For our FIRST TIME, this didn’t go too badly! A BIG week of DIY on our HOUSE BOAT | this tiny life
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- Welcome back to our off-grid, fully electric house boat build journey! In this week's boat build update, we're slowly transforming our bathroom and the living space. A few weeks ago we picked up some old roofing slate from a skip, and now we're finally getting to lay them underneath where the fire will go. Whilst one of us turns our attention to the tiling, the other is sorting out the bathroom floor. Of course, it's not just as simple as laying it down. First, we need to even out the subfloor!
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Jack and Gabby xx
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:15 - Let's bring you up to speed
00:49 - Mosaic time
01:25 - It's looking good
02:20 - The bathroom is becoming a priority
03:02 - A sustainable floor battle
04:47 - Let's sort the sub floor
05:35 - Back to the tiling
06:17 - Cutting slate - will it work?!
07:16 - Will it fit?
07:52 - An Etsy side hustle
09:15 - The tiling is ready to go down!
09:42 - Back to the bathroom
10:15 - Lay that flooring
11:47 - Ta-da
13:18 - Adhesive time
16:29 - The clock is ticking
18:35 - The hearth is ready!
19:09 - Last bit from us
20:07 - fin
Really enjoyed watching your lovely video. Really hope you are well and having a great Monday. Many thanks from Chris and 🎉
Thanks so much! ✨✨
Hearth and Lino look great 👍
Thank youu ✨
I have to say you two are amazing. I'm twice your age but would never have the guts to do what you are doing. It's going to look wonderful when it's finished. You should both be very proud of your achievements so far. Lots of love guys x
That's real sweet to say thank you! Slow and steady but we're getting there ✨✨
Very nice with the tiles. I like the vinyl too 🇦🇺🎸⚡️🤘🏼🤘🏿💋❤️
also twice your age, and envious of your adventure. thanks for sharing.
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I think the choice of using the lino was a sound choice environmentally and aesthetically!
Ah thank youu ✨
❤❤❤❤❤U Heidi! Take care of yourself! ❤ Chicago, IL USA 🇺🇸 😊 P.S . your Pirate boat is awesome!!😊
Thank youu ✨⭐
Interesting video how you repair your boat. Keep on the good work.
Thank you!
Your bathroom will be very beautiful. Love all the stuff u choose very posh
It's a lot of time searching for the best second hand finds!! Thank you ✨✨
Nice to meet you Guys outside the Beer Tent. I take back that I haven’t seen a Vlog from you guys for a while we went to the show Saturday and for the whole time we were at Crick the internet was pretty pants so didn’t see this one 🤦♂️😎 slate looks great 👏🏻👏🏻. Nick 🤠
It was great to meet you Nick!! Let us know when yours is delivered and you're on the water!! ✨
Oh that is so me trying to pronounce a word you do not hear every day, then the current husband pronounces it correctly for me, oh Gabby that gave me a giggle 😂
I LOVE watching your vids. You both work well together and youre not in a rush, taking time to do things well. It's very peaceful. ❤
Thank you 🙏🙏
Might I suggest that when you are using Lino for a bathroom there is a trick where you actually go up the wall about 100mm and use a batten of timber or skirting over the top which you then use some sealer.
It’s normally used for wet rooms but it might be a good idea for your bathroom just in case it ever floods !.
With tiles such as you were using, you do need to scratch or score the side that goes down onto the adhesive ( you might be ok but if any comes loose you know what to do with them next time ).
Think you two are doing a absolutely magnificent Job ❤
Ah that's a good idea! We're not planning on any more lino at the moment but you never know.... handy to know for the future thank you!!
I think is eco, if flooring going to landfill, saved it from that. It's all ready made and used. Saved it rotting fir years and years in to the ground
The slate looks sooo good 👏🏻
Thanks guys!! We were worried it was too thin but seem to have got away with it✨
Aww soz you got colds😔hope soon better. The slate looks lovely! Well done👍 & the lino looks classy!!
Thank you!!! We were worried but really happy with it now it is down 🙂
Awww grad work you both did so well we do hope you are feeling better now look forward to next vlog Ann and David the oldies 😉👋👍🌹
Thanks Ann and David ✨✨✨
Hope you're both feeling better now. Love your bathroom floor, the pattern is gorgeous. Gabby, you did really well with the fire tiles. They look Fab
Thank youuu ✨✨✨
Hi Jack and Gabby. You’ve done a brilliant job with the flooring. That Lino looks great in the bathroom and that slate Tetris puzzle makes an excellent base for your stove. Take care. Nick
Thanks for the support Nick! 🙏
Beyond that you have saved a nice piece of flooring from the bin, the one thing about the vinyl is that if will work as long as you need it to. If later you decide you want to change it, you can and you won’t have an unfinished floor sitting there.
