The
pace of fitting out is continuing at full speed, with everything happening
everywhere on the boat.
Again this page attempts to provide a selection of photographs indicating progress over
the last ten days.
You may not see any significant structural differences because these
major items are now complete.
The majority of the work is now on the detail and
"finishing" which can take as long if not longer than what
has gone before.
That is if you wish to achieve a quality interior to the narrowboat.
Again I will mostly leave the images to provide the information, but
adding text when I actually know something about what is happening.
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| The
television and radio/CD unit is to the left, with a storage unit to
the right. |
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| The
stainless steel sink unit is in, and the water supply is working. |
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The
chimney/flue piping to the Alde boiler is now fixed.
After final testing of the boiler and heating system this will all
be enclosed. |
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| The
image to the left shows the outside "capping" to the Alde
boiler flue pipe. |
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| The
first door of the fit-out has been fitted, this is the door to the toilet
compartment. |
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| The
wash hand basin has been fitted in the toilet compartment. |
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it has been plumbed in. |
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It
may look the same as a picture on a previous page, but it is not.
You can now see that the waste pipe to the shower has been fitted,
and a pump has been fitted to remove the water to the outside of the
boat, it wil not get there by gravity as in a normal house |
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This
is Steve, the engineer, fitting the main control box, I do not think I
will disturb him with "stupid" questions, I think he is
concentrating.
Do not let his lack of sartorial elegance cloud your opinion of his
competence, as he is also the man who knows which pipes fit where on
the calorifier.
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The calorifier
"placed" and holes drilled for the pipework. |
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The
engine is "placed", and the prop shaft has been
"offered up".
But the engine has not yet been tightened down, that will be done
when no further "adjustment" is necessary. |
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One
of the anti vibration mounting "feet" showing how minor /
movement of the engine position can be achieved. |
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The
calorifier now fixed and pipes have been connected.
The
stainless steal water tank / calorifier, well it is stainless steel inside, surrounded by insulating foam
with the out casing of impact resisting plastic.
In conjunction with the Alde central heating boiler, the heat
exchanger, and the heat from the engine cooling system wonderful
things can be done to ensure the efficient production and storage of
hot water and the way it is used.
How it it does all this is beyond me, somebody knows where all the
pipes come from and go to, not me, ask a man who knows. |
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This
image showing the general progress in the engine compartment, with
the engine exhaust fitted, and connections (bright blue pipes) made
to the skin tanks for engine cooling. |
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The thin
"offset" that you can see the blue pipes connected to is a
"skin tank".
There are "skin tanks" on either side of the engine
compartment, they are welded to the out steel hull of the boat and
act in the same manner as a radiator does on a car, i.e. hot water
from the engine passes to the "skin tank" it is cooled by
the proximity of the cold water in the canal and cold water is
returned to the engine to prevent it overheating.
Thermostats regulating the flow of water and maintaining the engine
at its optimum running temperature. |
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This
image shows the flow and return cut off valves for the fuel (diesel)
supply to the engine. |
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The
"offsets" to the rear of the engine compartment and either
side of the weed hatch inspection compartment are in fact the fuel
tank.
"Not a lot of people know that", I did not until
yesterday, when I asked another "stupid" question, i.e.
where is the fuel tank.
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The
finishing of the paneling of the interior of the boat has begun.
On Measham this is being implemented by using Natural Oak, routed,
shaped and fixed as you will see in the following pictures.
This is where the skill that comes from experience produces a finish
that results in a narrowboat of quality, which is extremely pleasing
to cruise in. |
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In
the image to the left, look closely, and you will see the recess in
which will be placed the edge of a length of paneling to cover the ducting
containing the wiring looms.
Then an outside strip of Oak paneling will be fixed to secure the
length of paneling.
See pictures below to see the process. |
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Permanently
fixed capping has a recessed hole for the screw to be inserted, this
is than capped with an oak wooden plug which is sanded to level to
invisibly hide the fixing.
However the outer capping is
fixed with brass screws, this allows the thin strips of paneling
that cover the wiring ducting to be removed, should it be necessary
any time in the future. |
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| This
image shows Oak capping over the gunnels. |
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| A
general picture of the galley showing the almost finished capping
and wiring waiting for lights to be fixed. |
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| Close
up images, to the side and below, showing the oak "plugs"
being inserted, but not yet sanded. |
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