Is It COLD on our NARROWBOAT Home in Winter? | New Wood Burner Install in our Project Boat | EP77
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- čas přidán 8. 12. 2023
- Will we freeze on our narrowboat this winter??! ❄️ Find out how we keep warm through these colder months. Rambler, our tiny project boat, gets an exciting and cosy upgrade with the new stove / wood burner installation!
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The best way for you to stay worm in the morning is to stay in bed until Ben has the fire going
How awesome that Benny and Keith were able to install a new wood burner into Rambler. Now your little boat has heart and soul to sing, dance, and cruise in comfort and cozy-warmth. 🔥🌈🧡🎶🪕🎸
Nice one guys. Rambler's looking great Benny, big shout out to Keith for his skilled assistance ...and a big shout out to Alan for her un-wavering support! 😄😄👍👍
Ben - Frezzing me Knackers off
Emily- Brass door knobs
Alan- Still winning :D
As always a sense of humour, much love to yous
I love watching things come together nicely and the "steampunk" flue is really nice! Very cool how it leaves a space for a kettle on top.
I love the contrast between the dark burner and the bright flue
So pleased that you shared the install of the Mighty No. 1 with us! There's nothing like a log/coal burner for real warmth, especially if you can persuade someone else to clean the chimney...There are several alternative ways of de-sooting the chimney. The Victorians used a small child, or a live chicken, or a small holly bush. I thought Alan was looking anxious ...Thanks!
I want a tiny boat. That cute wood burner. Think I'm falling for Rambler. Its surprising what you can fit in a tiny boat. 💚
The closing credits with the pallet wood on the wall looks so good 😊can’t wait till next time
Nothing better than wood and coal heat 👍👍👍💯💯💯. Rambler is coming along nicely 😊. Ben is doing awesome job 💯💯
I love that stove, burning both wood and coal. Your boat decor is cozy and charming and once you're finished remodeling, it's going to be a beautiful place to call home.
Love watching other people work and you get A for effort. As an old tired trades inspector a few things for what it’s worth.
The flue/chimney is going to be difficult to clean with the offsets. To clean it properly you will have to disassemble it behind the stove which will be messy.
The best way is always to make the flue/chimney go straight vertical into the stove like your other boat so the brush cleans it throughout.
Another thing is where it penetrates the roof it should be all noncombustible metal with 1” air space clearance around the pipe. It’s possible to get a chimney fire if you get distracted and forget the draft open. Creosote chimney fires can burn like a torch approx 2400f.
You can begin to see in Rambler, the same homely style of Roisin Dubh developing, as Benny progresses with the fit out. Not sure how much office and studio, versus home it will be, but a cooker is going in, so interesting to see.
Just to say, I used a pipsqueak on a Norman 23 for 6 years ,living full time. I’m not criticising for the sake of it ,just being factual,
Your flue run is too close to the wall,you would be safer to angle round to 45 degrees, I guarantee that the flue heat will be far higher than you think. The rubberised collar will work fine. Obviously you have to cut wood to about eight inches but you can top load. To comply with boat safety regulations you will need to anchor the base plate down.I’m open to any sensible discussion regarding the aforesaid. Great little stove btw . Top tip, the baffle plate is held in with a Philips head bolt, change it immediately for a robust bolt that you can get a socket on, you will need to remove it to flue clean properly. Also make it a weekly job to flue clean. Hope this all makes sense.
My goodness you have done so much on Rambler in a short space of time! I love your beautiful mini stove, it is gorgeous and a perfect size, you are both so very talented and I love watching you and Alan pottering along the canals. I hope you stay warm and cosy all winter.❤
Great seeing what you’re doing. Make sure to get a fire extinguisher if you don’t already have one. Rambler is Kawaii!💙🔥
Wow Benny and Keith what a fantastic job wood burner looks really lovely. It was lovely seeing Alan bless her sending little hugs.The both boat's are looking lovely.Have a lovely week all three of you.😺🎄🧑🎄
For all those in the comments saying it is illegal to burn coal (there is a big difference between house coal, which most boaters have never used as it’s really dirty and and the types you can burn) - please check your facts instead of accusing people of breaking the law
You could try putting a bag in the fire so when you push down ,it all goes in the bag xx
Good idea. Take the top plate out first ?
