Basically I’m now needing to install two ceilings to make this work without spending a fortune on replacing it all. I still believe it will look alright once the trim is up so I’m carrying on #fail #diy #boat
Not painful to watch ar all. I always admire your persistence and wide range of skills. The ceiling will be beautiful when finished. Thanks for sharing your tireless efforts - your videos are somehow oddly therapeutic for me. Cheers from Portland, Oregon.
Take a slight pause on the ceiling to think if you have any doubt. This is your best time to get it right, as I'm sure you already know! You don't want to look up with regrets once everything else is installed around it. Good luck.
Very brave videos as ever, love the way you show it warts and all as it’s so much closer to real diy than what we see on so many other channels - well done 🙂
Love the chimney surround doohickey. Sets everything off nicely I have white ceiling in the back half of my boat and the light reflecting on it is beautiful. So once finished your ceiling will be a joy too. Plus I will be boating past you in a couple of weeks. I will give you a wave if you are around as I do so.
You have definitely improved your methods of construction design on this new boat/home. It’s going to be so stylish when completed! Don’t worry about the music, people will complain about anything 🤣😂😆
I think it looks great mate, you’re smashing it. It really brightens up the boat. Looking forward to seeing it with the trim. Keep going, your one job completed closer to the finish
I know you're second guessing your choice, but you have second guessed a few things already and look at how great it looks so far! Keep up the good work. All the best from Missouri.
As part of a small group who restore and operate 1960s BR Diesel Multiple units for the Midland Railway Butterley, I understand the frustration of panelling ceilings. However, the finish is fantastic and with the flue trim and lights in place you can really get a good feel for the final look. Far from putting up with it, you really should be proud of what you have achieved. PS. Loved the music thank you.
Chimney ring looks good. I think the ceiling looks good too. It's a nice surface. Contrasts well with the wood walls. It'll be worth the effort in the end!!
James. Please try not to be down about the ceiling. With the ply, it has helped, and the lightness and reflective tones enhance it all. Good luck with the rest 😊
It already looks great, its now uniform and that's the critical thing. Also its light, roomy, gonna feel more spacious, it'll be good. Definitely think you were wise putting the ply behind it, be thankful for the comments, they've steered you well here, nice work and great content as always. You've not made a wrong choice ... or at least ... you pulled it out of the bag when it mattered, haha! Nice job!
Wow James the wood ring for the flu looks absolutely brilliant, well done sir, I have always admired your work ethic right back to Slow Patrol'e new base plate.. Stay safe.......................
Hi James - apologies only just viewed your last couple of videos - may be a bit late - great idea to us 3>6 mm ply on ceiling and the use of "Bathroom Panels Ceiling Cladding Shower Kitchen" is the way we went as panels are 2600mm x 250mm & 5mm thick - this allows ceiling to walls (with small trim / we did use hardwood timber) attach to ceiling / ply via staple & use stainless which allows invisible fixings & no uneven areas on face side of boards. Remember do treat 3>6mm plywood with clear treatment as per internal walls. Can send photos of end result & ps easy to install! Regards George
So glad you went with the 3mm ply route for the backing, James. It by far looks so much better, I know you are haveing doubts. But once the ceiling is completed and all the trim is in place you will then see it in it's full glory. But for now it looks a solid looking ceiling. 😋👍🍻
Keep cracking James. Setbacks are just that, everything will get done and if all once is said and done and you aren’t happy then you can always replace the ceiling in a few years time. Once it’s all done it will look fine chap. Don’t let your head drop, bollocks to Alan et al. We go again!
If you look at 'The Voyage of Lydia' vlog, he put in the same ceiling, but has a strip of wood going down the middle, and also some other wooden trim - it looks excellent, so maybe that might be a good idea? (don't know if you already planning something like that, but it breaks up the expanse of white, and also gives the panels some support)
Well Jamie’s it looks so nice hope you can follow the advice of sticking it to the ply then only do once but tc I no you will get there to chin up brush yourself done and get on has you always do luv from the oldies 👍🤗👍🤗
Looking good James, that ceiling looks hard work doing it on your own, but great once it’s up! You’ve got a lot more patience than we’d have lol. Will you be at Crick this year, if so we’ll see you there! xx
Hello you guys I hope you’re both well. Sadly i won’t be at crick this year. We were really tempted but sadly it can’t happen. I hope you have a great time there and I’ll have to live it through your channel - thanks
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt aww that’s a shame, I’m sure we’ll catch you out on the cut one day soon! In the meantime we’ll keep watching your progress, the boat’s really coming on leaps and bounds now, you’re doing a grand job! 👍 xx
Me personally ,that ring you made to go around chim , id have recessed the metal ring to sit flush with the wood . Plusbid have used something like evo stick to bond it to wood ... but still looks good ,James.
All will be well James. The ceiling will look really good when finished like the rest of your work. I am worried personally having followed you so long how you manage financially with 2 ex partners and a handful of lovely kids? Anyway many thanks dor the Happy Days you have given me and many others. Many more ro come for sure.
