CHIM CHIMINEY - OUR NEW CUSTOM BUILT, BESPOKE CHIMNEY FOR OUR NARROWBOAT
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ธ.ค. 2017
- Yes, we are talking about our damn fire again. Whilst we have already solved the issue of not being able to get our stove hot enough, more coal was the answer, we still felt that our existing chimney just wasn't up to the job. We wanted a taller chimney that was also double skinned to create a better draft for our fire and despite searching online and in lots of chandleries and marina shops we just couldn't find one to fit our awkward stove pipe.
We were given the details for Chris who came to our boat and built a bespoke new chimney for us on site. It was fascinating to watch and we were incredibly impressed by his attention to detail and the care he took in his craft.
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Tempted to start singing "Chim Chimemeny, Chim Chimemeny, Chim Chimemeny!!!" hehe
Heh... we never did find Dick Van Dyke up there! M
Just made one for me, very pleased, great work and definitely worth the price. Get him to make one for YOU !! 😃
Well chosen and well said! Enjoy the new chimney! M
Quality... its the detail that makes a huge difference to quality of life.
Great video. I love watching skilled people work. Thanks.
Yes, it is so nice to be able to support them too! Jo
Yep decent job that hats off to Chris.
+Ade He did a wonderful bit of work, and it's chugging along beautifully! M
Best description "brown tar like ik". Says it all
Haha, that was putting it mildly too! 😀 Jo
Just a thought.....in your first vlog about the underwhelmingness of your stove , you mentioned a "baffle" . If this is the , for want of a better description , quarter-spherical insert in the base of the flue , the Morso manual says it must be removed, except in certain installation situations , basically not one such as yours . Also seem to remember it went on to say , that if installed in a narrowboat , do not fit this baffle . Anyhoo...open the lower door ..close the top damper , put more coal in - a small load such as you've used to get the initial fire is fine , but when off and running , get that sucker baked up ! Then you can close the lower door , and use the rotary damper to regulate the burn . The upper rotary damper may also be used to regulate to a degree , and allows secondary air in for a cleaner , more complete burn. It lets air in to burn the volatile gases released on combustion , which can add a surprsing amount of heat. Hope that gets yer toasty 11 .
Thanks for commenting! This video’s a bit out of date at this point, we did eventually figure out how to keep ourselves warm with the Morso! M
Fascinating to watch. Hope the boat is nice and warm now with this wintery weather we are having.
Glad you enjoyed it. We are nice and toasty at the moment. Jo
The tar gunk is called creosote & is flammable when it get built up. Major cause of chimney fires!
True true! Jo
True. We sweep ours now before the season and try not to burn green wood, which seems to have been what caused it to begin with. M
great to see proper craftsmen still at work gringo
Agreed! Jo
Maybe that little piece of hardware is to attach a chain to the boat, so there is less chance of dropping it.
Good idea! Jo
Looks like he did a nice job of that. Might I suggest adding a small safety chain to stop any potential loss in to the canal.
+caskwith We plan on doing so as soon as we can figure out a suitable mounting point. Luckily it fits like a glove and I'm quite careful taking it in and off, so hopefully it won't happen before we get it sorted! M
sweet Chimney!!
Thanks, its working pretty well.
Your new chimney is a thing of beauty, one of a kind and unique. Great to see a craftsman at work too. Just one wise ass comment - it would have been a practical addition if had riveted two 'finger hooks' at the bottom to make removal easier and avoid greasy fingerprints on the stainless.😉
Good point, I must admit there are already some unsightly fingerprints! Oh well! And yes, great to be able to support a craftsman! Jo
Nice new chimney. A good craftsman with the right skills and tools.
FYI the tar is only from burning wood. Some woods have more resin than others.
When you stop using the stove in the spring, I recommend cleaning out any coal ash from the stove and chimney. Coal ash combined with moisture is very corrosive.
Good to see you did not need the bandit mask for this video. We just had out first snow yesterday, about 3 inches. Midweek the high temperatures will be below freezing. Just trying to make you feel warmer. LOL
Dave.
