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I didn't explain very well. There is a second nut on the mushroom rod so the mushroom is effectively fixed in the fully open position. I wasn't present for my second BSS, Debdale had done some work on the boat and they arranged the BSS. My first examiner never looked at the flue, or in fact much else.

When I first bought the boat (second hand) I changed 4 Shurflo pumps in less that a year. Having changed to Jabisco I no longer have any problem.

Will do. Frank. Fortunately the flue is capped by a standard mushroom vent so I don't think any adjustment will be needed apart from removing the second nut on the screw.

When/if I get some one to remove it for me I'm happy to give it away. I find selling these thing is more trouble than it's worth.

Doubt it. It seems too reasonable and straightforward to be of legal use!

I think that the same company (a large supplier of contracting machinery) own both Trent Valley and the marina, so there shouldn't be a problem. Perhaps they are really busy, though there isn't much evidence of this.

That is good to know, I'll be out at the boat in a couple of weeks so will have an opportunity to chat to them.

It's not so much that (there is no great rush) but I am a bit wary of them. Admittedly based on no real experience but they do not seem to be the first place that moorers here turn to. In fact they are not even at the top of the contractors list which the marina office provides in response to queries. Maybe I'm quite wrong about them but apart from a line of boats on the hard, not much seems to be going on there.

Thanks, I'll give him a go.

Seconded - also I have never had any problems on the tow-path moorings here.

Hi, I'm in Brum (like my profile says), the boat is in Aston marina which is outside Stone in Staffordshire.

Phoned Kathy, unfortunately they are not taking on new work until June. They have a boat (I think for the hire fleet) to fit out. But thanks all the same.

I have a Rinnai gas water heater which I would like to have removed. The gas and water connections would have to be removed and safely terminated in a BSS compliant fashion. It is not a live-aboard boat and I am in Staffordshire - can anyone suggest someone who could do the work for me?

I've perhaps been spoiled by my 11 years of sharing ownership of a boat. As it was in more or less constant use, I never had to winterise it. So when I bought my own boat, I did the same; no winterisation except a couple of electric greenhouse heaters set to turn on at 5 degree C. I have owned the boat for 9 winters and have had no problems with this approach. I am not suggesting that anyone else does this, merely that it has worked for me.

Thank you! Actual information given with no demands to know my inside leg measurements etc.

I called in and spoke to them about a week ago concerning some prospective work on my boat. I walked into the office (the only office on site) and spoke to a guy (the only guy on site at the time). We didn't get into any discussion of which company, its trading status or the nature of its debts. The 'bosses' (his words) were away on holiday but he took the details and said someone would phone me when they got back. Which, presumably, i.d.c they will. In the interim I thought it would be useful if I explained the work required in more detail, perhaps with some photo's. That is why I wished to e-mail them. Why you should wish to know this is a mystery to me but I am happy to satisfy your curiosity.

Indeed but I find that the e-mail address is no longer live.

Yes, the bicycle warehouse is no more. Stone boatbuilders is the business at Yard lock, associated with the boat hire business.

Well they appeared to exist when they blacked my boat in May 2021. If I imagined it then I am further gone than I thought I was (come to think of it, the boat's hull will be too). No, I really wanted to e-mail some information. Yes Athy, I could.