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key point - what do I clad the underside of the gunwhale with? So, I’ve been re-doing my boat. Initially took out everything from the bedroom at the back (furthest end from the fire) which included a large wardrobe. Had to replace the insulation and cladding where it had been. Replaced the polystyrene like for like but foamed it in to give better seal. I’ve also added some polystyrene to the gap in the gunwhale, and then put mdf up. sadly, within weeks, the mdf is getting soggy and mouldy. So I guess condensation is forming on the walls, running down and dripping in the gunwhales. The old material put there seemed to be a veneered mdf and was stained heavily, but never dripped. My flooring is now dark where the drips have accumulated and pooled. Other than a dehumidifier, I’m not sure how to stop the condensation being this bad? This bit of the boat isn’t well heated. and what better material to fix to the underside of the gunwhale is? thanks a bunch!
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Hello everyone! First time posting, although I have been reading the wealth of knowledge on this forum for some time. We are mid bathroom refit. New toilet, wash basin, washing machine and calorifier have been fitted / plumbed. And a whale gulper has gone in. Now the shower, we hoped it would be simple, alas the previous owners tiled straight onto the ply with no sealant onto the substrate. Also with standard tile adhesive not silicon, so it has cracked and leaked very badly onto the panels behind. We have a new stone resin tray and PVC shower walls ready to fit. My plan was to properly tank the bathroom with a Mapei Waterproofing kit before fitting these, although not entirely necessary. But now we need to deal with the state of the wood. How bad does it actually look? - I am no wood expert What's the best approach? Let it dry out and treat with some type of wood preserver? Rip it all out and start again (not a huge fan of this as it will delay things massively. The rear wall is the bulkhead into the kitchen / oven splashback) I was ready to sand it all off and start tanking tommorow and then to panel the next day. Should we hold off from this plan? Thank you!
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Hi all, Our boat (52" widebeam) gets really bad condensation, to the point where the water is dripping down the walls. The walls are wooden and have started to swell. When we had our windows upgraded to double glazing (old windows still available for sale btw!) in order to fix this problem, we found that the walls are not insulated in any way. What I'm asking is that a) does anyone know a reliable boat builder who could rip out all the walls and thoroughly insulate them, and b ) is this definitely going to solve the problem? Thank you!
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I may have a slight problem. I occasionally do some sound recording and the microphones are rather sensitive to damp conditions. Storage on land would make doing the recordings uneconomic, so ideally, I'd like to keep the gear on the boat. The question is, how do I keep a box about 600mm x 300mm x 150mm bone dry inside. Ease of access to the contents isn't a real priority, so maybe something like a plastic underbed storage box sealed with duck tape and with some silica gel inside? Or maybe just a few watts of heat in the box to keep it well above the dew point inside, as I will have almost uninterrupted mains power from either the shore supply or the inverter. The alternative is to give up recording music, which I don't want to do if I can avoid it, even though it's just a "now and then" hobby at the moment. Thanks in advance. Bye! John.
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Our windows on our NB are getting bit grubby and sometimes leak so we are thinking about replacing them. The obvious choice would be double glazing, and then i began to think. The existing windows attract condensation and need wiping dry. To be honest we can sometimes control this with a bit of air management. But and here is the question, is condensation on windows a bad thing as the windows are acting similar to a dehumidifier and help remove the damp air with the occasional wipe of a cloth. If we went for the double glazing, my way of thinking makes me think the damp air will condensate elsewhere on the boat and possibly not be visible until the damage begins. Any comments and experience of double glazing much appreciated.
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Hi In searching for my recently purchased nb, I never came across one with an extractor hood over the stove - not even the brand new £150k boats in the magazines seem to have one. Why is this? I understand that, perhaps away from landline electricity, they may draw too much power. Maybe there are models that don't draw too much? But when hooked up to mains power, I can't see what the problems might be. Within the next few weeks, I'll be moving aboard and I currently live in a rented cottage with no extractor hood over the cooker. This leads, in time, to everything within an 8-foot radius collecting a greasy film of cooking gunge - not nice! I'm a keen cook and don't want the same gunge all over my boat, so I'm thinking of installing an extractor hood... Any thoughts? Kind Regs Adam