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My boats bathroom is based on an underground train. Don’t think I’d want the exterior look but all the grab handles make it easy to use in the strongest wind.
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1 hour ago, BPot said:
Thank you so much for this information it is good to get feedback from someone who has underfloor heating. did you fit it yourself or get someone to do it?
Hi, I fitted it myself, when I bought the boat it had no rads or underfloor just bubble and hot away. I fitted the rads and underfloor with help of a landlubber plumber who is a mate.
1 hour ago, MtB said:Thanks for your comments.
Is this in a narrowboat or a widebeam please? What make and model of 12v pump do you have and how are you varying the speed, please?
The thing that strikes me though is the underfloor heating is not carrying out the main grunt of actually heating the boat as there is a stove which has to be running along with two radiators. It's main benefit seems to be getting rid of the cold zone at floor level that stove-heated boats usually suffer from.
It’s a narrowboat 40ft semi trad. It’s a cheap 12v pump and 12v variable speed switch off the eBay. So the way it’s installed is I can regulate with valves where the energy goes. Back boiler needs a release so I often once waters hot have underfloor only so warm from floor to ceiling but off super cold then bang on the rads. The fire is in front cabin. Bedroom in middle with a rad and bathroom in rear cabin with rad. Underfloor throughout.
1 hour ago, BPot said:Sorry another question. Did you find that your feet swelled with the heat did the under floor heating ever get too hot for comfort? How easily controllable was it were you able to keep it at a contast heat?
Never had swelled feet, only place it’s super hot is bathroom as lino on floor rather than carpet. The control is a balance thing. Not a quick system but if too hot I just run hot tap in sink and the energy goes into heating more. But on a boat I don’t know what is too hot. I just open the doors
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As requested I’ll give my informed findings as I have underfloor heating rather. I have a diesel stove with back boiler, it heats my water, 2 rads and underfloor loop. I have a 12v pulp with variable speed. I can isolate any of the system so when I get on boat I often have rads and then once boat heated will use to heat water then lastly underfloor. The pipes have plenty of space as they run just under the boards in metal trays that help spread warmth, I have insulation board underneath to stop the heat going to the cut, I only have it running under where I walk, a loop that goes the 26 ft of internal cabin space, I have heating blocks as ballast underneath. It is possible. It’s great in winter as I leave the bubble on 24/7 and once the hot water tank heated the underfloor means no cold feet.
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For a pair of vloggers who don’t take criticism well they are more than happy to slag off a marina without actually providing evidence all under the safety blanket of “not naming it” but showing loads of identification via aerial shots and location info. No skill and obviously lots of cash to keep buying kit for boat while feeding of patrons. (in east anglia we have lots of families with money who pay to ship off idiot sons and daughters away from family). Glad to see the original vloggers got the Boat floated and doing the work, knowing every screw in a build and the run of wires etc means your part of the boat, blood sweat and tears. Or just get another 50k off daddy buy another boat that you know nothing about
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8 hours ago, JonesBoy said:
Since Jan 2021 there is no authorisation required from the CAA for commercial use for drones up to 25kg.
All that’s required is an Operator ID and Flyer ID and to follow the other rules based on weight of the drone.
For commercial use an operator need Public liability insurance and if pilot is using video footage commercially than despite a drone being under 250g then it can’t be classed as a toy and ergo must have Operational Authorisation.
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4 hours ago, Puffling said:
I suggest much of the dislike comes from the fact that many vloggers are young, with little to finance them, perhaps having fled the high rents of land-based accommodation and using technology in a different way than the generation before.
It's noticeable that narrowboat 'vloggers' seem to represent an out group here, the same as cyclists or composting toilet users. As though simply partaking in one activity makes you are representative of all others who do the same.
I bet there are few posters on this forum who would be drawn to criticise Liz and Jamie of Follow The Boat, yet if you look at their earnings from donations and their shameless self-promotion, they are considerably ahead of any couple living in a 20-year-old narrowboat putting up a "We did it, we're finally cruising!" video. FTB also use a drone and have no end of fancy camera gear. The difference? Liz and Jamie are over 50, well-heeled and are fairly competent sailors.Anyone can use a drone as long as you have the correct licence and if you are using it to make content that has a financial value then the licence needs to Ben commercial. Doesn’t need matter if you’re 50 or 15. The CAA are cracking down on unlicensed YouTube drone operators since its an easy fine admission the proof is posted online for all to see. If anyone has the right licence and PLI then they are fine. If not expect CAA to catch up soon. Regs tightened in January and the delay due to covid and tracking down nomadic boats won’t keep the CAA away for long.
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1 hour ago, frangar said:
Slightly off topic but am I alone in thinking that the vlog brigade should pay for a commercial or trader licence as they operate the boats as a business? Perhaps the extra licence charge should be proportional on the number of subscribers they have...useful extra income for CRT!
Not sure but I know the CAA are investigating several vloggers (aforementioned included)who derive income from youtube and who use drones to film without a commercial licence. Big fines as they see the behaviour as very dangerous and very few flight plans submitted. All the toys and no responsibility will catch up soon.
