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Disney
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 25 Aug 2017 : 09:59:03
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This year we've become excited owners of our first boat , a Norman Mk23 (?) but have one major drawback there isn't a toilet cubicle and we want to build one in..........but how ?
The galley is on the right as you enter the cabin so we thought about removing one of the galley seats on the left and creating a cubicle there , behind the ships wheel ?
Would appreciate any advice , hints or tips about how to start !! |
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trevork
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Posted - 25 Aug 2017 : 13:29:02
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Yours must have had this removed as, as far as I am aware, all 23's had a toilet space. Have a look at the main site under brochures and you should be able to find plans of the boats layout.
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cliveshep
Thailand
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Posted - 25 Aug 2017 : 13:34:53
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This is a Norman 18.5 rebuild but you can see the principles. The toilet bulkhead is 12mm ply, with a hardwood frame rebated 12mm x 12mm deep as a door post glued over. Tape to mask to give yourself a 50mm band up to the underside of the side deck to you can glass it in without getting resin all over the face.
Picture of masked ply panels shows what I mean. Get all the paint off the hull where you need to bond glass tape, I use a heat gun to soften it and scrape with a shave-hook - the triangular scraper used when burning off paint. The rougher the better for a good bond so scraping off some resin and exposing fibres is good.
The new bulkhead is held at the top by a small panel or solid head connecting across the new doorway to the main bulkhead.
Buy some woven roving and resin from a supplier, roving wets in easier and is less messy than CSM (Chopped Strand Mat)
Bond your new bulkhead in down the back and across the bottom of the hull. Glass both sides if you can. Don't try and glass it in above the side deck or across the headlining, rely on the head panel connection to the main bulkhead to hold that. Keep the head-lining nice and clean, just have to be accurate with cutting the shape. You can usually get some fixing into the back of the bunk or dinette.
The door opens across the passage way and you close the cockpit door, that is what gives you a nice roomy toilet.
Finished job - the platform is to get over the slope of the hull, the toilet sits on it. Carpeting the back panel and floor covers up the bonding in leaving it neat.
I think you get the idea now.
Finally living the dream!
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Creating a toilet cubicle