Wow! Keep warm. Yeah we gave the chimney a good sweep when we got the boat, goodness knows when it was last done! And yes, so nice to support a local craftsman! Jo
Hey dudes, we had all the issues you talk about with our chimney and even tried a double skinned flue which fixed onto the roof casting to no avail! In the end we went to stainless insulated double skin flue from the firebox to the outside via a couple bends and a silicone roof fixing which works very well. We also have a 500mm extension for use when moored up. So anyhow I hope your new flue works, but if not drop me a line and I’ll email photos of ours if your interested. Cheers Sean
Sounds interesting, so far so good with this one though! Jo
Great that you got your chimney sorted. We sometimes get that tar coming down and my husband ended up with half an eyebrow after touching it and then touching his eyebrow, it took six months to grow back, not a good look! 😂😂
+Dulcie Barnes Eek! M
Quite often , just build it is the answer ..
Or find someone to build for you! 😀
Now I want a burrito.
+Joshua W Me too! M
I think I recognised Chris from another vblog, that I can't find at the moment, is he the one that is currently putting together all of the woodwork for his new boat that he collects in January?
He seems to be one of those amazing craftsmen who when you meet them you think "I must keep this man on my Christmas card list because he is good at everything".
+Rob M He didn't mention woodwork or a coming boat, but we mainly talked chimneys! An interesting fellow, for sure! M
Burritos! We don' need no stinkin' burritos!
Michael was on great form for these outtakes! Jo
Anda is not a word
+ray gherman Well, actually, it's a Brazilian timber tree (Joannesia princeps) of the family Euphorbiaceae having light soft wood... but who knew? M
I am jealous of your Homer Simpson shirt. Also, I made a comment in your other video asking if narrowboaters have started using rocket mass heaters yet? (should save money on fuel)
It's from TeePublic. Unfortunately its not available anymore. It was one of Michael's favourites too.
Coal can be tricky. My dad brought a stove from West Virginia, where he was raised. Coal there is soft rather dull and flaky. He though he could use the coal supplied here in New England. In testing He found local coal did not work, after buying 500 Lbs of it. :(Well one day I hope that stove will find another home, perhaps as a planter. ~={:)
Heh. Poor dad. M
Yup, He was often disapointed, One cannot farm 0.8 acres suburban acres, like 80 acres in the W.Va hills. He never could hammer his family into the proper Southern patriarchy he escaped, coming North. My domestic PTSD proves it. I also missed a career opportunity My Veterans of Domestic Wars, VDW, coffee shops would have wiped Starbucks out at a walk. Thank you again, friends, God Bless you.
Ahh, veterans of domestic wars... seen some of those myself! M
Your few "domestics" and how your partnership navigates Life in your videos may be more important to some of your viewers then your skills at the Tiller and Locks. That is the Straight Truth. Cheers.
Well, for my part, we navigate our domestics well because we both decided to grow up a while back, before we met. I had a LOT of examples of exactly how not to do it and refused to carry on lessons badly learned from parents who weren’t ready at the time to be either partners or parents. Gotta be flexible rather than not, open rather than closed. M
The rain hat is called a witches hat in the UK :)
'Brain hat' might yet catch on.....
It has been called that... but as the term has taken on some rather racist overtones -- and never made sense to apply to laborers, as in Asia it's a farmer's hat and laborers didn't wear them -- it's falling into disuse.
Hi Michael / Jo, We also have a Liverpool boat with a curved roof and our standard chimney jams about 6 inches above the roof! We’ve just had the boat repainted and really don’t want to use this chimney again, can you please supply me with the contact deatails for Chris who made your bespoke chimney. I’m not sure how to message on TH-cam so if you can let me know that will be great. In the meantime I’ll look to see if you have a FB page. Sylvia.
What a find - peripatetic bespoke fabricator. I suppose in an earlier age he would have been a tinker going place to place, mending kettles etc and sharpening knives. Was he particularly camera shy?
Not really, he was happy for us to film. It’s more that we are fairly shy about pointing cameras at people I guess! Jo
It was very good coverage of the actual fabrication work and roof fitting.
He did such a good job and was a really interesting guy, it’s a shame there is not more footage of him. We need to get better at filming I guess. We are complete amateurs though, just working this it out as we go along. Jo
Time and experience...same for all of us.