The little stove looks great 🎉🎉 did you know you can get a 'back boiler' that goes inside the Morso and it will run a radiator or two for the bedroom, I had one on my 50 barge and it worked really well, used 22mm pipe so no pump required just worked on convection with the hot water,
You can fit a back boiler to a morso, well worth doing. Install a radiator in the bedroom problem solved, much better than burning a second load of fuel in a second stove.
Bless you both. Brings me peace watching you two create your world together. Thank you for sharing.
Love the wood stoves! And I TOTALLY understand your fear of heights!!😩😖
Love the new stove. Both boats look amazing and warm.
Wow, really impressed Ben, Helen loves that stove, love the work you've done so far.🍺🍺
Thanks so much! 😊
hello you three from germany, this is the cutest little woodburner i have ever seen. Thanks for sharing and stay warm and healthy.
Thanks for watching! 😊
Benny is doing such a good job building out Rambler! It's starting to look really good now. Can't wait to see it finished and decorated.
Hi Ben and Emily. Great job sweeping that flue. Definitely a good idea as winter starts to bite. Nice job getting the stove fitted in Rambler It looks so good and I hope that it kicks out enough heat. Take care. Nick
It's so nice to watch a DIY install and it to be good! For tiling behind the sink on flexible ply, consider good quality self adhesive mosaic tiles. They have a little bit of give, but you can still grout them, so look and feel good. Plus very easy to install on inverted faces etc..
That Jackery looks great
I was counting the " yea's" at the end 😂
Hi guys 🥰🤗👋🏾 magnificent progress with Rambler, so glad you have such great friends like Keith 🤗Also loving the way Alan models the Jackery as a warm platform for small animals 🤭🥰😂 I watched the ads, hope it helps 🥰take care until next time 👋🏾🤗
Em's De-Embering Service. 😁...Benny's Palletwood Architecture. Cool little stove! Love that!
You guys, and David's Cruising The Cut, are officially the only narrowboat channels I truly love, and never miss an episode of, and you all feel like my family. ❤
Watched your freezy weather episode wearing only my cut-offs, with a t shirtover my head and my phone so's I could see the screen.
Mind, I have been lighting the burner in the house at night... but only to keep the Spanish cats warm !!
Looks good Benny!
Papa xx
So cool, love the install!
One comment. You have put the stove on a plinth. As we all know heat rises. Installing a stove should be as close to the floor as possible. Your setup has the potential of having your feet in Alaska and your body in tropical Africa.
That's why canal boats have fans, it circulates the warm air all around
But it's a lot easier to use a mini burner like that when it's lifted a bit - you don't need to bend double or kneel down everytime you want to do anything with it.
Such a rash generalisation about the effect of raising the stove on a plinth has only mild entertainment value for the Chattering Class, but provides no useful information for experienced Narrowboaters, or indeed casual onlookers
The Austin 7 had a thermal cooling system that distributed heat from the engine without a water pump. Such thermal distribution of heat will apply inside Rambler too, due to air circulation and human activity.
Those fans on top really help with that.
@@monza1002000The typical stove top fans will move warm air horizontally along the boat reasonably well. But that heat will still rise rather than fall to lower levels.
Have a great week ahead 💗😊
top tip, one or two little computer fans to circulate the air and maintain a constant temp at the back of the boat., roof to the rear, floor to the burner. they dont take much power but make a big difference an hour before bedtime.
Or you can get the fans that use no power, they use heat. You leave it on top of the stove, it heats up and starts spinning and only stops when the fire dies right down. It works by convection and heat radiation through the metal. Science.
Take the baffle plate (top metal plate) out first then brush down and empty before replacing plate. Slightly less horrible that way.
