Christine198807

Hey finally someone who knows roughly what the air draught is, I've been hunting this for days thank you that made my day. ? For certainly they will have valid entry , it's just plan stupid of them. Your be shocked how many people recommend this when looking for a boat that we liked including a boat broker.

Our boat is beam 6,10ft same as narrowboats x

Never never would use a camping stove indoors unless I want carbon monoxide poising , but anyways this is an issue for later down the road but many thanks

Many thanks but already brought some canal maps for when the times come.

Thank you It would be cooking, 2 hobs is enough for us as we currently lived on for the last 2-3 years.

The second link is perfect thank you, I'll pass this information to my husband and see if any of our friends are qualified to install one or find someone. Hoping I can get this sorted asap.

Not yet as I ran into a license issue , long story short basically I need the river canal trust gold license to cover both rct and ea waterways however these licences always start at the beginning of the year and end of December no matter when you buy them, and they said that means I would need to pay for the whole of this year just for one month. So i told them I rather wait until the start of the year in Norfolk boards as my licences is until April then move the boat, but found a guy who knows the waterways(may be going to brandon or wissy instead of thetford) and will help us then. It is a real pain in the backside but saves us around £700. For now shoreline power and a convert heater will do.

Could you point me to the marine version please if you don't mind, i thought they might be the same if they had the copper fittings.

So far I'm looking at ether this https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/283301440009?chn=ps or a diesel heater as they could be installed in the cockpit. Storing wood could be a nightmare itself ins keeping it dry,storing it and having to cut it to size could be tiresome over time,

Inland water, mostly a mixture of the ea and rct rivers/canals.

We plan to travel from London to Norfolk and back again a lot so we are looking for something that works on the go, so we will have a professional install what ever we chose, then a bss check again straight away. It is most of importance to me to pass the bss which is why i ask about the diesel heaters as their not copper fittings etc.

Most appreciated if you can. x I know which is why i went back over to edit my post, i would have it checked again for bss after any completed work to be safe . Any way to secure it to prevent thief's ?.

It be wonderful if you could make say a you-tube video or something as not much installed units to look at on you-tube. Luckily my BSS is not due to 2022 so plenty of time to sort things out, but I'm likely to have it checked after insulation to feel safer. Are they loud to run ?.

It's our first boat so we decided that we will work on each issue one at a time, which is why I'm watching our budget as we need to resolve cooking as well. The boat we brought is lovely and with some good old work we can get her up to our standards. Cooking is less of an issue at the moment as we often eat out a lot(too much) and lived off a hob for over the last 2-3 years. Obviously I'm looking to follow all BSS rules and then reapply for a fresh BSS after. I will have a professorial install many things , lucky we have good friends that can help here to keep it cheaper end,

This sounds quite ideal, what is the current bss laws on propane canisters , I could easy store one in the cockpit but assuming ill need to chain it or something ?.

So would I have this installed in the cockpit and then say piped through under the kitchen and under the seats then out ?.

It's a good thing you pointed that out but like I said i know nothing about propane heating systems. I could imagine myself asking when did i install a pond in the boat . lol.

We have quite a bit of room in the cockpit but i do see your point in both space and weight caused by the fuel can be hard to keep dry as well. I have heard of propane/butane heaters but no knowledge on them

Trying to get it low as possible if we go this route, can't measure until Saturday.

I'm looking at https://www.kuranda.co.uk/dickinson-heating-cooking/dickinson-solid-fuel-heaters/newport-solid-fuel-heater-kit-kmd00-newsf-dickinson?sort=p.price&order=ASC&fbclid=IwAR1x_Gl7qkH1qWAyiibj80UTRXRm0z1P6zZPNwfK7kWyQXMYjv8tZAGr-pA Yes at the moment we have 13L petrol tank, anti thief devices as well on a 15hp almost new engine that produces about 12amp to the battery. Lucky a small cabin should heat nicely.

At the currently moment my battery is dual purpose but have considered installing a second luxury battery . Looking at a Newport solid fuel heater as it's very small and wall mountable and could fit on the side of the toilet cupboard. Also looking at changing the middle part of the boat to remove them seating areas and using the bed area as a living/dinning area.

Perfect Thank you so much, extremely helpful. I like the idea of the removable chimney when it's not in use such as if we are on the move it can be taken down. It's a Mayland 20ft.

This is very helpful ,we are aware of carbon monoxide so we will always insure that we are safe, if i have to spend a bit more then will do. I seen some wall mountable solid fuel stoves, just a shame that the exhaust has to go out the top of the boat when it looks so pretty. Saw a kit at around £800 which is reasonable.

Thank you that is what I thought , any ideas on these diesel heaters ?.

So me and my Husband are looking at our heating methods and has been told to look at these diesel heaters that you can get on amazon/eBay as they are affordable. I'm wondering if any one knows anything about installing these heaters on a fiberglass boat with an outboard engine that pass's it's BSS again. We are looking for an affordable method to heat this small boat, trying to not only keep warm but fight condensation as well. We did think electric 700w heater but not sure if a boats could battery could handle that task, i heard 700 watts use about 3amps an hour that battery's can be like 100amps ?. any advice to get a heating system on the cheaper side please ?.