canalsiderenovation

We would have to get a new piece of glass cut as we can't drill the piece we have as it is toughened. In my last house I had a piece of clear glass over the sink which I had cut and drilled and just used mirror screws/caps. When I changed the colour of the walls I just unscrewed it and painted behind it but this was only a small piece!

We don't have proper bath/kitchen paint as we only had everything sprayed/mist coated before moving in to avoid the pink plaster look for 12 months. We will get it done properly decorated next year with all the woodwork etc we have a few screws that have popped etc (likely as it was plastered in winter, cold weather, heating on etc). It's more for splashes up the wall which SWMBO tells me occur when cleaning the bath/rinsing with the shower head or rinsing conditioner off hair (I just do that when I've finished in the bath and take the two steps to the shower)! You may be right and that a better paint makes all the difference. I don't think the glass we were trying to make good use of is going to work..

Exactly this! I was sceptical but we love it. We did go for a matt textured version which wasn't dissimilar to the sort of tile we would have had. I don't like the gloss versions of wet wall/showerwall.

It would pretty much cover the whole length and about 600mm above the top of the bath. It doesn't need to be to the ceiling rather just enough to account for splashes up the wall. Good point about the walls. I'm sure the green board was used in the shower area but we have the showerwall panels over the top. I don't know about this wall though.....

Yes you can see, not like clear glass but it's not completely opaque. It's so heavy we managed to move it from outside where it has been since Xmas into the house as we were going to try and get rid of it but it nearly killed us! but I quite like the idea of glass but there is the issue of fixing it to the wall and the printed mark too which I presume can't be got rid of. May have to look at pricing up a piece of glass instead.

It's got this mark printed on it.

In our ensuite we have showerwall panels Urban Concrete in our shower and we definitely don't want the panels on any other walls as it's 'too much'. The bathroom cabinets are a grey colour from Roper Rhodes and the vanity has a granite top not dissimilar to the Urban Concrete. We need something on the back wall of bath but aren't quite sure what. Tiles are a definite no as it has to be easy to maintain and clean and after showerwall I'd never have tiles again. We somehow acquired a piece of smoked glass which is from a walk in shower. I think when we got one shower ex display it got put in with it accidently and we are thinking it could look pretty smart as a splashback. It's 200 x 116 and will fit along the back wall behind the bath nicely but it's around 4mm thick and large. I'm guessing it can't be drilled as it has the triangle printed on it so probably is toughened?? Thoughts and advice on using this and how to attach smoked glass to the wall?? Is there some form of bracket we could use? It's a solid wall. Wall behind the bath: Showerwall: Vanity:

Yes gas fridges aren't recommended for boats now, not sure why and where I read it on Canalworld forums. Still waiting for wife's uncle to give verdict on fridge but I think it's knackered, light on switch inside but no noise when turning temperature from 0-9. Having seen price of decent 12v fridges we are going to explore getting the inverter sorted so we can get a conventional, small fridge. We just need to make sure it is the right type of inverter and that any conventional fridge doesn't cane the starter and leisure battery and look at the solar too..... It did have an inverter until earlier this year until the Boat Safety guy found it to be non compliant and cut the plug off it so hopefully it can be sorted soon. Indeed it is, hopefully when the garden is sorted and we have a proper patio etc it will be better! Good god! Our neighbours warned us about this. Our tank isn't that big but it probably wouldn't take much to sink the boat, it's one of those 'bladder' types - think of the sort you use when hiking but a lot bigger!

Not that I have noticed. I'll double check later.

Cheers I'll have a look. Generally Waeco is recommended on boating forums but they ain't cheap. We have my wife's electrician uncle taking a look at it first incase we messed with something when we were cleaning it. Power is getting to it as the light is on but it isn't going cold.

Well the fridge broke a couple of hours after we set off so we had no fridge but we had some tins and pasta so coped ok. Just need to check it over. It's only 12v so any replacement fridge isn't cheap! The inverter was taken off as it failed the safety so rather than replace it to get it to pass the boat safety it was disconnected. 12v is fine for us as we can charge our phone etc and the solar charges the leisure/starter batteries. The oven/grill is old but functional and works.

Indeed it is! No, it is a Midway 265 boat built by Piper in 1999 (the first one). Not ex hire, privately owned and we know it's history from when it was built as we tracked down the man who built it.

It's a four birth complete with two double make up beds, wet room with shower hose from sink and kitchen facilities. Table can be put in between those chairs which make up a bed. That pulls out to make a double bed too.

Ok so I had to post this, we haven't sank or crashed and made it back home. And yep, the garden was definitely missing a boat - we love it!

Our boating friends who have a 72ft and accompanied us for lots of the first day said you definitely feel movement more on a smaller boat and certainly in the locks or when larger boats pass. I do suffer with travel sickness on most transportation but the movement must be minimal here as I haven't needed to take any tablets. Fast trains make me so I'll especially if facing the opposite way to travelling.

The render has made such a difference! Sea sickness! It did take me some getting use to last night which was our first night but I think I'm used to it now. It's only 26.5ft so you probably feel more movement on this one than the larger ones.

Currently cruising back home, she's a lovely boat!

I've just got some blue poppies and I'm hoping they will spread! Mum also gave me some lupin seeds so that's something else to plant.

Ooh it looks nice I may have to plant some.

I moved every plant and bulb by had that was going to be disrupted by the building work. Some others such as foxgloves have just appeared. A lot of the trees are self setting. The area where it steps up we will just grass as there is no need for it to be a path - paving all 90 metres isn't necessary and would be costly. The rest of it will be some form of aggregate and porcelain paving to match the patio.

So the latest on the crash barriers. We have continued and encountered a few issues such as old concrete, water pipes and not to mention the fact the embankment isnt straight so we couldn't just continue in a line. As many of you know we are also in a split level bungalow so we also had to deal with varying heights too. Much to dad's annoyance we had to curve slightly and dad being dad also had another idea to put in a woodstore opposite our back door for our logburner (it will have anthracite corrugated roofing).

Yep in roof solar, something which is great - with the excess solar doing the hot water we haven't had the ASHP heating the hot water for months.

Haha there's a thought! Just one panel on the boat which feeds the batteries as it's all 12v.

Yes we do too, no regrets there.

I'm pleased to say finally we are insulated and have render. Credit to our plasterer who has been brilliant and done an amazing job. The colour is Ecorend marble white so is a very clean white looking colour rather than the yellow/grey looking off whites we saw but we like it. The plasterer came in the early hours before the sun as it was blinding trying to apply it in direct sun over the past couple of weeks. Once we have the aggregate round the house and plants etc I don't think it will look too crazy. Waiting for the anthracite guttering to be fixed on and some of the plastic work and roof edging needs some TLC and if I hear the word 'mastic' again - which seems to be the answer to everything cladding and plastic related I'll strangle the builder. Also need fan covers attaching and our lights putting on which should be next week. Thought I'd share these pics. We have started to apply Bitumen paint on the bricks below DPC and this has smartened up the area where the bedroom/dressing room is where it is the split level inside with steps and rooms are higher than the rest of the house. We haven't finished all the way around yet. Loving the front door now with the render. Despite it being black in a silver frame and the anthracite windows we think it looks fine. This is the back of the house into our utility with the stable door. The hose pipe isn't on the render it's fixed onto a galvanised post. Of course we still have lots of garden work to do, no double garage and no dressing room etc but prices so high we have shelved things for now. Probably the most exciting non-house related news is we bought a boat which took a chunk out of the house budget!