Narrowboat wooden flooring made from Ferrari import pallets! // High end DIY hacks!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- Vlog 141
This weeks vlog sees the Crobots continue laying their Ferrari pine flooring and realising they overlooked one vital thing! An inspection hatch! DIY can be mind boggling with so much to think about!
Their new 'less bashed' about Calorifier arrives and Chris gets punked big time! Plus they have a return of a very special guest! Whats not to love!
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The duck call joke was amazing the floor looks grand job well done luv u both tc now the oldies 🌟👍🤗🌟👍🤗
Haha!! So glad you thought so too. I was in hysterics!! It made me laugh so much! Poor Chris! Thank you. Hope you're having a lovely week 😊
"You Been PUNKED!" 😂🤣😂🤣😂 BRILLIANT!! ... My stomach actually HURT!! 😨😰😱
what is she like??/ im already planing my revenge 😂😂
Chris you were well and truly cranked with the duck caller! So funny! Love your video's and love your sense of humour (specially Becs)
I didnt know what the hell was going on.... what is she playing at 😂
I’ve watched you for the entire two years and I can honestly say that I have never gotten bored. You lovely pair are just too funny and entertaining for that to happen! I’ve had so many lol moments at your antics. And aside from that, It’s been such an interesting journey watching the boat finally (almost) coming together after all the blood, sweat and tears you’ve both put into it! You should be proud of yourselves! 😘🤗🌻
Aww thank you so much for your lovely comment. We really appreciate it ❤️ It's easy to forget how far we've come in that but thanks for reminding us xx
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Great job guys. Sorry. Becs. Great job Becs. 😁
Haha! Thank you!!
@@TheNomadicCrobot I’m beginning to wonder if Chris has another purpose apart from being a spider hotel 🤪🤪🤪
😂😂😂 Well spiders need places to stay too 😂😂😂
Another that’s been watching since you starting to view boats to buy, too invested in waiting to see you travel the network to give up watching now 😂😂
Aww thank you so much for joining us on our journey!! We will get there eventually...we hope!!!
Woohoo well done Crobots the floor looks amazing x
We're making progress yayyy x
I’ve decided to watch it again, but next time I’ll have a glass of wine 🍷. Just to see you trying to find the duck/noise 😆
Hahaha!!! I can't stop laughing about it!!! I can't believe he didn't cotton on!!! 😂
Yes, watching the duck call was funnier with my glass of wine. I’m glad I watched again because I missed a few things.
Becca I thought you were going to pee your pants because you were laughing so hard 😂! Catch y’all later
Hahaha!!! Brilliant!! Yes I know I just couldn't stop laughing!!! Have a good day 😊
Hi Becca, Chris, Your Vlogs are so entertaining. Loving Becca's floor, and again she explained everything to us as to what she was doing. Was Becca a crafts-person in another life. Maybe she built St Paul's in London? Love watching you both working so well together. Glad you got a new Water Thingy. Noticed the small hint of Dramatic Music (so good is that). Becca's Floor hatch is amazing. I love the way she works it all out, then builds it. Chris, well done gluing the boards down. Loved the way Becca had the Duck whistle, that was so funny, and what a good sport you are. Finally, how nice it was to see the 3rd member of the family make an appearance.Another excellent Vlog. Thank you both so very much. Take Care. (Spoolbox)
Aww thanks so much! Chris does a great job at editing them together. Ahh thank you! I try to but wonder half the time if I'm even making sense as I explain stuff! Haha!! Wow that is a compliment!! Thank you so much 🥰 I just love learning new skills and trying things out. The duck caller was just so hilarious, I'm still laughing about it now!!!! She must have heard the calls from afar!!! Thanks so much for always watching and supporting us with your lovely comments. They are always much appreciated x
The floor is bloody amazing just love it. Too funny what you did to Chris Beccs, so funny he fell for it. OK our house sold and we have to be out by Monday. We’re taking our caravan to a Showground to camp for a while until we sort Henri’s hand injury. I’ll have to try and find our dongle and get it connected again otherwise I’ll have bugger all internet and I need to watch what’s happening on the Whistling Wombat, god I’d go through withdrawals. Until we get the dongle going I might have to use McDonalds or the Commonwealth Banks internet, could be seen as sus sitting in the bank for about 20/30 minutes looking at my iPad. I might be late watching a few episodes but I’m ALWAYS going to be there. Love you guys. Talk soon and stay safe. 💕
Aww thanks so much Pauline 🥰 Ahh wasn't it hilarious, it still tickles me now!!!! Oh wow congratulations on the house sale 🥳 Oh I hope Henry's hand is healing up nicely? Oh bless you! That's so sweet 🥰 That would be hilarious you sitting in the bank watching episodes though!!!! That's so lovely, thank you so much for your continued support. Sending lots of love and good luck wishes your way with everything 💕
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Lovely flooring! Awesome improvement. Congrats🎉
Thanks so much. It's amazing how much bigger the room looks now!!