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You tube keeps sending me notifications to their videos, I’m not logged in but as I watch Robbie Cumming boat diary on YouTube I guess some algorithm thinks I want to watch them bang on about how they are not “rich by any means” while answering none of the questions about earning money or how one minute a boats too expensive to fix and then having top of the range budgets within a fought-night. Also if I remember ALevel psychology 101 then I’d someone blinks, looks down to the left while making a statement it shows they are accessing the part of the brain that is emotion centric and is used in forming a falsehood. No link to video as not one to drive traffic but does anyone no how to purge a YouTube algorithm
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I hired a boat from Clifton a few years back now, took my brother and his family, 4 adults 2 kids and a dog, we did the Warwickshire ring in 7 days. People told me I couldn’t be done but we did it. 7-8 chugging hours per day. Enough spare time to go sledging at snow dome and in and out of Birmingham in one day. This was in the first week of October.
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I pulled out the car stereo and put a blue tooth receiver amp in
Then then I can play from my phone or stream from tv and I have a vinyl deck with Bluetooth so looks and sounds great
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I got the excellence in red, good size loo and tank. It’s got a good look. I got the floor mount so it really secure
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On 01/03/2021 at 14:52, Athy said:
Trees do seem to be a magnet for day-trippers.
I haven't noticed any cop cars snooping around this part of Norfolk, but then I haven't been further than the postbox (100 yards) for about a fortnight.
They are using NPR in my bit of North Norfolk just wait for a ping that a car is out of county, stopped a lot of cars at Blickling and sent them back the other way. Looking for second homers on coast. I’m off to my boat in London on Sunday as you can use a boat as a residence for work and I’ve got a week of work in city so I will be doing a few boaty jobs of an evening. But will head back after work finishes, and not leave home after for 10 days not even to the post box.
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Thanks for the ideas, I’m hopefully at boat next week as allowed for work. I can’t weld yet but that would be my longterm goal ( I had vents in bow locker welded up previously ) I can if I take apart a lot of internal furniture structure get to the inside but will see if the butterfly idea works first. Time to get rid of the cork
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Many moons ago the previous owner to my boat had a air con unit, the unit had a vent and drain hole through the cabin wall. I removed the power hungry beast and converted the vent to a closeable air vent but just put a cork in the small drain hole (1 inch). I want to do something a bit more permanent but don’t have access easily to the inside of the hole. Any ideas on good ways to seal it off.
i want it to look better from outside and since being away from the boat so much would like the small hole plugged well as it’s amazing how imagination works and I’ve convinced myself ducks have pulled cork and are pouring water in.
Its steel hull
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After nearly a year of shielding away at my family farm like Dominic Cummings I’m itching to get back to my boat home. It grates me that this is the same boat caught doing the same thing. Morons either selfish or greedy
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Covid-19: Man held and 26 fined over canal-boat party https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-56053229
Another canal party party but this time boat was taken
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I lived in farnborough for 4 years then Guildford before London, the only place I found was Farncombe boathouse, Godolming, no residential moorings but keep your head down non residential. But this was in 2004 when I needed a base in Surrey as work was dunsfold based.
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2 hours ago, Chagall said:
Ive just purchased this as a temporary measure (a twin tub as per Jen's post below) ... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Washing-Machine-Washer-Spin-Dryer-Apartment/dp/B07T68LQZK/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_img_5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=G4QPQ639JNGDDEF6CQQS but yesterday it was priced at £59! and the same for all the other look a-likes from a cheap market... today they are all around £207...another of Amazons inexplicable price hikes!
I think it might be a copy of this, which is likely better quality. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07L89RRFP/ref=emc_b_5_t
but as a try out Im glad I only paid £59
That’s what I use on boat, it works well of inverter and in summer solar more than copes. I store it under bed then it sits in bath and I use shower to fill with warm water. One thing is liquid detergent is better as powder can still remain in small flecks after wash.
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12 minutes ago, LadyG said:
I have a Excellence loo
Great toilet, do you have the manual or electric flush, mine is in red, manual and wondering if worth upgrading to electric flush. Haven’t located spare cassette but the floor mount is great
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The one that was on George Clark’s spaces was murdoch. You can google it. I used to have all the plans and layout drawings from when I was researching as one of the old lifeboats from home that was up for sale. I thought it would be a good broads boat. I thought many of the ideas would help but an rnli boat was to different to a drop boat and the plan and boat slipped away. They handle like crap as prop and rudder system are designed for open water
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Do you think lock keepers have their own secret forum where they chat but also read this and if so
1) trying to put any level or responsibilities on the keeper may come back to haunt them
2) I’ve always found lockies a friendly helpful lot especially when single handing and they should be given awards
thats me covered
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This is not the correct way to use a rope ladder in water
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Simple answer is no. Yes you can, may well do and probably won’t have police knocking at your door but then you have to accept that your putting yourself in the same group as the people that have to do something that’s not essential. If your lucky then you won’t come into contact with covid or pass it on but statistically if everyone pushes the guidance the it will break. Someone’s car will breakdown, someone will get asymptomatic infection. Someone will take up a bed in hospital that could have been avoided. Not a rant at you personally but I’ve been locked away from March to September was out October and then locked up again November and now back behind doors again shielding and I’m getting mighty tired of the people trying to find ways get around rather than ways to help. I’ve winterised my boat 3 times this year already this year as docs told me this will run to dec 2021 so every time I left boat including start of March I’ve fully winterised it
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Think of podcasts and YouTube like being in the pub while someone tells you what is what according to them. Sometimes it’s interesting, sometimes it’s wrong, sometimes it’s infuriating you can listen or not across the bar but as soon as they ask me contribute money/buy them a beer so I can keep listening to it I turn away.
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Canal boat is lovingly refurbished and turned into a London Underground Tube...
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Real moquete of the old district line pattern I think but never used.