Boater Sam

If there is a chance that it will spill products of combustion into the boat, certainly.

It is unlikely to be under the knob. It is usually on the side of the valve body where it clamps onto the distribution pipe.

Use Ronseal polyurethane unless that to has gone water based junk. The best have the highest VOC rating and stink of solvent. If it says wash the brush in detergent and water, its hopeless. Out here in the burning sun and uncontrolled world they use some stuff that stinks the Barangay out for a couple of days, makes you cough and your eyes water. But it lasts brilliantly. Definitely would never be allowed in Europe.

The low flame is controlled by the bypass screw which is somewhere on the control valve. The one down the spindle is usually a thermostat setting for oven gas valves not hobs. Unless as a cost cutting measure they have just a precision drilling and no screw but its unlikely as they use the same valves for all sizes of burner and have to have some way of setting the differering flame levels required.

Did Tame Valley and a bit of the Walsall 4 years ago, nothing on the blade but we took 4 days to do it. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Columbia? I know that had an AS2 'cos I worked on it.

Paint it all daft colours, knock dents in it, let it rust, Shabby Chic!

Its sunk with the weight of silly alarms or the neighbour has drilled it.

If you get a really slow connection you could watch yesterdays TV.

I had a Belkin relay booster on the boat for years, it did me no harm medically. Oh.................... excuse me my other head is on the phone..........................................

No it is not fair. Full artwork to produce your own Aware notices will be available here next week for free. But applications will be limited to 5000 and subject to a postage fee of £50.

Daft comment. If they are on benefits or low income how are they going to afford to maintain a boat? You are getting back to the silly idea that living on a boat is cheaper, it never is. Besides we don't want any more floating pikies on the canals, there are too many already. #I'm not a snob, but there is a minimum amount of money that has to be spent on a boat and without that there is the possibility of another unsafe, unlicensed uninsured boat full of crap and a filthy towpath alongside,#

Yes, there are but you cannot install a new one. You have to use a fixed flued appliance. Which is why it is relevant what happened to yours and why I asked if it could be repaired. It is usually the pipe on the top right that bursts, sounds like yours has been frozen at some time. For a repair close the split, cover with a bit of copper and closely bind it with thick copper wire over the repair. Then solder the whole lot solid. But now you have a gas control problem it will brew up and burst again unless you sort it out. Which is why it is relevant that you messed with it. Could I point out that you should not be working on a gas appliance unless you can prove your competence which is nigh impossible unless you are a qualified card carrying boat LPG engineer? They are certain killers, the products of combustion will kill you unless there is so much ventilation in your boat that its draughty. They also produce loads of water vapour, just what you don't want inside a boat.