ukdiggerboy

i have a teddesly boat 1974 the top looks as if its leaked since birth lol at the joints of the sections we are at the point of removing it and re settting water drips on the timber and runs into the buckets now lol the windows are surprisingly dry

first coat

the blocks awaiting to go in and the vactan being applied to the engine bilges

been cleaning all day still not as clean as id like

yep i thought about it then found out how much along with the rest i got to do !!!!!! i do like the look of it as is notplanning on selling her but she will be the buisseness when shes done get that its just how to do it so the engine smells dont come back into the cabin ?

thanks bod i have some strips of thin upvc capping somewhere that will do nicely, trying to work out how to sort the low level venting ?and the next job is the engine room clean out and paint the bilges, also the bow section ready for a new water tank the worst bit is going to be taking the grp roof off and resetting but we have ideas for that !

three cylinder lister i quite like it me self as it goes i have had many a dumper with them in as for the roofing felf it is melted to the floorpan and is solid tar for flat roofs, not slaters felt which would go soggy in no time,there is no way for the water to get between the felt and the metal for it to rust , i am going to use block paving bricks for ballast as i have them and they are as dense as the crazy paving rubish we removed and ill be able to pack it tighter?. Gary

i started up the bow and said well just do this but to do this we need to do that before you knew it im stood on the deck and said sod it its all coming out lol i have since discovered it has a new 6mm baseplate so happy days the only thing i can find against it is the GRP roof but i think we have that in hand aswell going to reseat it next job? oh and the air cooled lister?

im not planning on the bilge getting even a bit damp its torch on felt 4mm thick welded to the floor pan new ballast ready to go in as needed the old stuff was smelly and damp and covered in oil????? we are spending a lot of time ensuring there is to be no ingress of water ? well as best we can and to think i was just going to give it a tidy up lol!!!!

bit of an update all cleaned out and painted and now we are preping the floor,

all cleared out ready for degreasing and start again with it so i will be needing some help along the way i have a plan but dont want to miss anything as this is the first boat i have ever tackled done two FS1E.s and two other bikes but this is a bit different lol went from this to this

well here goes we started with this. thought we would just have a look at a few things update it a bit and check the engine over the bilges are in such a mess , little was i to know the rest so here a couple of as it was and as is now so we started and this is where we are now

tell me about it was hard work to deal with took days to get a reply? lol she is stripped out now will post some more pics on at the weekend

thanks guys, we have now stripped out the fore deck, what a mess had built in leaks running to the bilges, took the fresh water tank out and took a look inside it will go again with a good clean and sterilization. squared her up on the stand aswell, took the floor up in the bedroom and just aswell we did? more at the weekend Gary when was that ? zig zag

thanks for that mike i did google it when i looked at her was going to just do bits to her but on reflection going to gut her out and start afresh

its one of the firms i work for and its the smallest one good at this int i

in her dock for refit

Hi all new to this but for my sins i have just bought the narrowboat 'hippocampus' got her home on friday now all the hard works about to start?