You need a fan to put in the hall to move warm air to the back in the winter
Another wonderful video, guys! Thank you! Lovely looking stove.
I may borrow the line "It's always the one of us who isn't you". Very good!
Just in case you may not be aware of it, a stove needs to be secured to the bulkhead or to a hearth that is secured to a bulkhead or the boat will fail it's safety test (due every 4 years,) and you won't be able to license it.. It doesn't look like you've secured your stove in which case it will fail the next safety test.
Well done team on getting the burner in! It looks fab, and with that and your jackery you’ll be able to work much faster now to hopefully get it mostly done before the worst of the winter weather sets in!
Well done to you both, Benny you are doing a great job on Rambler. I love watching your vlogs
Love it the mini stove is v cute addition, we are learning so much from you both 🎉❤
Look at all that lovely sticky coal smoke: Beautiful.
Awwww luvthe tiny heater and well done with all the hard work you have both done the oldies🤗🤗👍👍
Congrats on the Jackory, these power boxes are so brilliant. I have got a different make but find it so useful when working on my boat and even use it to power my microwave. Awesome!
I hope that I’m not the only one who was quietly humming smoke on the water with this episode 😂
As always a great one!! Love the content!
I ❤ your vlogs. I look forward to them every Saturday. Congrats on the new wood burner and great progress on the Rambler. Lots of ❤ from Arizona 🇺🇸.
Definitely steampunk!
Love keeping up with you guys
Rambler is looking mighty fine. Loving the Pipsqueak Multi-burner. Perhaps Emily would like one for the bedroom? Alan sure was a big help with the installation, her expertise is invaluable when it comes to fitting out wee Rambler.
Hope you all are well ~ keep warm ~ as always Lacy, Mike & Hamish🐾🤗💞
FYI ~ Making a little side door in the back of the platform the stove sits on. Then you could reach the very back without trouble. Sort of a little hide-dee-hole. 🤣
Does anyone else shout "ALAN" when Alan appears 😂😂
Haha benny looks like the type of guy to watch you get smashed by some big bull and then thank you for it 🤣🤣
Benny, Rambler is looking good, the stove a nice warm addition too, all the best to you all
Ive lived on my boat for 24 years and the first thing people ask is " is it cold in winter". I tell them i sit in candle light shivering with a dew drop on the end of my nose 😅😅😅. Actually my first winter was a steep learning curve but since then ive been toasty. I heat the boat with a kabola diesel boiler running four radiators.
That stove is the business. I love these boats. I haven't seen this type of boat here in the US. I wonder if we have them.
Fab little stove. So cute. Your little boat will be so toasty. Xx
Watch yourself Emily ,can see Ben moving to Ramble ,see he loves his boat ,😊
Thankyou great watch as always x
This is the best take on a man cave I have seen 😂😂 😎
Thanks for your video and showing the time you have to put into your style of life which is where you have taken my ❤️ and I love it as well as your wood and coal burner. 😊 Ben and Emily I wish you all the best 🙏💗
Lol😂the crawling! That’s me!
woooooooo HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE...NEWBY HERE...LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING RAMBLER BUILD AS I WOULD LOVE ONE...
Nice job love watching the progress safe travels and congratulations
Arghh at last heat and yes I agree it is like its ❤️ lol had to laugh at the tiny tools for it lol I still think your making great progress and now you have heat there really is no stopping you and it will be nice to keep it aired too and keep mould at bay. Look after yourselves and Alan see in the next video can't wait 😀 ❤😂 xx
Loved your video . Thanks for clearing up the myth of freezing conditions in canal boats over the winter .
Someone else has already said about installing a radiator , but I reckon a small insulated hot water storage tank would be worth considering too . I installed a whole coal fired back boiler system with tanks and radiators in my first house with no previous plumbing experience . If you use copper piping , which I did , choose pipe fittings which are pre soldered , called Yorkshire fittings . For a plumbing newby these make decent connections with relative ease over just copper fitting which need to be fed solder .
