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Thanks fellas
Have just spoken to Greg and he was very helpful.He did not think they had built the boat. I will send him some photos from the 60s just to be sure. So...

I have been trying to get some history on my boat. She was probably built by Blunts in Victoria and they have a website. I sent the details in an email some time ago but have had no reply.
Other...

I believe the boat was a soft blue when I last saw it. It had dual steering wheels mounted on the back of the cabin. I think at one time it was owned by an electrician by the name of Brian Edmunds....

If installing an auotmatic bolge pump on a float switch it is really good idea to have the output tube exitting the boat in a position that is very noticable from the helm position.
Not only does...

She is a real credit to you Scottie
Concratulations, it has been a long job but I bet you are wearing a big grin now.
There is alot of pleasure in building a timber boat.
One day you will be able...

A bit more
If you are going to refall the shower then you almost certainly need to jackhammer the waste out and set it to the new hieght. It might be easyier to knock out a bigger area of slab and...

you would need 10mm in 600mm of fall absolute minimum.
With hobless and frameless the fall would need to start about 500 outside the closed door.
The shape of the shower base could also be dictated...

it depends what you are looking to do with the boat and of course what your budget is.
Narrow boats are easily driven and only need smaller horsepower and hence less fuel usage. Wide boats offer...

go to office works and buy a box of 2h pencils

there are a few good timber boats about but they are all different and so need catreful investigation proir to purchase
To plug up a wet well you usually need to carefully remove the concrete then...

alot of glaziers use silicone as the backing putty(ie on the inside) then use proper putty on the outside.
If you use silicone on the outside you cant paint it and it is very hard to get a good...

you can get rising butt hinges that will lift the door as it opens
or you could put a slightly wider hinge (broad butt) on the bottom to move the pin further away and cock the door up as it opens....

Treated pine doesnt rot.
We often put in paths with a steel float finish in the old days, now its all broom finish. Wooden decks can get slimy on the damp side of houses.
I advise clients to have...

I think if I was putting clear glass over brickwork then I would be worrying about dust and spiders appearing behind the glass.
A good way to fix the plaster sheet over rough brickwork is to use...

Well I have put them up both ways depending on where they are. If they are on the southern side of the house and liable to stay damp or icy then I put them groove up. If they are on the northern side...

I would try scraping making sure you get rid of lumps
If that is too slow try sanding with 40grit on a disk sander. You will need at least 75% back to clean chip board.

if the putty leaks as it will if it deteriates then the water will drain to the outside. Also wind pressure does not push on the putty.

dont use Builders Bog ,KaFill ,Plaastibond or other polyester based fillers outside. The look good till the boards get damp and then as the boards swell the bog lets go. Then the bog keeps the timber...

As a bit of an off shoot from this thread. How can you aclimatise boards to an enviroment that does yet exist. When the house is not yet finished, the heater or air con not yet turned on, the painter...

Sika do one too. In tubs and sausages. 4 months should be long enough.

You need to stop the existing flooring from squeaking before you put the overlay flooring down. This might mean more glue, screws or relaying the chipboard floor. Then insulate the gaps between the...

We use curing compound which is sprayed over the slab straight after finishing. This seals the top and stops moisture escape. We quite often then proceed with studwork the next day. The curing...

looks like you hve got no bottom plate only a bed plate that the joists sit on. So you would need to put a row of noggins along floor. I would put a row at half hieght as well. Ties the studs...

you need to give us more detail
How big is the room or rooms
which way do the joists run
Are the walls at the sides of the joists capable of carrying some load
Are there already hanging beams...

Tas oak is really good if air dried. Kiln dried does not have much rot resistance. Either way they should be encased in epoxy.

If you have plasterboard on the walls then you can cut 20mm off the bottom of the sheet on the wall to allow some room for movement of the floor.

11mm thick arcs! what is the world coming to.
I think you should consider direct sticking the t&g boards to the existing floor and eliminating the battens. This will reduce hieght problems...

The boot top is the contrasting stripe just above the waterline.
When the boot top is done properly It has a greater vertical hieght at the bow and stern.

could anybody help me with the formula for the rise at bow and stern of a sheered boot top. I remember seeing years ago in a Epicraft paint pamphlet.

hardies have a new product called 'Linea"
Its a 16mm thick flat faced product with a square edge. Looks pretty good when erected. And better fire rating. The sheets are heavy and need a different...

old concrete dosnt nessasarily polish well. The aggregate may be badly dispersed or the floor may be rendered or patched.

In Tassie we need 225mm clearance under any timber in sub-floor. This would apply to LVL as well. If the bearers need to be lower than this then treated pine would be the answer. If the joists need...

Sorry I cant help anybody that supports the eagles

some flush bolts can be set up in the edge of the door. tghis depends on the width of the rebate. It means you dont have to be quite as neat and is better from a secuity point of view. Normally I put...

if your rafters/cieling joists are fastened to the window wall then the edge rafter will do the job of a lintel. The other rafters have to span the whole room but the edge one is supported all the...

most BOATS are decked with dry timber

try punching the nails in on the weatherboard above the window ie the one covering the flashing. Use a punch that is as big as the nail head if bullet head or as big as the shaft if a flat head. With...

I just got back from 4 months in Perth. My son is Scottyk. and we have just done an extentsion on his house

the piece at the bottom should be part of the window sill. ie all one piece
If that sill is,nt there then you have a major job to fit and weather proof that joint. Then the joint will need...

you can get the ply from "morgans timber" at Bibra Lake and there is another supplier NOR but not sure of name

seems to me the new boards could have lined up with the old or at least been the same number of boards with even cover. The starting point for the bottom board can be influenced by a different floor...

its very unusual to have a mitered architrave as a sill on an external window. Usually the sill is thicker and the archs sit on it. Pin gun nails are a bit thin on wrc and dont hold well. use more...

you could use a chain on the upper corner of the door or if you also require a hold open device then use a stay similar to what you would use to hold open the lid of a box or chest. If you use the...

they look good you obviously spent sometime cleaning up the faces. I tried cutting up some jarrah sleepers to book match the grain but the three i cut up where full of splits on the inside and...

We have had the boat over ten years and the photos show a progression during that time. The original cabin was the small wheel house aft and this was changed to the larger wheel house etc. as...

As promised in thread about 36' trawler, here are some pictures of mine.
38' long
13' beam
Powered by 5LW Gardner.
70 years old
ex cray boat from King Island, built in Victoria, not sure where....

I own a 38 foot Ex Cray boat that used to work out of King Island and got half converted to a pleasure boat before I bought it and am currently finishing the job, see pictures.

Only above the...

As SottyK's Mum I guess my opinion can be seen as biased! But just to clear one point up....it was my suggestion to place a power point in the pantry! And as for the vote..... I vote Pantry! :) Sorry...

if the boat is in survey then the work needs to be done by a shipwright or at least supervised by a shipwright. There is a fella there called Rudi who is a terrific shipwright. He might be away but...

frank you can do it either way but the stick method alows a little leeway if the hieght or slope of the trusses dosnt quite match the existing. The existing hip might have a sag in it as well.
Also...