed to flow through them fast enough, and the inlet water is cold enough, they may not actually raise the temperature enough to give a very strong shower that is piping hot.
Usually the best technique in my experience, is to turn the hot tap on fully to get maximum flow through the Morco, and introduce a small amount of cold tap to regulate the temperature. In summer with warmer inlet water, you will need more cold tap, but in winter, if you are drawing very cold water from your main cold tank into the Morco inlet then it is not impossible you will not wish to add any cold to the heatedwater coming out of the Morco, which may well be only just warm enough, (depending on many factors, including personal preference, of course!).
thanks for that alan as the boat has a sr3 in it i cant use a calorifier and as it had this brand new morcos in it i thought id use it , ive got a stove in there aswell and was thinking of an erberspasher to run three rads? not enough room for a calorifier because of the air ducting for the engine, also gives me a few different sources of heat and then the hot water comes from the gas ?
Gary
did wonder about the thermastatic thats why i said i think a straight forward mixer would be the way ahead
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I'm planning on using the new LPG boiler that came with the boat for the hot water and shower .
The boiler is a Morco D 61B
any sugestions as to the best shower to pair with it as in just mixer or will it run a thermostatic controller?
Gary
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thats a lot for a boat that age and in need of an engine !!!
if the block is cracked it will defo need a new engine
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Unless you are a really competent DIYer I'd not attempt it. You need lots of skills one of which is to be able to visualise what needs to be done and how to do it.
Plummer,
Woodworker,
Electrician
Metal worker
Interior designer
engineering mechanic
Painter and decorator
gas fitter
and probably more
Either buy a serviceable used boat and cruise around or hire one of the better boats (some are designed to pack 'em in) for a week as a minimum and out of season; just to work out what works and what doesn't
With another hat on, I've recently found that you can buy a complete new boat for not (20% or less) more than something that's approaching 10 years old. Have a look at Cain narrowboats or Lymm marina boat sales. Both will do fully finished craft and sailaways in various stages of completion
A sailaway plus might suit you better as much of the boaty stuff has been done for you, leaving you to varnish, paint, lay carpets fit cupboards (care here as domestic units do not fit well) and the rest. Boaty stuff is not magic, but it needs 'the knowledge' - there are many pitfalls.
heres a link to mine so far lol if it works
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watch out for cracking on the grp and as mentioned earlier the hand rails that has to be the worst bit the water gets into the timber inserts through the cracks and swels the wood breaking open the fibre glass ? dont think an older boat with grp would take to much walking on the roof either hope all goes well let me know how you get on
Gary
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the worst bit was the joints between the three sections i got them to shut together lovely its the profiles all over the place lol
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has anyone thought the marina had the young lads do the painting (looking at the bits missed and bear steel behind the annodes) and wouldnt know what they were looking at if it bit um ?
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Wow, that is a massive job, looking really nice though. How well did using cork between the grp top an the hull work?
Hi jenberi the cork was a help taking out the unevenness of the GRP along with using the steel strip all stuck with a marine mastic
and yes magnetman an SR3 and i do really need a muck out in the shed lol its getting it monday evening
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that would do it
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heres a couple more of the lining and around the front frame all done over the weekend found the gunwales to the frame where it turns up and in and all over the place a right pain in the a--e . the roof collars are made by laminating three strips of ply glued and screwed together in a jig then removed after the glue set we took the screws out