My back boiler , the same sort of fire as you have basically but including a built in water heating jacket , had a thermostatically controlled air vent . This was a mechanically controlled device , it was not electrically controlled . I mention this because a few times I found that ash particles had been spat out of the grate and had fallen into the vent area . This meant the vent could not close properly causing the fire to roar out of control . That could be very dangerous . Ensure the vent areas are clean , especially before going to bed or leaving the fire unattended . This might not apply to the design of your fire , just saying !
There are devices you can buy that sit on the fire that act on the rising heat and turn a fan which helps spread the heat about ....
Have a warm Xmas . Cheers and thanks again !
Thanks Benny got my CD thay little log burner looks great
I love your wee rambler with the wee stove. A grown up play house😅.
I've just re done my wood stove. Ouch $250 dollars for getting the glass fittings renewed and new firebricks (which I had to resize, fortunately I have a grinder) . To give an idea of that, that's half my weekly NZ pension! Next I need to give the chimney a proper sweep now I have a brush. Using a stick and rag only sort of works and not the whole way down. So we'll be right for next year. Though the way the weather has been lately, cold and wet all spring and rare days of warmth . I might be having a fire for Christmas.
Whingeing kiwi ? Over here on the West Island we need solar fired freezers ? 😂
I’m really looking forward in next week video 😈 All the best to you 3!
Great job.🙂
Great job Benny, now Rambler is toasty for winter too.
Don't forget the Carbon Monoxide detector Benny!!
Wow Benny that burner is cute, really makes one look forward to winter.
Down under in NZ we have a hot summer to get through.
Cheers Ben & Emily.
Looking amazing. Fun to see you making great progress. Look forward to your Xmas vids. 👍🏻
A brilliant vid. keep them coming 😆
To avoid damp (humidity) problems, make sure the bilge is completely dry and prevent any outside air from getting in. Humidity makes it feel colder than it is
Good job Emily!
Brilliant 😊😊 loving following you xx
That pipsqueak is so cute 🥰
well done the fire looks fantastic
It's coming long really well Ben 😊
Really impressive work!
Miserable childhood memories on a cold floor in pajamas _trying_ to wring some heat out of wood and coal - then all the misery of dust and clinker. Diesel heaters and stoves kicked all that into touch!
Get an Eberspacher rigged up in your bedroom as a backup - you'll never regret it!
how about a feed pipe line from the stove using a fan to drive it to the back of the boat.
Rambler is coming on great
Its looking good
Ребята, вы классные !
"The one of us that isn't you normally does it." that was great, the response just as good. Earnt my sub with that. Nice I'm excited to see uk canal boat life.. you grow anything?
lovely as always :)
When you did the close up on the lovely new fire it looked like GIANT coal 😂😂. Great video guys 💜
One of the things you notice is summer clothes don’t get put away in storage lol you use them to not overheat in the middle of a Canadian winter lol kerosene heaters are great to keep sleeping area’s warm they even have timer’s so they turn on to warm a small area cause if nature didn’t call wouldn’t of got out of bed lol so nice and warm there’s nothing like wood stove heat on a cold day , can see a future with Ben n Emily refurbishing narrow boat’s in a couple year’s as a sideline lol very steampunk lol
Congrats on the mini stove! It’s so cute and appears to be perfect. Rambler is really coming along. No Alan cam, 🥲🤣✨🙋🏼♀️
Howdy Benny, Em & Allen!! Happy Christmas to you all! I hope that the coming year brings you all the wonders that the universe will allow!!! May you be blessed in all your travels!!!! Big hugs from Kenny Ohio USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Kenny! Merry Christmas to you too! All the best 😊
Just something you might not be aware off when you empty the ash you should leave around half inch in the bottom it extends the life of the unit and will allow better heat transfer.
its coming along nice benny bro 😸
I cant believe your so close to where i am. My sons live in polesworth. 😊
“Will you Hoover me Benny?” Most British thing I’ve heard today lol
Can't wait for next week already !! :D