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I can still see the boat in the yard, are you still working on it?

Hi Dale, unfortunately not and depends on your set-up, inverter size and power needs. Our Lithium batteries needed other 'blue' boxes to make them work, charge and maintain the right way. We have a victron multiplus 12/3000 so needed 5x 80ah batteries (originally bought 3 but it didn't cover VMP 12/3000. 110ah back then were much more expensive and we had room for 3). Victron batteries have a certain amount of additional tech inside and maybe why they're much more expensive and bigger, but helps in monitoring/charging etc. So it is about cost in general, cost of Lithium, wiring, and the blue boxes: Victron Battery Management System BMS 12/200, Victron -VE.Bus BMS to BMS 12-200 alternator control cable, Victron BatteryProtect 12/24V-100A as well as double poss/neg cables on the inverter, and the batteries star wired not in series or parallel. The are lots of fuses along the way. It's very expensive and complicated unless you know what you're doing (I didn't and now know the principle but not how to). Have a look at the "12 Volts Boating Group" on Facebook, there are 2 groups the other 'Volt' without the 's'. Graham who runs it helped us and there are things in the 'file' section you can read about Lithium and wiring. His preference is the Victron Battery because it's a bit simpler but we bough ours in 2017 and things change, Victron Battery were out of our price range and we thought it was a simple to just use Lithium without all the other gubbins and not LA. Though it took some time to get things right, lots of time and expense, I'm happy with it but it is a question of weighing up the pros and cons for your situation, your set-up now, space, money... what was right for me might not be for you but it is still worth considering. Hope that helps. Best, Martin

@@TheNarrowBoatToTheDeepNorth Thank you Martin, Graham has been in touch already through FB and has given me lots of advice, I think that costs and life expectancy’s the key figure, we have booked a New Build slot with Braidbar so the investment in our current Narrowboat would not be returned. But it has given me ideas for the next one! Thank you fir getting back to me. Regards Dale

That's a good question, it was a mixture of Auro 160 Woodstain and Mylands Varnish, there's a vlog about it here ua-cam.com/video/Bi8uub7ns0E/v-deo.html . It's low VOC and actual smells good. Thanks for looking. Best, Martin

Thank you! Cheers! Best, Martin

Hi Nobby, water tanks are very expensive unless you can do it yourself. Steel tanks have to be painted on the inside, I believe, and therefore maintained after time (re-painted etc). The water is more prone to freezing and as we had a plastic one and not very old, it seemed a good idea to keep with it as it has quite large capacity. Best, Martin

Hi Howard, 2020 was a rather strange year with lockdownds and Tier restrictions which seriously hampered our ablilty to even get to the boat so we didn't do much filming - mainly working on smaller things that we could do in one or two days when we were able to get. We do have one vlog in the can, but the whole thing needs editing and shaping, something we filmed during the summer during the more relaxed restrictions. It's on my list of things to do but paid work gets in the way :) Thanks for nudging us though and for watching. Best MaArtin

Hi Stephenie, thank you for watching. Seems obvious after the fact but useful to remember and did save a lot of time. Best, Martin

Thanks Steve! Best, Martin

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for whatching. best, Martin

Most tunnels are just about big enough for 2 to pass slowly, I think there's at least one that you have to book ahead to enter as it's old and so low/small (in some cases you even have to weigh the boat down more). Thanks for watching! best, Martin

Thank you! And for watching 🙂

Hi, I've replied to this post twice now, I'm not sure whats happeing :/ let me know if you still need this info. , best, Martin

@@TheNarrowBoatToTheDeepNorth Hi Martin. This the 1st reply I have seen regarding this. I know the charges vary thoughout the country with some charging more for lift but less for hard standing or vica versa.

@@DEmma1972 Lifting is around £350 and hardstanding is charged by the foot - 57ft for £192 p/m plus electic, this hasn't changed while we've been there but it might be diferent for new customers, but it gives you an idea.