That is one thing that was playing on our mind.. if there's ever a bathroom leak we can easily just whip up the flooring! Thank you ✨
You’re doing an awesome job! Using reclaimed/repurposed items makes things a lot harder, and if you don’t have good vision it can look like a dog’s breakfast.
But that repurposed vanity and wash bowl with that flooring will look amazing - just keep your other elements tonal and it will look like you always planned it to look that way!
I hope the slate tiles can cope with the weight of the heater - maybe don’t drag it over them ‘just in case’.
Looking forward to seeing your progress next week - I hope you finally get your bath/shower sorted!!
Thank you Claire!! It's always a bit of a battle going reclaimed you're right, trying to make sure everything matches enough to not be too higgledy! The thing with the stove is it's so heavy we don't have much choice with how we move it 🤣🤣 our latest ep (going up tonight) shows the fire progress! Thanks for watching ✨✨
Brilliant progress! You’re doing so well. Hope you feel a lot better soon - being I’ll is such a nuisance! Loving the new flooring - reusing Lino seems like a great choice and good for the environment as well as the floor. That slate looks fantastic and you did a wonder job making it fit. 😊
Thanks for the lovely support!! ✨✨✨
The vinyl looks great & the tiles came together very nicely, the best things in life are free! I used to love tiling & preferred using my fingers like you did to smooth the grout between them rather than some awkward expensive tool.
Hope you're both over your snuffles x
Thanks Annie...we're really happy with how they've both come out!! It's quite a satisfying DIY job isn't it....although more stressful than I thought 😅
Ughmmmmmmm, write the number with a sharpie on the back side? Looks great!!!
Hand sanitiser removes sharpie x
Ah great tip thank you!! x
Wow what a lot of work! Bravo! xx
Thank youuu🙌
Lovely getting some tips for my build 😊
Well that means a lot haha, must be doing something right 😅 it's a lot of trial and error with us but all is good so far!!
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Amazing work guys. Love it ❤
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Omg great progress. Loving it. And yes lots of coughy things going about. Take care and best wishes ❤
Thank you - we're feeling like we're really getting there now!! 🎉
So glad the boats getting there for you both. My new engine cause next week
Thank you 🙏 oooh exciting!!
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Really enjoying your boat build videos. That off-cut of vinyl flooring actually gives the bathroom a very posh look. If the slate tiles break very easily, are there any concerns about them holding the weight of the stove?
Thank you!! We were really apprehensive about it but thank you, agree it looks quite classy down! The slates are quite thin which was a concern... But watch this week's ep (going up tonight) to see if they hold up 😉
Do you fixate the bathroom floor on the underfloor? To prefend the water going under?
Not sure this is the right answer... but for us, no! If there's ever a leak it'll be easier to pull it up to check 🙂
Rubbing alcohol removes sharpie ink.
Thank you!
Lino is an excellent choice. Remember Plastic is our friend, and litter is our enemy. We need education about not throwing plastic into the road which then finds its way into rivers, and then oceans, not persecution of plastics.
Hmm creating new plastic isn't really the answer though - we try to avoid it where possible. Even if there's no intentional individual littering, it finds its way into the oceans! But..... Sometimes it does have a use!
slate cutting is not easy plenty of info on the internet of how to do it ,cork flooring not really a good idea ,gets dirty very easy ,i know had to clean staircases with cork flooring, Was you going to walk a tight rope in that footwear ,not good for working in lol, tilling good job ,makes it oldy worldly
Fingers crossed the weight of your stove doesn't crack those tiles
Let's hope so!!!!🤞
Why did youtube recommend this channel to me? I could not live that cramped travelling all the time lifestyle and calling no place home. Why would anyone want to be forced to be constantly on the move? Slate has always been so easily breakable and not doing what you want. We had tons of it years ago replacing roofs from ancient homes. It was very dusty messy work. Good luck. 25 years from now you will hate each other for what you went through and did. life sucks. 😞
You're a laugh ✌️ pleased you gave us a go. Have a nice life 🙂
@@thistinylife 🤣🤣What? Your not a typical redhead.HUH! I hope you 2 have a great life.......without regrets with anything that you did. Sorry, just thinking of that life style makes me Coo Coo. Maybe if I was young again and my wife had her red hair again. But that's been gone for 25 years at least. And yes, I am a spoiled american in south flori ...duh. Thanks and take care. 😁😁