cost of overplating

[station tug]

Errm....

 

you could always just try to sell it on at an inflated price???

 

have a greenie on me mr fincher

[onionbargee]

Cover your ears Tadworth, don't listen to them.

Edited February 12, 2014 by onionbargee

[station tug]

Cover your ears Tadworth, don't listen to them.

its only because i havent got the cash to bid you at it...

[onionbargee]

No one has !

[Charles]

Begs the question... what's a tad worth?

[Alan de Enfield]

Begs the question... what's a tad worth?

 

Well - to quote Websters Dictionary

 

"a small or insignificant amount"

 

So a bit like a 'Jobs-worth' but smaller

[Charles]

Oh okay I got it...now!

[Jim Batty]

Hi everyone

 

I am sure this has been talked about before. so apologies in advance

 

Can anyone enlighten me about a rough cost of overplating a 50 ft narrowboat.

 

Thank you

 

 

 

 

Five years ago, when a surveyor recommended 'overplate entire hull to six inches above waterline', for a 58' narrowboat we were considering, I rang round a number of people for quotes. The lowest quote was for £6K and a couple were for around £8K. But the person I trusted the most (an outfit that did a lot of overplating, had proper premises, seemed to have a good, professional customer service type of attitude) quoted £12K.

 

As the seller would not discount the selling price by more than £2K we gave up on it. (Some poor other sod must have bought it without a survey).

[MtB]

 

Five years ago, when a surveyor recommended 'overplate entire hull to six inches above waterline', for a 58' narrowboat we were considering, I rang round a number of people for quotes. The lowest quote was for £6K and a couple were for around £8K. But the person I trusted the most (an outfit that did a lot of overplating, had proper premises, seemed to have a good, professional customer service type of attitude) quoted £12K.

 

As the seller would not discount the selling price by more than £2K we gave up on it. (Some poor other sod must have bought it without a survey).

 

 

This seems excessive. What makes you decide this was a real need and not just the surveyor simply arse-covering?

 

I bet it's still floating around now, with no overplating!

 

 

MtB

[Alan de Enfield]

Labour rates may not have changed much since 2009 but the cost of steel has almost doubled.

 

3/6/2009 Plate was $370 / tonne

5/2/2104 Plate was $675 / tonne

[Jim Batty]

 

 

This seems excessive. What makes you decide this was a real need and not just the surveyor simply arse-covering?

 

I bet it's still floating around now, with no overplating!

 

 

MtB

 

I'll bet it's not! A 1983 ex-hire boat on 6mm base and side plates, exterior pitting was up to 4.3mm and interior corrosion (due to leaking connection on loo tank down inside of hull side) up to 1.6mm. Put those two figures together and it was technically possible that the boat was afloat with only 0.1mm to spare. Scary.

 

The elderly owners of the boat had left the last couple of blackings to their boatyard ... who did a terrible job doing a quick cover with roller.