I'm about to....

[Bob18]

OK, so I haven't actually got the boat yet, but there are a couple of jobs that need to be done.

 

First, and probably the most important is a survey. I need to find a surveyor in the Stoke/Stafford/Lichfield area, so when I go in and slap the money on the counter for the "subject to survey" I know there is a man waiting in the wings to get his hammer and squeaky toy out and says "Oh, that's a good/c88p hull, and the like.

 

 

 

 

 

Second is, wait for it, the loo - I know its been debated before, but just now its got a pump out one, and I would far prefer a cassette one. the holding tank is plastic, and sits next to the calorifier under the bed (talk about warming it up on a cold night...). Obviously its got to be emptied, flushed, emptied, probably nuked, declared a bio-disaster area etc. before thinking about loosening any of the pipes. BUT is there anything I should look out for (apart from the "brown stuff")?

[Arthur Brown]

Remember that the tank was fitted early in the build and may not just lift out through a door or window. Even empty and dry the tank will be heavy, and may need mechanical lifting.

 

Work out carefully that what you want to move can be moved, or at least account time and money for putting the walls and doors back after moving things about. If things will not move for steel be very careful.

[Bob18]

Ta, I did have a "good nose around", and it looks to be a plastic tank, so not quite as heavy empty as a metal one.

[Guest]

Remember that the tank was fitted early in the build and may not just lift out through a door or window. Even empty and dry the tank will be heavy, and may need mechanical lifting.

 

Work out carefully that what you want to move can be moved, or at least account time and money for putting the walls and doors back after moving things about. If things will not move for steel be very careful.

 

When our plastic tank was removed the yard managed to remove it from the boat by rotating it 90 degrees and moving it along the 'corridor' and out the doors.

 

If they hadn't been able to they would have had to cut it up on the boat before removing it - this was one of the deciding factors in us deciding to pay someone else to do it.....

Edited October 21, 2012 by The Dog House

[Paul C]

Why not purchase a cheap porta potti and then you have the choice of either 'system'? (How big is the boat - are you desparate for a bit more space, for example).