Floor is looking so nice. Maybe you'll be able to finish the floor in the living room and have a completed area. Always fun to see your progress. Thanks for the laughs too. Deb
Thanks so much, that's it. It will be so nice to have a nice comfortable room to chill in. Thanks so much Deb ☺️
We have absolutely loved watching all you vlogs in the last 2 years still wait for the next one to come out. You both amazing how you’ve done everything and kept going. Sure it won’t belong before your totally cruising 🎉🎉
Aww thank you so much that's so lovely. Fingers crossed we will be out there before you know it!! x
What a pair you two are….never stop what you do….makes us all titter xx
Thanks so much for watching xx
If you had even a puny 1kw immersion heater, at 12V you would need to draw about 80amps !
It will be a 240V immersion.
Yeah well checking the calorifier it was indeed a 240v immersion on it. Electrics aren't our strong point so grateful to hear what other people opinions are! Thank you 😊
Great job, the floor is looking great in your Ferrari Lounge!! I am glad Sopran Ella returned. The duck call was hysterical 😭
😊🤗 Kathy
Haha! Thanks Kathy! So glad you think so. Yeah!! She must have heard the duck caller from afar!! 😂
@14:27 Brilliant! Build furniture over the uneven bits. That's the kindof thinking we need in this operation !
Hahahah!!! Well that's wonky boats and even wonkier Crobots for you!!!!! 😂
You've nailed that floor guys, hope it never has to come up though, will all your pipes from your new emersion tank run on top of the floors?
Thanks so much. We have deliberated over the pipes being under the floor and what we have decided is to create access points at where the joins are in the pipe work. This way, if they ever fail - which would most likely be at a join, we can get to them. Let's hope that works out for us!! 🤞😂
Another great vlog! If the hatches are big enough you can store cool stuff like butter etc and not have your fridge on!
yes we have got one in the kitchen for that, I think will probably lay a few more larger ones throughout the boat too, thanks for watching 😀
@@TheNomadicCrobotHaha! Sorry I just misread your reply, I thought you said that you would probably have a few Lager ones…come to think of it not such a bad idea! Your very own cellar😂
At what point will you lose interest? Never!
Haha!!
It's great entertainment keep going
Thanks so much 😊
Might want to look at having your solar connected to your calorifier via a relay. This enables the water to be heated using solar energy once you domestics are full. We have it and for most of the summer we have hot water without the need to run the engine🤷♂️ It takes around twice as long to heat as using the engine but hey Ho, ITS FREE🎉
Oh wow that sounds like an ace idea. We will have to look into this. Is it difficult to install?
@@TheNomadicCrobot I have to be honest and say I don’t know. We had it done as part of an upgrade undertaken by a boatyard. I think We’ll Deck Diaries did something similar and it’s on one of their videos.
That's great thanks so much. Il see if I can find their video 😊
Anymore of the duck calls and you might see Donald duck 🦆
haha Exactly hope your well Simon x
@@TheNomadicCrobot I am good😁. How about you?
