Water Woman

Thank you everyone. Feel free to add advice as you see fit. I am now off to see a solicitor who may make my bouncy floor seem like childs play. I suppose asking for legal advice here is a little ... ermmm off topic!? I will pop back later to read all the posts and make a plan, of sorts.

Oh hell

Blue String Pudding, first of all I love your name. Secondly, yes there is a bit of bounce and there are three parts where I believe if I bounced too much I could end up standing on steel. Other parts are solid as anything, but the bouncy parts are all in a line down from where the leak was. I am sure that in time it will be the boat of my dreams !! ... and will a floor like this fail the BSS that is due in July? The correct answer would be no, by the way.

Oh heck it may that OSB. Just let me run and have another look. I think it looks more like OSB. I feel that I should point out that in my own professional area of expertise I am not as dumb as this!!

Yes it is chipboard certainly. Thank you.

Errrmmm I am at the side of the K and A that they call The Shroppie ! I have not changed my profile I see, but I did a marathon haul up to here a couple of months ago. Maybe there are some people up this way too. I do not know any boat people this way on yet. I am in a marina which is a first for me, I have only ever been on the cut. The jury is still out as to the advantages of marina living, but that is a whole other topic ! I think it is chipboard which seems a really stupid thing to use in my opinion. But I will get all carpets, lino, laminate up over time and see what is what. I will try to do as much as I can myself to keep costs down. Thank you for your input, much appreciated.

Thank you. I think there are concrete blocks under there. I will get it as dry as I can then explore further. It looks like my time after work is going to be taken up for all eternity! I will do as much as I can before enlisting professional (or happy amateur) help. I have been misled somewhat but take responsibility for not checking out what I was told. Lesson learned.

Thank you. I won't bore you with complex personal matters but yes it has been a while and I was led to understand that it had been fixed and was 'drying out'. This has proved not to be the case and I have been left with a bit of a pig in a poke. But.. I will sort it and hope for a hot summer in which to do as much as I can myself. Thank you Thank you. I have started by moving out of my bed and putting the dinette bed up and moving onto there. I will leave as much open as possible to allow warm (?) air to circulate. I will keep sucking for a few days and then dry up with nappies anything I can. More inspection holes? Yes I will try that. I will also try to keep smiling

I have had a plumbing drip, a leak in a pipe. I think this is now fixed and it seems dry and well. But on close inspection I have got water under the floor. I have some soft bits of floor which I can associate with all this. What I want to know is ... once I have dried everything out and I no longer drip will the floors be ok or will the damaged bits have to be replaced? I know it will be difficult to answer without seeing them or knowing what they are made of so I will try to explain. They are made of wood that is not solid but more 'put together' in bits a sort of composite. Then, if parts do need replacing is it an expensive job? Under my bed the inspection hole is showing quite a lot of water which must have been there for some time. I am quite worried about it all, not that I am going to sink or anything but that it is going to be a massive job. I know that getting it all dry is the first job and I am awaiting a wet/dry vacuum to be loaned to me in the next day or so. Any advice or even a sympathetic pat on the shoulder would be appreciated.

But Richard, what would we find to talk about then?????

I had a self pump out pump given to me, it was stored for emergencies. At some point I realised that I would never, ever use it as long as I had the orifice in my body that made pumping out necessary in the first place. I took it to the tip eventually and as I flung it into the skip something nasty flew out and hit a man passing by. Whatever it was must have been at least three years old.... shudder.

I will be going at some point as I am not far away but I am not taking the boat as it is a family birthday weekend too and I have a few places I have to be all at the one time. But I will look out for boats with familiar names from here and I may be able to put a face to a name or two !

I did my Hilperton to Chester in stages. I found the best way was to start at the first crack of a sparrow breaking wind then keep going till your crew are crying. Worked for me!! Seriously though, if you do not mind the long days you can do it much shorter times than the planner says. Good luck with it. Edited to add, I had lovely friends and family who did the car shuffle thing with me... that was the most tiresome part.

This thread is of interest to me as my boat is of the 'railway carriage' design with all the heavy stuff on one side. I have tried to move things around to make it more even but I would like some ideas of evening things up without having to rip up floors and move ballast around. The list on mine was really bad recently and I got rid of all sorts of stuff that was surplus to requirements... did me good really to have a big clear out of junk. If I ever had another boat it would be more even in terms of fixed items ... but that is not likely in the near future.

I don't even know why I started reading this thread. I ought to have known it would just get me all fired up... pity the same cannot be said the for the 'Erbers bastard' that is sitting there as cold as ever. So much money has been spent on it and so many hopeful 'oh I think it is getting warm' moments. I would not have one if it came free with a gold bow round it. End of rant!!!!

I am really really fed up now. Reading the posts it looks like fun already and here am I with my blood poison type thing from a nasty bite on my back. It has spread to my lymph glands as I was slow to seek medical attention (I always know best about these things you see and will keep going to work or whatever till I drop) and have ended up with a very nast swelling under my arm which is more than a bit painful. I am not sure what (or who!! )bit me. I so wanted to come.... no I needed to come to the banter. I needed a laugh and a meeting with like minded people as I have now left my little group of friends on the K and A and feel a bit out of sorts till I get to know people here. I will keep an eye on the posts and enjoy the event via them. Have a great time everyone x

That would be good, thanks Bones. Much appreciated x