There is some low expansion spray foam (pink in colour) that's commonly used for sticking sheet to some backing. I've used it and it doesn't go quite so crazy as the usual stuff!
Launch it in the bin and grab some pine tongue and groove. Buy or borrow a electric furniture nailer and paint when finished. The PVC looks like it came out of a municipal toilet. I have seen it done various ways on other boats and it always looks crap.
Can't believe some of the negative tosh in these comments. The music is great, I loved it. Beautiful harmonies. So what if it's not to everyone's personal taste - What music is? Why be so rude about it? I think the ceiling will be absolutely fine when you get the trim battens on it to contrast the white. T&G would just be too much wood everywhere to my mind. Keep crackin' on mate, it's a very engaging watch. 👍
Thank you. This is pleasant to read and fills me once again with good vibes. All is well over here - I think I’m going to try one more thing with this ceiling before giving up. I’m still it happy with it but I’ll persevere Hope you’re having a lovely weekend Thanks again
The ceiling looks good mate now you have a run and does well for the lights, the ply was a good idea and once the trims on it will make the white spaces smaller and it will look good I think, you could always change it later if you dont like it. Keep at it mate, before you know it you will be nice and cosy in there
Have to agree was very distracting found myself turning the volume off very chaotic, not taking anything away from her beautiful voice just over powering (personally speaking)
If you have the spray foam on the under surface of the ceiling to stop rust, can you then pack the space with rockwool? Put ply up first then stick the pvc to it.
I saw the pvc on a boat the other day and it looked good, I think it was mounted on ply because it didn't show the screw marks. It must have been stuck to the ply.
Glad to see you took SOME of the advice. However, any reason you didn't bond the laminate to the backing? It's going to droop and show up the uneveness IMHO. Good luck through.
Is sheep’s fleece wool insulation suitable for boats? I know it’s used in old houses as it breathes & old houses seem to suffer from as much condensation/damp as boats do, well my old house does 😂 Just thinking that fleece insulation is easy to stuff into gaps the same way spray foam can The ring above the flue looks fab!
wow - haven't watched for ages - your boat is looking really good - love the ktichen - it will be so much more comfortable for you and your kids hey...you got the skeels...
well i think the ply idea is great and it seems to helped you out only diffrence i would of tried would of been to spray adisive the pvc panels up aswell as the screws so that will help to stop any sagging further on etc but dont put yourself down once trims etc are all in it will look 100 percent
Tough when you persevere with a job like that only to feel it's perhaps not quite a good as you would like it to be. To be honest, personally it it had been me I think I would have used that T&G plastic. A bit thicker and easier to work with. I seen it on a number of RU-vid narrow boats.
30 days James. Believe me 30 days is when whatever you do looks like its always been there and you don't even notice it anymore. I have worked on this principle for years, it works! think about it, how many times have you not really liked something, and after about a month you don't even think about it anymore.
Do you have drop ceilings in the UK? They are used here a lot, you put up an aluminum grid system very light weight and then slide panels in to the grid, panels are different sizes , 2ft x 4ft or 2x2 panels. They are easy to cut and you can replace panels as needed. Also lights can take the place of a panel where needed. You would lose a couple inches but it looks like you have room. Would be so easy.
You may have made the wrong choice of ceiling but it looks bloody good. All that reflected light will be wonderful through a dull winter and it looks terrific. I hope you are going to reap the benefit by living in it or is it money making venture?
Looks good enough to me James. As others have said compared to my 60 year old boat your looks just fine. Don’t listen to negative numb nuts on here. They just rage on pure jealousy. It’s all they have to offer in their miserable lives, pulling others down trying to elevate themselves. Namaste.
Is the point of the plywood both to provide a firm backing for the white ceiling material and act as insulation? Don't drive yourself bonkers; the ceiling will be great when it's done and trimmed out. The wooden ring for the flue looks very smart.
I think the ceiling is mint , you are half way through this , and it always looks mad when you get half way through anything . theres always a doubt , but , as you say , once the coving goes in and the rest of the decor , you will love that ceiling ,.
You are a hard worker. I think the ply looked great but then you put the pvc back. Please switch them pvc then the plywood it will look great. I’m sorry but the pvc just doesn’t look good.
Funny how so many people have made comments on the music from this video. I personally LOVED it. For those asking who it was by it did say near the start of the video. Someone called Katy.
@@alanrichardson1672I was concerned that the heat from the pipework from James stove might catch fire . Flame Retardant paint and coatings are materials crucial for protecting wood from heat and fire. They're widely used in the wooden industry to protect homes with finished, wood walls.
@@alanrichardson1672 sorry , Im not a professional and couldnt do that . I just checked on Google . I think you would need to ask a company that makes it .
Painful to watch, and painful to listen to. Sorry Katy, but that sounded like a funeral dirge. You should have listened to us, James. A lot of time and money down the shitter. Lesson learned. All the best, mate.