Thoroughly enjoy watching your vlogs
Your such a jovial couple with all the disasters you’ve had but you seem to laugh them off
Well I hope we cross paths on your journeys in the future
You also have a good way you edit and put them together
Brilliant
After watching one episode I stayed up watching for another two hours and had a smile on my face 😂
Just keep them coming
Take care
Thank you so much 😊 Are you a boater yourself? Yeah Chris does a great job with the editing. Oh wow well we are so grateful to hear that you enjoy them. Many thanks for watching 😊
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Yes I am a boater
60ft Narrowboat
And I’ve had issues with it but not a bad as yours
Just me and my Dogue de Bordeaux Hugo
He weighs 9stone and protects the boat but he likes meeting people when we’re off the boat
He’s a Turner and Hooch dog
Oh amazing! Hugo sounds absolutely gorgeous 🥰 I love Dogue de Bordeaux and Turner and hooch is one of my all time favourites, I actually watched it the other day!! Please give him a big scratch behind the ears from me. Hopefully we might see you out on the cut one day and I can do it for real!! x
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Yes
Hugo loves to meet people when we are out and about but wary of anyone near the boat
He will stand his ground
I’d sooner have a German Shepherd hanging off my pants rather than a Dogue de Bordeaux their bite is more than twice of a German and Shepherd and can run quicker
Best dogs ever and it’s the way you bring them up
He loves the Narrowboat probably thinks its a big kennel
And yes he loves watching Turner and Hooch
Apart from all things you've found not working, or working in an unexpected way, I think your home is a perfect home for two perfect Crobot's
Thanks Rolf, in a weird way all this diy has made us the channel we are today...what are people going to do once we get cruising..haha...luckily lots of things go wrong on boats...not sure if thats a good thing for us 😂
Do you mean that I shall wish you to never finish? Never!!!
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Hi Chris and Becca. You’ve really done well with the floor. Hopefully you’ll get it how you want soon. Looks like the duck call worked 😃🦆 Take care. Nick
Thanks so much Nick. Haha! Yes I think I got him good!!! 😂🦆 Thank you, you too 😊
700W 240V and 300W 12V Combined Immersion Element For SureCal Calorifier/Hot Water Tank
Oh right ok cool thank you! Will check them out 🙂
Nice hatch. It's big enough that the GIANT brain-eating spiders can get out without knocking their huge hairy elbows on the edges.
Seriously. Oh..... Wait a minute. {cue footage of Becca laughing}......it's coming together rather well, maybe in a slightly uncharacterisically Crobotic manner, but that's okay.
Hahahaha!!!! This really made me laugh!?? Well that's it, it feels like progress is being made...finally! What's up with that!!! 😂
Gday guys..i love your channel i always get excited when i see a new post ...the boats going to look amazing love from Sydney Australia 🌻🌈🌻
Aww thank you so much, what a lovely comment 🥰 We hope so! Sending good vibes over to you in Australia 😊
Probably watched every episode.
Being punished for crimes in a previous life maybe.
Seriously though you two are great
Haha!! Yeah maybe!!! Thanks so much 😊
Hello both. The floor looks brilliant. The hatch creation, excellent and the use of the words hodgepodge, tankus wankus and beeaaatch will always make for a winning video. Another fantastic and funny vlog. 👍👍👍🤘
hasn't Bex done well, her hatches are amazing bless her, haha thank you so much for enjoying our journey
Trivial 'it's quite possibly true but there's no actual evidence 'fact'': posh is actually an acronym, so P.O.S.H. It stood for 'Port Out, Starboard Home' on the P&O steamships from Great Britain to India, where the rich folk would book the cabins on the side of the ship away from the sun, so they were a bit cooler.
Oh wow!! That's awesome! How interesting and it definitely sounds like it could be true! Thanks for sharing!
