A few more things
Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 08:24AM A bit more progress last weekend, as the weather was good (and the stove had pretty much gone out overnight) I decided to finish off the top part of the flue. The part of the flue that goes through the roof was wrapped in heat retaining tape as used on engine manifolds. This is to provide extra protection as it passes through the roof, but also to retain the heat so the stove gets a better 'draw'. And it looks groovy too.
I made a little box to better support the deck fitting, its not the finest piece of work, but it'll do for this winter (no doubt it'll be there for years, there is nothing as permanent as a temporary fix after all...)
I also replaced the mushroom vent to the right of it, as the original one was leaking. It rained on saturday night and both items seem to be leak free.
Mary and I took a trip to local recyling center, as we had a load of cardboard and packing to remove and more importantly, I had about 45 litres of oil, grease and water from the engine bilges that needed disposing of correctly. I think (hope!) that this was accumulated over the last 60 years, so I won't need to do this on a regular basis. The idea is to get the bilges clean so that any water pumped over the side doesn't harm the environment.
I mentioned to Mary that this was our first trip to a southern recycling center together, 'oh the romance' she quipped, rolling her eyes. I like to think I haven't lost my touch.....
During the evening I started running the conduit for the lighting on the port side, going for a slightly industrial look as it is an ex-working boat after all.
Note the christmas tree, ex-Narrowboat IRIS from last year.
Sunday afternoon was quite sunny and warm, so I broke out the mag drill and made some holes for the shorepower connection.
Doesn't look much, but one of the small holes on the right went through an old rivet so its about 3cm deep. The drill is pretty powerful, so it didn't take too long to do. One of my better ebay finds. :)
Reader Comments (1)
Nice to see you are getting in the Christmas spirit already! No doubt there are plenty of bargee type things on the list for Father Christmas! Have a good one Fran