jacob

Cheers - while I'm waiting for the new fuses I'll jump the slide switch connection in the thermostat to see if anything happens

230V has a separate rcd box, this new one would be solely for the 12V system

Fusebox is definitely on my massive list of stuff to sort, it's been playing up already - would this one be able to take the load? Mainly just running lights off of it, the appliances are all 240V

The only thing on the front is a light, and the dial - no switches or whathaveyou It might be a fuse issue, I've ordered a few of ebay (they're the old torpedo type) as spares so I'll switch them out when they arrive

Thanks again for the help The problem w/the Alde is the light at the front doesn't turn on, so it's not getting power - I've switched it on at the thermostat and flicked all the switches I can find but no luck. I'm sure it's fixable, but while I'm pretty confident with fires and electrics, gas is a foreign country to me. I'd rather install a heating system myself and be sure how it works than rely on a previous installation which is just a magic box I poke to get heat. I'll keep the boiler in place, and it might be I stumble across a hidden switch somewhere and get it up and running, but for now I'm looking into stoves and shiny radiators

Cheers all for the advice + tips I was having a look at the calorifer too see if there was a suitable hole for an immersion heater - it turns out there's already one there Found the switch for it and now there's piping hot water coming out the taps, happy days I reckon we'll leave the Alde in just in case, and get a stove to power a couple of gravity fed radiators. Good thing I've got all summer to get it sorted

Hullo, Our boat came with an Alde 2928 boiler - from reading the forums, they're terribly inefficient, very expensive and prone to breakdowns. Never mind all that, ours doesn't even turn on, so we'll rip it out and replace it with an alternative setup. Before I go and spend a few £££ on a replacement system I thought it'd be best to run it past some people who know a thing or two - for hot water I'm thinking an immersion heater (we'll be on shoreline 95% of the time), and for heating I'd install a hobbit stove, with a back boiler. There's a radiator system installed at the mo , but they're not gravity fed and I've read enough warnings about exploding hot water to know it'll be a bit more complicated than just connecting the two together. Will just one gravity-fed rad work as a heatsink, or will they all have to be replaced? Or could we get away with no radiators at all? I've been seeing this thing called an 'ecofan' mentioned, apparently they're very good indeed... Cheers Jacob

That doesn't sound fun at all - best of luck Have just ordered a hand pump, will check it out tomorrow cheers

Maybe scale back your imagination a bit

Nappies are a good shout, thanks Would post a pic but the internet's not the best here at the mo - imagine a hole with some water at the bottom of it

That's great, cheers for the list - the boat's not been lived in for a few months so that rules out a couple of them... I'll see what I can do about draining it and then keep an eye to see if it comes back

Hullo hullo I'm taking up some naff old lino and there's a couple of access holes in the floor, just under the steps in front of the engine bay, which show about 3cm of water - I'm guessing it shouldnt be there The engine bay is dry, and I'm not seeing any obvious signs of damp anywhere else - any ideas of the cause of it? Cheers

After an afternoon getting scratched by the old fibreglass that was there, I'm going to switch it to something a bit less abrasive, cheers for the info

Hullo hullo Me and my partner bought a boat last week (whoop whoop!), based at Limehouse marina The ceiling at the front was in a bad state - the batons had come away from the roof and some damp had got in, so I've been ripping it down. There's a whole load of surface rust on the roof that I'll treat with Vactan, but I'm not too sure what kind of paint (if any) to cover it with - red oxide maybe? Here's a rust pic for your consideration: Also, we want to put up some tongue and groove to replace the old flaky plywood. There's some curved metal beams going crossways - what kind of baton would best suit going in between this and the t+g? Wickes do some nice treated stuff, but I don't reckon it'll curve and flex along the roof Any thoughts at all would be much appreciated - Jacob