Hi there to you both. Another great vlog. Glad to see Chris answering to the duck call. Well trained! By the way we are back from Thailand next month xx
woaw amazing, have you enjoyed your narrowboat experience so far?? fingers crossed we can join you soon xx
A wee question… how is it you don’t have ballast down under your floor?
We’ve been replacing flooring in different areas of our nb and have ballast stone down. What do you use as we didn’t see it?
Loving your vlogs, keep them coming 😃👍🏻
we do have some under there, but it turns out the boat had a12.5 mm baseplate added onto its original 8mm plate to cancel out ballast....weird aye...but someone still put ballots down there....so we seam to have loads of it, thanks for watching
Another excellent update, your humour is infectious, that hilarious duck call got Chris good and proper, well done Becs, watched from the first episode, always entertains and never ever boring, where are you moored up? Thanks again for sharing your time with us all!
Haha!! We are glad you think so! Haha! I just couldn't stop laughing as he was running around trying to work out where it was coming from!!!! Thanks for watching 😊 We are just outside St Neots 😊
We have a 12 volt heater they come in various wattages ours is variable so depending on the amount of solar you have. We basically get our hot water from solar. Using the engine your using diesel. It’s the wattage not the fact that it’s 12 volt. Check out the Victron battery protect switch and you can set it up on auto depending how much your batteries have in , we’re on lithium which are always around 13.6 to 13.8 volts so we use the switch (£35) as an on off when we require hot water. By the way you can hire a floor sander save buying and it will be more of a commercial sander than the B&Q type which you would then have to sell when finished 👍👍🖐
Thanks so much for this. It's definitely worth considering. We are planning to be cruising a lot and thus already using the diesel for the engine so the idea was to harness the extra energy we will be creating from moving anyway to heat the water but I really love the idea of a solar input too. It's all a wee bit confusing but im guessing the solar taps into the immersion element of the calorifier rather directly to one of the coils like the engine and gas boiler would too? Thanks so much for sharing this with us, it's really useful 😊 Also great idea about hiring a sander. We will have a look into if there's anywhere nearby that does rentals 😊
I was actually watching last weeks episode and thought “oh, I am surprised they are not making a hatch”( I say they, I mean she 😅) brilliant job so far.
Haha! I couldn't believe I forgot!! Luckily I remembered just in time otherwise I would have been kicking myself! Thanks so much 😊
Despite your humour, which we love, you guys have done an amazing job 👏 ❤
Thank you so much ☺️
Great Job Bex. Can I just mention that as you had yet to make the hatch cover when you then made the hole bigger. Why didn't you just make the hatch smaller. ? Duh !! Having said that, your'e a star, your mitres were great too.
I think by this stage I had already cut out the panel in the subfloor so I couldn't easily make it smaller otherwise that would have made much more sense!! Thanks Terry! Lucky for me you can barely notice it so I think I got away with it!!! Thank you so much 😊 Hope you're well x
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Bex whistles the duck call, and summons Chris. 😂
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The duck caller brilliant! Is that gap too wide to just have a thicker skirting board? Flooring is brilliant, looks great now but sanding and painting will mean its more hard wearing. I think anything that needs power tools is legit work before you sail as they use so much power and its not everywhere you can pull in and have firm flat ground to use the saw and bench. Bit of painting and what have you while you are cruising is one thing but laying a floor is a bit too demanding while cruising. Brilliant vlog , funny, informative and entertaining. Would a second hand shop take the stuff you don't want like the chest of drawers. Sod tidying up,that you show how you really are, no pretend Instagram life, that's makes you both so relatable.
