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Johnsons Paint centres will scan a sample taken to them and claim to mix perfect to match it. I'm not entirely convinced they don't just mix up the nearest colour from the RAL chart though...

Seconded.

Whilst this is technically good advice, the inside arrangements of an under-counter freezer are very different from a fridge. A freezer will usually have three or four large plastic pull-out drawers and (obviously) no separate freezer compartment. A fridge will usually have some glass shelves a freezer box.

Typical CRT over-reaction. A bag of sand and cement from Wickes and an afternoon with a hawk and trowel would see that bridge good as new.

Energy Rating "E" where the best is "A" and worst is "G". Doesn't look that good to me! What is the Energy Rating of your current fridge?

I think its more likely subsidence.

Well my apologies if its all legit. But there have been cases on here in the past where the intentions of the poster were not positive. Ok this pic from another thread shows an approx 45 degree chine. Very rare on a narrowboat and rules out most builders! But who used to build shells like this?

Frankly I'm beginning to wonder if you are actually trying to find this boat rather than learn about it.

The unusual design of the stern rails are a clue to the builder. I've never seen rails run across in front of the tiller like that. A photo of the bow would be helpful too. What I'm puzzled about is why you had to google for pics. Why can't you point your phone at it and post loads of pictures as it looks NOW?!

That's good. I passed through it the other week and was impressed enough by it's poor condition to take photos. It looks more alarming in real life than in the pics. pics.

Yes do. Someone here may well recognise it from a photo.

News to me as well.... Maybe someone misread the overnight closures as full closures. I certainly did, first time I saw them!

I'm beginning to wonder if the term 'sag' is misleading us here. Might 'dent' be a better term? I once had a narrowboat with a thin steel roof and when walking on the roof, sometimes it would do what my dad used to call "tin-lidding'. I.e when you put you weight on a bit with no brace underneath it would flex in by about an inch then pop back out when you took your weight off again. I'm wondering it this has happened but the roof failed to pop pack out and stayed dented. In which case some judicious pushing up on the inside might make it pop back out again.

So to paraphrase... "I've got this boat with no name and no index number and no photo. Can someone tell me all about it please?" :)

And it probably cost about two quid. Light switches are trivially cheap! This thread is a great example of how to over-think and over-complicate the simplest of things.

My sincere apologies...

Another content-free post from truckcab. Thank you for this. 👍

True. Nowadays we get over-represention on the BBC of Scottish and Irish accents added in. I've NEVER heard someone with say, a strong Berkshire accent on the BBC, not even on Radio Berkshire. Although Nicky Campbell's phone-in programme on the R5 can turn up an excellent selection of local accents I notice.

I travel far a wide fixing boilers. I'm just as likely to find my customer in their house has a strong local accent as a boater I might meet out somewhere on the cut.