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Your stove will probably be the best way of heating water as you will have constant hot water. How long is your boat?
Sue
Hi Sue, it's 60 foot and our daughter will be in the aft cabin, so thinking about having one radiator for her, just don't know if it is going to support hot water. God it's frustrating when you know nowt. he he.
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Take a look at Napton Narrowboats holiday website. They have kingsize beds...
Thanks for that, been cheeky and sent an enquiry. They can only ignore me.
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OK,
I wondered if you meant that.
Just checking, but have you actually measured what length bed you will get if you arrange to sleep across the boat, rather than along it ?
I say this, because although narrowboats are nominally 7 feet wide, in practice they often are nothing like that at the height beds are fitted. Take off several inches for hull thicknesses, internal insulation & the wood lining, and most still struggle to be much over 6 feet internally, (some are less
).So whilst your 6' 3" hubby may have the width to tuck his knees up, or lie a bit diagonally, he is unlikely to be able to lay strictly across the boat, without his teeth being held firmly shut.
I speak from some experience, having knowingly bought a boat where no bed exceeded 6 foot, despite being over that height myself, and having a son who hasn't necessarily stopped growing at 6' 3".
Good point and thanks for that, may have to rethink, I will have to go and measure it, awkward because it's not ours yet, you know how it is. Will have to see if lying the other way is going to work!!! K.
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Are you wanting to sleep head at bow and feet at stern, or port/starboard?
I think it will be port/starboard. Purely to give us a king size bed. Need someone to have a look and give suggestions, or see what other people have come up with. Thanks for reply. k.
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A generator won't heat the water but it will recharge batteries. Have you a solid fuel stove with back boiler? We use the engine to heat the water in the summer because we cruise alot and a solid fuel stove to heat the water in the winter. If the engine has been running during the day (in summer) we have enough water for one shower the next morning. The water is then cold till the engine is run again.
Sue
Apparantly we have an immersion heater type calorifier, so am hoping that this is more effective. k.
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It depends on whether you have any other heat source on board plumbed in to the calorifier.
This could be....
1) A central heating boiler running on diesel fuel.
2) Ditto, running on Calor gas
3) A wood or coke burning stove with a back boiler.
The first two can often be arranged just to heat water, without heating radiators.
The last obviously will only heat water if you are space heating the boat.
What heating system(s) do tou have ?
Are there radiators ?
Alan
No radiators, but have been told that we have a back boiler to our stove which we could plumb to a radiator.
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Greetings,
It's hard for anybody to make recommendations if you don't give any clues about whereabouts this is.
I'm not quite sure I understand modifying a dinette to the full width of the boat. Normally with a dinette you sleep along the length of the boat, not across the boat. Can you elaborate, please ?
Hi, We are in Chorley, Lancs. We would like the length of the dinette to become the width of the bed and then be able to "pull out" the bed somehow which will involve using the width of the boat. It's only because we are both tall people and really need a king size bed. Any ideas are appreciated. It's all new to me!! lol. k.
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A calorifier is much like a hot water tank at home, (although designed for greater pressures).
Depending on exactly what's in the configuration, it can heat water in a number of ways....
1) By using heat from the engine that would otherwise be "dumped" into the canal.
2) From a central heating boiler, or back boiler on a multi-fuel stove, if you have either.
3) Via an inbuilt immersion heater.
With 1) the heat is "free" only if you are cruising anyway. If you are just running the engine just to produce the heat it's quite expensive.
As I think you are saying you are going to be on a private mooring, presumably with few facilities, you are I guess unlikely to have a 240 volt mains supply to run an immersion, (which is by far the best option, if you did).
You could provide 240V for an immersion via a generator.
You have me confused about the inverter bit.
An inverter is designed to give you 240 volt power from your 12 volt boat batteries, but if used for huge loads like any kind of water heating, this would quickly flatten your batteries, which you can only recharge by running the engine.
I can't see how an inverter has any part in running your calorifier. You certainly wouldn't want to try using an inverter to run an immersion heater.
If I've misunderstood, please explain!
Alan
A calorifier is much like a hot water tank at home, (although designed for greater pressures).Depending on exactly what's in the configuration, it can heat water in a number of ways....
1) By using heat from the engine that would otherwise be "dumped" into the canal.
2) From a central heating boiler, or back boiler on a multi-fuel stove, if you have either.
3) Via an inbuilt immersion heater.
With 1) the heat is "free" only if you are cruising anyway. If you are just running the engine just to produce the heat it's quite expensive.
As I think you are saying you are going to be on a private mooring, presumably with few facilities, you are I guess unlikely to have a 240 volt mains supply to run an immersion, (which is by far the best option, if you did).
You could provide 240V for an immersion via a generator.
You have me confused about the inverter bit.
An inverter is designed to give you 240 volt power from your 12 volt boat batteries, but if used for huge loads like any kind of water heating, this would quickly flatten your batteries, which you can only recharge by running the engine.
I can't see how an inverter has any part in running your calorifier. You certainly wouldn't want to try using an inverter to run an immersion heater.
If I've misunderstood, please explain!
Alan
Hi Alan and thanks for response, this is exactly why I need help, I assume under our circs, we will have to run the engine to heat water every time I need it. Any more thoughts, please let me know. We will be reliant on the engine, unless we invest in a generator. cheers. k.
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We will move onto our boat in a few weeks time. I am concerned about being able to bathe my daughter and what to do about hot water. I know that I need to attach the calorifier to the inverter and run the engine, everyone says run the engine for an hour in the morning and again in the afternoon. How long will the water stay warm, any info will be much appreciated. Thank you. K.
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Just wanted to say Hi to people on the forum and introduce myself. I'm Kay and our narrowboat will be moored in Chorley, Lancashire. It was a very big decision to take this step, and to be honest I am a little apprehensive. We have a daughter with severe learning difficulties and we are hoping that she (and us) take to this new, completely different lifestyle. We are also mooring on private land (not a marina) so, we will have to be very organised. We take over the boat in 4 weeks time, so if you see us moored, please say hi. Our boat is Tyto, which is currently moored at parbold. Looking forward to the change and hoping that we cope. Here's hoping. Kay.
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Hi, we will own our liveaboard in a few weeks, but our bed is the dinette, as myself and husband are both 6ft and 6.3 we need the bed extended to the full width of the boat, but to still set it up as a dining area too!! Can anyone recomend a joiner for a qoute and where would we get one of the split mattresses from (better if someone could sort it all together) Any help appreciated. Kay.
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