Haha! The duck caller was just so much fun. It's still making me laugh now that he didn't cotton on!!! Yeah I wondered about thicker skirting board too so that might be an option. This is exactly what I keep saying to Chris about getting certain jobs that require power tools done whilst we are on the marina as it will just be so much more difficult to try do them on the towpath and then we can save the less intensive stuff for when we are travelling around. I'm glad someone else sees my sense!!!! 😂 Aww thank you so much, we are really glad you enjoyed it! Yeah we are currently working on a bit of a declutter so watch this space! Thanks so much for saying that as that's what's really important to us, to show things organically and naturally rather than trying to romantise everything because let's face it, most of the time life is chaos!! Plus if we had to tidy up every episode we would never get anything done 😂😂😂 Thanks so much for watching x
Wasted so much life watching you numpties since the start but cant stop!! Keep it up guys!!The difference between us is that we were nothing more than lucky and got what seems to be a boat in decent condition (apart from engine), you guys not so much. You'll be cruising soon x
Hahaha!!! This really tickled me!!! Glad you enjoy our numptiness!!!! Oh bless you for saying that. It is what it is and you've just gotta roll with the punches I guess. Thanks so much 🥰 I hope your engine probs aren't too severe. Sending good Boatyard vibes your way, Becks and Chris x
People calling Chris an idiot 2 years in2 the refurbishment of crobot, l knew from the first episodes this loveable rubber glove tool juggling rogue had a few marbles loose. But this what makes this so enjoyable to watch how Becs manages to live with u, but to be honest u two are are a perfect pair and are doing a great job better to get it right b4 u go crusing. Keep on making us laugh guys 😂😂😂
Thanks for the support, I definitely bring it on myself..we all have things were good at...DIY certainly isn't mine 😂 I do feel sorry for Bex at times...it must be hard haha thanks So much for the support Simon
Yep, bad idea.
I sell and install solid wood floors for a living. Wood and water doesnt mix.
Sub floor needs to he a RH of 70% before laying, which Id bet my house on you're not going to get on a boat.
If youre laying it as a floating floor annd not securely fixing it down, you need to leave an expansion gap around the perimeter as the wood will expand.
Thanks for sharing and yes you're right it's always going to be very tricky on a boat because of the fact they are damp places! However, it would seem that many boats have successfully installed solid wood flooring and it's faired well over time so we can only hope this will be true for ours too. We have tried to protect it as best as we can from the damp and also allowed for expansion etc. Can I ask though what 70% RH of the subfloor means? Thanks 😊
Hey you two, that floor looks amazing really good job. I am glad you opted to replace and not keep the damaged unit for your hot water, anyway keep looking after each other and keep laughing. 🤣🤣🤣
yes I think it was for the best...an accident waiting to happen, so chuffed with the floor....it will be nice to start turning the living room into a lovely little hang out instead of all the rubble
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You guys are quackers hahaha
Brilliant episode guys. Floors
Looking awesome. 👍👍
Hahaha!! That's for sure!! No wonder we have so many quacky relatives visiting us on the boat!! Thanks so much x
@@TheNomadicCrobot haha, they just know good people when they see them 😊
Wait, is this a bonus remix? Master of hatchery! Beautiful!
Is there any tool rental places there? If you could rent a belt sander for a day it might be less money than buying one.
Haha!! Indeedy!!! 😂😂😂
That's a great idea. We will have to look into it. Thanks for the suggestion 😊
Just brilliant, If your gonna use a sander you might have to sink those nails in a bit further, so you don't rip the paper. But where is the water heater gonna go. That's what I like about your vlogs, there full of surprises.
thats a good idea, otherwise will work through alot of sand paper, thanks so much for enjoying our journey Garry
Did you hear about the fuel support from the CRT - 473. GOVERNMENT GIVE £600 TO CONTINUOUS CRUISERS - the narrowboat James built 12:55
thanks for this, that will be great ....finally
Yes still here still watching, not giving up now, totally invested now, need to see this boat finished and you cruising on it :)
Interesting that in the last month I have done RYA narrowboat diesel engine course, and they talked about the ford diesel engines, like the one you have, not really being suitable for marine use due to them using a timing belt which doesn't fare well in moisture laden environments :)
Thank you s much, it been quite the journey but we will get there, hopefully the DIY hasent become to boring but its out of out hands really, oh thats interesting we heard our one was quite reliable so will just have to wait and see I suppose
Don’t forget to keep any Hatches open after you Treat the Surface , or you might find ( depending on what your using ) they get stuck down when it drys . 😊
thats a very good point, thank you
I was wondering if you were going to put in a hatch but you got it in before i asked . Be careful sanding the floorboards , if you didn't knock the nails in a bit deeper than the boards you will be sanding the top of the nails too which will maybe tear your sander belt to bits :-)
Haha! Yeah my memory kicked in eventually!! 😂 Thanks so much for your advise, we will make sure to check the nails over before we get sanding otherwise we will be going through a lot of sand paper!
