In
the past week the biggest single item of progress has been the
installation of the central heating system into the narrowboat.
The central heating boiler chosen is the Alde Compact 3010 as used
in the boat Carlton.
As you will see this is an extremely compact boiler that is capable
of very efficiently producing 6.4kW. of heat.
The compact nature of any central heating boiler used on a canal
boat is a very important factor.
Also, for the first time, a heat exchanger unit, recently developed
by Alde, has been fitted between the engine bay mounted calorifier
and the central heating system.
This will allow engine produced heat to be "exchanged" and
circulated around the radiators.
Little further text will be added, the pictures doing the
"talking".
The boiler unit is mounted at the rear of the galley.
For those of you who would like further information on this heating
unit, i.e. the,
Alde 3010 Compact Combi HF Boiler, visit their website,
www.alde.co.uk
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| I
suppose it is relatively simple to install if you know what you are
doing, but it appears rather complicated to me. |
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| Looking at
the rear of the boiler unit from above. |
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boiler and all pipework and radiators were fitted by a local
engineer, however an engineer from Alde came to check that
everything had been correctly installed before testing. |
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| As
you can see the galley work top has already been installed, and the
whole of the boiler installation will be enclosed once everything is
shown to be performing correctly. |
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This
is a picture of the compact heat exchanger recently developed by
Alde.
This unit will "exchange" heat from the water cooling the
engine so that it can be used in the central heating system, thus
reducing the amount of bottled gas used.
This will mean that hirers who hire boats for extended periods will
be required to change gas bottles less frequently.
(It is necessary to point out that all gas used during the hire
period is paid for by Ashby Boat Company providing receipts are kept
as proof of purchase.)
The pipes passing through the wall to the right are passing in to
the engine bay. |
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The radiators
throughout the boat have now been fitted, as the images to the left
and below show.
The radiator capacities are carefully chosen to work with the kW
output of the Alde boiler.
The radiators are mounted under the windows where possible and
chosen to match the space and usage requirement of the area. |
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Although
the bulk of the progress has been related to the boiler installation
and the central heating system other work has been ongoing when
there has not been a conflict of requiring the same
"space" to work.
Work on the fitting out of the galley has been taking place.
To the left and below are images of Rob and Colin using a router to
prepare the work top for fitting in to the galley, as already seen
above. |
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The
fitting out of the compartment containing the toilet and the
wash-hand basin has also been taking place, see the images to the
right and below.
This compartment will have mirrors, vanity units, storage space,
etc., as further images at a later date will show. |
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| The
radiator fitted and the pipes already boxed in, hard wood edging
will be fitted last to cover all "raw" edges. |
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| The wash-hand
basin will be fitted in to the top of this unit, that will also
provide storage. |
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Storage
space at the rear of the boat, on the right looking to the front of
the boat, you can see the open rear door.
If you look closely you can see the heat exchanger at the bottom of
this unit, partly obscured by loose wiring.
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The storage
unit to the rear of the boat on the left hand side.
The top compartment will be where various switches and engine
monitoring controls are fixed. |
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