@@TheNarrowBoatToTheDeepNorth perfect thank you

Thank you! And for watching, I'll have a look at your channel. Best, Martin

Thank you Alex, and for commenting. Very slow progress this year for the obvious resons but hoping to get things moving a little quicker from now on, fingers crossed though :)

Welcome aboard! glad to have you along. Best, Martin

Sometimes we do think we should just do the box standard thing but in the end, this is our home and the fire place is something that we'll look at every day and night, and so is a focus, so, it needed to be special for us. We can sit back and say, yes, we agree with Stephanie, it is stunning! Thank you for the comment and for watching, best, Martin

Thank you Stephanie, it's also that darn maple, it's so hard :)

Welcome aboard Katherine! It seems YT have stopped notifying me when people watch a video so, sorry for the delay in responding. We're please with the way they came out, something very sparkly to look at. Thanks for watching, best, Martin

Hi Ian, well, it was going to be late summer/early autumn but with the lockdown thingfs will have to be pushed back as we're not locked down on the boat. best, Martin

Hi Jenny, yes YT does seem to be a bit hit and miss with notifications, for me to. Glad you found it though and glad you like the tiles. Fires are such a centre piece especially went lit, the tiles do add to that pleasure. And, in brighter weather, they shine and sparkle :) best, Martin

Thank you! And thanks for watching, best, Martin

Hi Jaycee, thank you and thank you for watch! Best, Martin

Hi Martin, don't get me started on YT, they're ment to send me notifcations when someone leaves a comment but it's quite random, sometimes I get them sometimes not, like yours and most of the ones for this video so far (or they come in days later), my rant over. Seems the guilelines are just that rather anything more, and there's very little in the regs. re. the stove. We have a basic flue which I think is 5" which was bought at the time we first got the boat - so didn't know a lot then, still don't :) - but, it fitted the collar so that's what we've used so far. It's also the thing we still need to properly finish on the stove, we'd like a double skin flue though there's pros and cons to both, but that's another day. I like the idea of the efficiency of a double lined flue but, on a narrowboat, they do look massive. Are yuo on the water?

The Narrow Boat To The Deep North - yes floating in a boatyard on the Coventry - I had a part fitted sailaway and she’s ok for me to live on - just need to install the oven and hob then the drawers and cupboard fronts and then I need to create cupboards and shelves for storage as most of my stuff is still in boxes or on the floor

Sounds good. Are yuo able to work on it now due to the current state of affairs?

The Narrow Boat To The Deep North - just before the lockdown I made the decision to move onto the boat and leave my house for my son to look after so I’m effectively a live-aboard, so once lockdown started I decided to spend it on the boat as I can still work from here anyway. It’s been very strange, enthusiasm has disappeared as I can’t get hold of anything I need - I now just want to get the boat out of the mooring and see some life on the cut before winter

I can imagine how frustrating it is both from advancing the fit-out, we're in lockdown away from the boat, and keeping the enthusiasm going under these circumstances. Hopefully it won't be too long before things start opening up or being available.

Hi Cheryl, thank you! It's been too long we know but we do try. Thanks for commenting, best, Martin

Our pleasure Colin, glad it was of help. Good luck with the hearth - when you get chance, best, Martin

Hi Louise - thank you! glad you like them as well. Having made some significant progress at the end of last year and the start of this, we hoped that it would be sometime this summer, even late summer, but with covid19 and being in lockdown we're not sure now. Thanks for watching and commenting, we appreciate it. Best, Martin

We totally agree! Anything to add light around a dark stove. Thanks for you comment and for watching :) best, Martin

Glad you like them! We're really please with how they turned out. Thanks for watching, best, Martin

Hi C Cooper - I don't really do LOL's but I did laugh out loud reading your comment. We originally had a different idea for the surround but we just could wait any longer to do it and had already bought the floor tile a year ago. We then found the metal title and thought they'd work well as an alternative, and go with the larger tile. Thanks for watching!

Thanks so much! A little bit of a set back right with covid19 and missing our boat maddly but we're staying safe and helping my parents to do the same. Best, Martin