Nice dry bilge. Good to see I'm sure! Loved the bit of quackery! 😄
Ahh sooooo nice to see!!! Haha!!! Ahh I can't stop laughing!!!
you can hire a floor sander ,but make sure all the nails are punched in well,with a nail punch ,otherwise you tear the belt to bits ,instead of playing chess with the unwanted stuff ,bin it
thats interesting, yes we thought we may need to punch them in a bit
The whistleing wombat is like fixing a broken heart it takes alot of time patience and dedication but in the end it's worth it so keep pushing through it guys lol
it really does..I never thought it would take this long, but its is getting there slowly...were pretty close now really, thanks
The issue you may run into using unseasoned softwood for flooring is that it’s probably likely to shrink a fair bit as it dries out but that’s not the end of the world.
oh god thanks for letting us know, lets hope it doesn't shrink to much
Fabulous job on that floor. Those inspection hatches are a lot of work and well done bex for doing a great job and to you Chris for great vlogging. Filfy fumbs from me. 👍👍👍👍
filthy fumbs Will, Bex is so handy...I would have just laid a grubby carpet....thanks to her it going to look cracking , take care buddy
@@TheNomadicCrobot 😂😂😂👍 It takes two to make these vlogs. So great team work guys.
I've learnt more of how and how not to do off you guys and had more laughs along the way! Keep up the good work! 🥳
thanks so much for enjoying our adventure
Lovely floor another great vlog the titan needs out to clean up😊
Thank you! Haha! Indeed he does!!!
Yes, I’ve done the full 2 year stretch 😂x
Thank you so much..here's to a other 2 xx
Thanks I would like to give you a little more but I don't know how to do it let me know. Doug
Thank you Doug this is so kind of you, it really does help keep the adventure alive, if its easier we have a donation account at www.buymeacoffee.com/nomadiccrobot but in all honestly just you watching our journey means the most to us both
You guys have done a great job of the floor. Well done
thank you Bradley 😊
Oh Becks your laugh is so contagious and Chris you’re just so funny. Once again been cheered up by the Crobot pair and your amazing antics. The floor looks absolutely fabulous too guys. Your little home has come a long way since that soggy, rusty floor. You should be so proud of yourselves. Big hugs 🫂 and lots of wishes.