Apologies if I sounded critical. Your quality is at a high standard - the filming of the work was really clear and complete. The editing is always excellent, and while it is impossible to please everybody with your music choices, I think you make a good job of matching the music to the mood of the vlog. And, you quickly realised that you had a natural star in George.
You mentioned using a tipping box for your ash.You must never ever leave ash from the fire inside the boat especially if hot .The ash gives off carbon monoxide fumes which will kill you!.I trust you have a carbon monoxide alarm fitted.Sorry for the rant but stay safe.Tony & Jacqui Nb Willow
We have two fitted, and when the ashes are at all warm we leave them outside. Thanks for checking! M
did you nearly say "coolie hat" there? :)
Actually nearly said another, less appropriate name I've heard. M
Is the chimney vertical in both axes? It looks a bit skew-whiff to me... Glad you’re getting warmer though as snow is on the way
Yep, it is vertical, the base is angled though to match the curve of our roof! The snow is here already! It arrived last night!
And seems to have promptly left. LOL
There is definitely a ‘melt’ happening! (Thank goodness) 😀
Great looking chimney and I'm glad you all are toasty warm now. However, the main question still remains....does the potato cooker work now?
I was going to make the exact same comment, same question and everything. So, whats the word on the potato baker?
Well, to be honest I am almost too scared to try! I haven’t got over the disappoint of the last attempt. Jo
If the water in the kettle boils, it is hot enough.
If you can reheat food on the stove hot enough to burn the roof of your mouth it's hot enough. If it's that hot I can provide you instructions to make a nice apple desert I used to make as a kid on the wood stove.
+Ted Gallucci Sounds interesting, but I'm such a messy cook I'm a bit concerned about having an apple coated stove. But do tell! M
Well, Santa is not going to come down that little thing is he?
Hmmm, I hadn’t thought of that. This could be a problem! Jo
Awesome chimney, make sure to secure it with a wire. did he put in isolation material between the two layers? if so wat kind of material did he use?
Its an awesome looking chimney everyone kan see that it is a brand new stainless steel chimney.
Good point! And no, there is no insulation material! Jo
ok Thanks
Thank You :)
We were told to do that, but where do you find Rockwool in smaller quantities that enormous 30£ bales?? M
oh, who know's right?
does not harm to have a look arround
Hi.
Please don't keep your ash box inside as it gives of carbon monoxide if the ashes are hot. I know as it nearly killed me last year. Happy travels.
+A life of Del We're aware of the problem; so far we're putting in ashes that are usually stone cold, we've been putting it outside if they're at all warm. Thankfully the CO detector is right near it either way! M
did i hear in the background"don'tdropit" lol
You sure did! Hehe! Jo
And it won't be to tall for the low tunnels?
It would be but we can take it off for low tunnels and bridges!
Are you going to fit a chain so it don't slip off into the canal....splosh !
+Gaz Bee Going to try to, yes, though we need to find a suitable point to attach it too! M
Hi.
My chimney needs some attention the chimney collar which is cast its the standard flat one you get from a marina and the boat roof is curved this causes a space between the roof and the collar am looking to find someone to either make a new collar to fit the gap or make a skirt to go go round the collar please can you help can send pics if needed.
Can you get an angled collar if not can you get one made out of steel with the extra bits added on I could do with some sort of a template.
Could you also send this of to your chimney man if he can help me out further please.
But the burning (no pun intended) question:- Can you now do baked/jacket potatoes?
No, I am almost too scared to try again! Jo
Nothing ventured, nothing cooked! :)
This is true, and I am planning a grocery shopping trip tomorrow! Watch this space! Jo
use EXCEL coal......the best by far.....you only should have a problem with tar when burning wood .
We do like Excel, just wish we could find it more often! M
Would you, kindly, let me have the contact details of your chimney man please?
+Paul Roberts Sure, could you send us a PM on here with your email and I'll forward them to you? We have to log in on the laptop to read and send that way, but he did ask we not publicly share them. Cheers. M
i would like his address as i have the same problem
Hi there, sorry we missed this: can you send a message to nbminimallist@gmail.com and we'll forward Chris's details. M
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