My Boat build update

[Sid Charles]

Hi Guys

 

I thought, seeing as I have got a lot of the recent pressure off my back, I would post something that isn't asking for advice, just moving along with the build it's 26 Months now (no wonder my back and my mushy peas are hurting) I was leaving the engine room until last, even said I could do it whilst on the cut, but I might as well do it now, I am insulating and lining it with 9mm Ply, and doing a few Oak trims here and there, I am still using what will become the bedroom has a workshop, so there is always a lot of sawdust flying around and I won't have that space once on the water, so I am hoping to get all woodwork done and dusted. I jumped the gun and had 6 pairs of curtains made by a really lovely lady who is near North Kilworth Wharf, they are lovely, but sat in my back bedroom at home ah ah, today I began planning the tiling of the hearth, the structure is all according to the regs but I have never laid a tile in mty71 years on this planet, my mate who is a bathroom fitter told me that if I have to cut any down start with those in the corner (you won't see them when the fire goes in) I am hoping for a good run on it tomorrow. I also brought the solar cables in through the roof and into the DC isolator and I keep admiring my engine temperature gauge now it works ah ah ah, I am wiring in some lights in the engine department, one of those in a cage lights under the is it the counter? so I can see the weed hatch, also a light that I can direct on the ceiling, I have also wired up a bilge pump to go near the stern gland, stuck it onto a steel plate with Araldite to keep it down...I feel Happy

[BilgePump]

I always enjoy these build posts. Love the funky tiles and classic curtains. Keep up the good work, and the updates!

Edited April 17 by BilgePump

[Sid Charles]

Blimey, I managed to get a picture to attach straight, so yesterday I finished the tiles around the hearth, it turned out to be an awful task, you see these Mexican tiles are all hand-made, they are 110mm square or so they say, well some are 114mm and some are thicker than others, not a lot but enough to disturb the laying of them, consequently it took time sorting it all out, it ended up OK, but not to my usual standard, I'm grouting them today which I am hoping will hide the mess.

[MrsM]

Your tiles are beautiful! Where did you get them from?

[Sid Charles]

Etsy Mexican tiles