Estelle and daughters. xx
Ps - Hope the coffees help out ❤️
Hi Estelle Thank you so much for all your coffees, I really does help keep us going, the floor has come on great...fingers crossed all the wood won't attract to many spiders, I lost my voice the last few days so Bex has been a lucky girl, hope you and your daughters have a lovely weekend take care xx
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Aww get the mint spray out Chris honestly it keeps them away. I personally thought you were brave getting rid of those baby ones. Eeeeeew I would have died lol 😂. And yr welcome for the coffees no probs at all glad I can help you both. Mmmwah xxxxx❤️❤️❤️
😂😂 I couldn't stop laughing myself
Hahaha!!! I was crying with laughter as he was dashing around 😂😂😂
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Yeah
He’s a sandwich short of a Picnic 😮
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Hi guys, we watch your videos every time they come out, you are both very natural and it works well for you both and of course the duck lol, she very friendly, we have a boat but it's not a narrow boat, we are on the
Norfolk broads with our boat it's a broads cruiser 44ft x 12, unfortunately we are having problems at the moment, we have been waiting to cruise on our boat for over 2 years just like you guy's, could we just ask you if you wouldn't mind in just giving us a shout out would really help us and our channel, we do have a gofundme page don't worry we are not asking you to contribute
this was a hard decision but if you watch our vids then you will know why, we need all the help we can and as fellow boat owners and travellers we just thought you may be able to give us a mention in your next vids, if you cant then no worries we will understand, take care and keep your vids up there always interesting and great to watch.😍🤩💞
Hi guys, thank you do much, and sorry to hear the dream hasent quite worked out yet, unfortunately we rarely get to watch other channels because we're so stuck in our own mess, we would love to give you a shout out we will just need to work out how to incorporate it to a video without it just being to random ,take care
@@TheNomadicCrobot Hi both, that would be great if you could, and thank you for your reply, very much appreciated hope you get away on your Crobot boat soon we know how you feel we haven't got the chance to cruise yet, you never know we may bump in to one another one day hope so, take care and keep up your interesting and funny video's.💗💗
Great work on the hatch Bex, maybe the duck is absent as she's "hatching" stuff of her own, or hatching a plan to steal all that lovely new food.....I'm here all week 😊
Thanks so much 😊 Haha!!! I have to say your jokes are just egg-cellent 😉😂
@@TheNomadicCrobot was a bit of a "scramble" to do them so quick. I'll stop now lol
Been here since day 1 , Kev sent me here , love your content ❤
you Legend, thank you 👍👍🥰
Your right half way along and at the stern 👍🖐
we got there in the end
Its late so it could be me nagging, but, instead of making the opening bigger, couldn't you have made the hatch just a little smaller? Doesn't matter. Just a tip, scribe the sideboard and cut a little smaller. Baseboard and done!
The floor looks great, the hatch to, i love it really, and now after work onwards to long steamy hot showers you two!
Bless you both!
Haha! Nag away I'm always willing to learn! I couldn't have made the hatch smaller though at that point as I'd already cut the subfloor opening for the hatch which lined up with the support beams underneath. It's such a complicated process! I think this is what you're referring to? Otherwise if I'd made it smaller, the sub floor piece would catch on the surrounding floorboards whenever you needed to lift it up. Does that make sense!? I'm not quite sure I know what you mean by scribe the sideboard!? Sorry it doesn't take much to confuse me!!! 😂 Thanks so much for your comments. Yeah on the highway to showersville!! Can't wait 😆
@@TheNomadicCrobot I wish you both the best shower ever! On board, in your own shower, you are going to love it.
Scribing means you take a pensil and a peace of wood and follow the line of the wall on your floorboard to get the curve. Then measure youre with ( wideness? ) and follow the curve a little narrow to give yourselve some mercy, the floor can "work " and the baseboard will cover the cab. Difficault to type technical English iff youre thinking it in Dutch. I hope i make sense. I get the hatch problem, you did well!!
Wanky, willie whatever next! The Floor is perfect but are you really going to paint it or wax or varnish it ?? I gotta know ! Quack 🦆 see you gorgeous peeps very soon ! Xxx
im getting carried away now haha the floor is great hasn't Bex done well, we will be vanishing it with probably a darker stain but first will have to sand it, thanks for watching Mandy have a lovely week xxx
@@TheNomadicCrobot you did well too chris !! X
where did you get the hammer from? a museum
Hahahah!!!! It was handed down to me from an old friend! If it ain't broke don't fix it and all 😉
Of course, the larger the calorifier, the longer it will take the water to get hot. And hot water is only free if the engine is being run for another purpose. You might find a 2-hour cruise would be needed for really hot water.
Well this is true so we are hoping we've gone for the right size. The plan is that we will be cruising a lot hence why we want to harness that energy when we are already using the engine. Fingers crossed it works out this way! 🤞😂
Is the emergency 12v needed to stop it freezing in winter if the engine breaks down. Could be expensive.
