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We have been living on a narrowboat for about 2 years now and have endured 2 awful winters while the summers race away all too quickly. All this time we have manged (with both of us working full hours) on hot water carried from a bucket from the nearest toilet. We bought the boat with a newish Mikuni boiler but thats been nothing but trouble. We've managed to fit a solid fuel stove ok but now need to sort out the hot water. Is controllable/effective hot water from a back boiler on a solid fule stove in a narrowboat possible? And if so does anyone know a reliable contractor? Whats the most reliable/cost effective hot water provider on a narrowboat? All views welcome....

As residential moorings seem to be very difficult to come by, we are looking into a leisure mooring and have found out that you have to move on every two weeks- the query I have is HOW FAR do you have to move every 2 weeks? If its only a short distance then it could be ok but if its a long way then it would be a real pain. Any advice/info would be much appreciated.

i m completely new to all this (though i ve had canal boating experience) just been looking on the 'waterscape site' and seeing that theres about one available residential mooring available in the whole of the country i'm just wondering how liveaboard people manage to get aloan to buy the boat when they can t get a permanent mooring to satisfy the lender; and how they avoid getting found out on a leisure mooring by the BW boys? Is it just a case of getting your leisure mooring ; being on constant look out for the BW; lying to the loan people and falsifying your permanent land address? I apologise in advance if this is something that shouldn t be talked about.