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| BoatForMyPotplants |
Posted - 27 May 2011 : 06:28:00
Now that work is under way in earnest inside The Boat For My Potplants, I had a eureka moment whilst pondering how to achieve some extra headroom. Of course! I could make 'tiles' of plywood and lay them lower down into the sections of the bilge.
An old boat is like an old house. Nothing is exactly symetrical or straight, or indeed flat, so each 'tile' had to be made individually to fit precisely into each recess, which is what I did.
The idea worked, but unfortunately, the tiles creaked underfoot as they couldn't lay completely correctly. I scratched my head some more and came up with another great solution. I needed something rubber under each tile in order to even them out and absorb the noise.
Well! Being extremely cautious of the cost, or perhaps just plain tight, I eventually discovered Tesco 'Value' car mats at only £1 each, and promptly bought up five of them, pleased with my money-saving idea.
Well! Even the check-out lady commented that she could smell them coming when I was queuing up to pay. I should have put them back on the shelf there and then, but regretfully I didn't. I left the mats in my van overnight. The following morning I got up full of enthusiasm, had a hasty breakfast, and was eager to get to work.
Well! I could smell the bloody mats in the street before I even opened the van door. But unperturbed, I cut up the mats on the boat and placed them under each tile, convincing myself that the odour wafting from the cabin wasn't all that bad.
Well! Who was I kidding? But at least the creaking has stopped. All I have to do now is to work out how to put up with such a stink.
I know! I wonder if I can find some scented flowers to replace the winter pansies.
Right. It's off to the garden centre now. I've learned in life that there's always an answer to everything.
Neil |
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| BoatForMyPotplants |
Posted - 28 May 2011 : 07:16:32
Thanks for the suggestions. It's 7.15am. I've got until midday until our folks arrive for the weekend. Erindoors is still asleep and thinks I'll be cleaning the house and doing the shopping this morning. But I've got other ideas that involve a paint brush down at the boat, so I'm about to sneak out now while the coast is clear...
Neil |
| tigtog |
Posted - 27 May 2011 : 18:59:41
try a roll of laminate floor underlay, the foam type nice and thin |
| Ricky |
Posted - 27 May 2011 : 13:04:44
Hi
The smell you have to live with, you could have treated it before laying the floor though but too late now for that I expect. My former home had wooden floorboards throughout that creaked and groaned in places and tried everything to quieten them...In the end, sourced an old bike inner tube, cut it round its length to give me a width of maybe 5 inches, then cut into strips for placing under the offending boards! Worked lovely and didn't affect the height of the boards as wafer thin rubber! You get a lot of thin rubber by opening up them tubes!
Never heard a squeak ever again! No smell either! Ive read rubber smells go away if the rubber item is left in the sun for a few days.. but I guess you'll be buying febreeze from now on!!
Cheers Rick |
| Knighty |
Posted - 27 May 2011 : 11:14:27
If anyone comments on the smell tell them it's the wifes fetish stuff in the locker  |
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