Come on guys sort it out .. get cruising now
There's nothing more we would both like but to be cruising,the marina fees when we're both not bringing in much money is a killer, fingers crossed its soon but a complete refit with not much knowledge on how to do things seams to take a long old time unfortunately
I had hair when this channel started.😊
Hahaha!!! Yeah Chris is looking a little wispier on top nowadays too 😂
Just keep going, not laughed so much in ages. Do watch "the Narrowboat that James built" got an internal bet with myself which one of you will finish 1st 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Haha!! So glad you enjoyed! Haha!! Yeah he is great isn't he! I think he wins out on skills!!! 😂😂😂
@@TheNomadicCrobot think he might win out on the time scale as well lol
Yeah I think you're probably right!!!! 😂
Great job both keep up the great work 👍
Thanks so much 😊
Always nice to watch you.
Thank you
Ty ty ty your vids make my day
Aww thanks so much for watching 😊
what are you messing about at get that boat sorted out and start crousing 3 years and i dont think you are near the finish line as much as i love your video's i would love to see you on the canals
we have a lot to do, but alot can be done on route, hot water, and energy and we should be good to go
You two are quackers!
haha
Yes we have love it all
haha thank you 😀
That dark board right in the middle has to go. It will not stain evenly and always look annoyingly darker.
You have enough spares to find a matching one.
I think that shows up a lot darker on the camera than it is as I had to go and look at what you meant! We are hoping to colour them a little darker anyway so fingers crossed it will be fine or if not like you say we have spare boards we can swap it with. Thanks for watching 😊
@@TheNomadicCrobot Yes, it looks much darker on camera, very noticeable. A different shade too, more pink than yellow (look up "heartwood" and "sapwood" if you're interested where the difference comes from) and heartwood is usually harder to stain, so you might have to use a much darker stain than you think to bring it to the same shade.
You laid a few other boards that are partially heartwood, so be aware that those will not stain evenly. Swapping those boards for solid lighter ones now might prevent a lot of swearing in the near future 😁
You might not mind it too much, I would hate it too much to leave like that.
Ooh thank you I will look that up 🙂 Haha!! Indeedy, although we both quite like the slightly unevenness of them but I totally get that it's not for everyone! 😂 We will have another look and see what we think!
@@TheNomadicCrobot I don't mind slight unevenness - it looks more rustic than perfectly even boards, but for me this crosses into "it would bug me every time I look at it" territory 😂 because it's right in the middle. It would be much less annoying if it was somewhere by the wall.
But ultimately it's your floor and if you like it, that's what matters.
Nice to see the floor laid and looking good and without a major mishap. Hopefully Bec's dad will sort out the hot water and you'll be almost ready to go cruising again
then all we really need to do is get the batteries charging and were good to go, easier said than done, first things first lets gets Beccas dad booked in
Super nice!
Thank you 😊
Quack quack 😊
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Floor looks amazing. I think you should be a hatch installer Bex, fantastic job. 👏 Looking forward to your next vlog guys ❤
Aww thank you so much 🥰 I love making them so that's not a bad idea!! Thanks lovely ❤️
Brilliant job with the floor! It looks fabulous. The duck quacker prank really made me laugh too.
Thanks so much Margaret! We are really chuffed with it. Haha!!! Oh me too I just can't stop laughing about it and the way it had Chris running around all over the shop!!! 😂
Still waiting for my tour of the boat lol
Anytime Simon!!
@@TheNomadicCrobot will have to book a weekend to come and see you both
The hatch is brilliant for keeping stuff cold and extra storage space Great job becks keep it up
Ah yeah that's a great idea! Thanks so much Brian 😊
yet again the crobots have given us all another great vlog keep up the good work
thanks so much for enjoying
I’ve been watching your DIY Vlogs for so long - I forgot you even had a Boat that Cruises on the water 😂 Thanks for keeping us laughing.
Haha!!! Well exactly!! Why would you remember she's a boat!!! Don't you worry, we will get some flowing water under hull yet!! 😂