Dobba

I have exactly this from a standard shower waste trap to a whale gulper with that clear reinforced hosepipe connecting it all. Secure with a few jubilee clips at each end and works perfectly.

"One of the greatest things you can do in life is to stop arguing with people on the internet" Someone who's name I can't remember

It's only the ceiling of the entire boat in that - the shower enclosure is plywood base and walls, then a surface preparation solution that seals the plywood (forget the name), then concrete tile boards, then tanking solution with tape on all the gaps, then tiled. Possibly a similar way to how you do it and no, not cheap but worth it for the peace of mind and longevity. 🙂

Perhaps I'm thinking Moisture Resistant MDF or exterior MDF, not marine grade.

I fit my bathroom last year and mine is marine MDF (I believe - it's MDF at least I know) on a new build boat which is painted a cream colour (Collingwood Sailaway lined). Been no problem so far. If it's undercoated and painted, especially with something like kitchen and bathroom paint you'll be fine. Just use a belt and braces approach to the shower enclosure and make sure that's water sealed against leaks. Far more important. 🙂

Have a 12v Heatmiser as well, installed by the boat builder. Had to get the heatmiser Neohub which then connects into my router via ethernet and by using the app this allows me to control the webasto remotely via my phone (probably the same as a Nest does). Ideally, I'd love the heatmiser to remotely build a fire in my stove and light that as the websasto takes a few hours for the radiators to get to a decent temp but it is what it is. It works well and it gives very good remote temperature readouts inside the boat for the past week; good for winter if you don't want to set up times for it to come on and off and just monitor the temperature and then turn it on and off at will or perhaps a few hours before you leave work.

Yep - another one here that had many a WTF moment with loud cracks. Currently fitting my boat out and I've noticed that the boat can expand by about 10mm - I have a ceiling piece I made (like Acupanel) that lifts up from the back by 10mm where they join in summer - I thought my measurements were completely out one day as it was that big a gap. My night time it had returned to a neat join. I've allowed for expansion in a lot of the build so there's gaps top and bottom where say, bathroom tiles meet ceilings or floors and then sealed with silicone. It seems to have settled down a bit this year and not noticed as many and it's mainly a summer thing I've noticed. All will be fine. The machine gun sound of ducks is another thing!

Thanks for the head up - Kings Lock may be a bit far for me to travel by boat for a fuel burner unless someone from there travels Manchester way and does on site. 😃

Thanks for all the info folks - appreciated. Yes, should have said multi-fuel, which is what it will be. 😃

This topic made me look at what the company that built my boat are now charging. I bought mine, a 60x12 widebeam, end of November 2021 (fixed the price to start the build) - delivered in March. I had about £20K of extras put on it (skylight, bow thruster, euro stern + other things). Came to £96K, no VAT. Sailaway lined + additions so I'm fitting the rest of it out myself. The same boat without all the extras is now £98K, so since last November it's gone up £20K. My boat was also was hit with the previous price rise of about £8K so in less than a year and a half, prices have increased for this same boat build of nearly £30K. It's still cheaper than a house, it's much more of an adventure and the bills are far lower but that'a a crazy hike in the space of a year.

Thank you for the heads up on that - I did wonder. I'll ask at some of the local marina's and boat yards if they have any recommendations. 😃

Hello all. Hope everyone good and well (whoever reads this). Does anyone know of a good installer of boat log burners in the North West (I'm in Manchester)? I don't know if there's specialist boat installers or if you can go to a normal house installer. Any recommendations appreciated. 😃

There's a girl called Sara that has two narrowboats on the Bridgewater Canal in Manchester that lets them both out as AirBnB's. Always seems fairly booked up. Not sure they move but it's a real nice setup having seen it: http://instagram.com/floatinghomestays_mcr

Solar is the plan but that's in the future and this, as before, is just a backup should I need it. Yeah - it's fine. Already discussed. I give far more back to the company in hours and working weekends (that I'm not paid for) + other stuff and with the power consumption of our business this is a blip.

Not sure of the exact model. Will have to go back to the boat builder and find out but I dod believe it's a combi if memory serves me correct from the planning stage.

Thank you to all. It's really appreciated you taking the time to help me in virgin territory. I'll give it a whirl at some point and fingers crossed it works out okay/doesn't blow up or create a singularity/glitch in the matrix.

Hmmmm . . . this is where I'm getting confused. Maybe equipment list would be better. I have a 3KVA Victron which, I assume, charges the batteries (a bank of 4 or 5) from the engine running. Would plugging the Jackery 1000W lithium battery into the shore power connection on the boat (not to charge the Jackery, but to offload power from the jackery in to the the boat batteries) be okay? How would that overload the Jackery if the power is going from that into the boat? Apologies as ever if I'm just sounding thick. 😉

I will eventually have solar . . . but the question is just about if it's possible to plug a fully charged Jackery into the boat and pull power from the Jackery back into the battery banks on the boat like a shore powered hookup. 🙂 That's kind of the answer I was hoping for; in the absence of solar, shore power or petrol generator and not wanting to run the engine, that I could plug the Jackery into the boats connection and give some charge back to the boats lead acid batteries. 🙂

Yes, I can charge the tools in various ways and could run the engine. I'm just wondering if the Jackery, in the future, could charge up the main battery banks (lead acid I believe) like running a petrol generator plugged into shore power. Essentially, the Jackery acts like a shore power connector (with me being cheeky and using the power from work by charging it there (I've already asked permission by the way)).

Yes, thank you for the update. Appreciated. 🙂 So, as I understand it, I could take the mains output from the Jackery 1000W (fully charged) and plug it into the boats shore power connector which would give some charge to the main lead acid battery banks on board the boat, just the same as if I was connected to shore power, even if it didn't provide as much power? As I said, it's just in emergency use perhaps but so the Jackery has some multiple long term use as well. Sorry if not explaining too well - new to all this. Thanks - Dee.

Looking around (Amazon for example where they are for sale), they have a. UK version - 230v with UK plug interface.

Thanks Mike - will take a look.

Hello I'm new here so first (maybe stupid) question. I have a new boat being built for delivery soon and will be fitting it out myself. I'm thinking of buying a Jackery 1000w rechargeable lithium battery to help with tool charging and general power on the boat so as not to be using the main battery banks and fuel all the time. I can charge the battery bank up at work and use for various things when fitting out the boat. My main question is, if the Jackery is charged, could I use it as an emergency backup generator for the main batteries and use it like plugged in shore power to charge up the main lead acid batteries rather than use a petrol generator? Apologies if I've got the terminology all over the place or it's a daft question. :-) Thanks - Dee.