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
Take the baffle plate out first, then put some newspaper in to collect debris. Sweep chimney. Leave for a day. Take newspaper out. Brush around inside where baffle plate will sit, preferably whilst you have the vacumn machine nozzle inside the fire. Refit next day, job done.
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.
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! 😄😄👍👍
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.
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. 🔥🌈🧡🎶🪕🎸
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!
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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..
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
Hi all dear Emily ..I noticed that you were cleaning the chimney .. all I can say is well done 👍 there is only one thing that I have to say is please use a mask when you do this task .. I noticed that benny has installed his stove .. again well done to him .. a visit to a tile supplier perhaps they have a few they could give you .?????? Anyway keep safe and well.. I am looking forward to the next video of your life on the canals.😺
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.❤
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 !
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.😺🎄🧑🎄
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.
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.
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
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.
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 🙏💗
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!
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!
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 👋🏾🤗
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.
Nice little stove. Oct here has mostly been at -6C The little wood stove in the Kitchen has kept the house warm. Last couple weeks of Nov dropped to -12C. Had to have a short fire in the pellet stove in the main room once to maybe twice a day. Now it's -17C I think the pellet stove is going to run 3 times a day. It's still warm for Alaska.. Always thought it would be interesting fitting out the inside of a Narrow boat. Well done!
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
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. 🤣
"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?
My experience of small stoves is that you can only put little bits of wood on so they burn wood fast and go out when you blink . That said they will get sooo hot the chimney glows red.
Not sure why you didn't go for a cheap diesel heater. Mounted outside, one hole into the boat for the blown hot air, you have a 12v supply, diesel decanted from other boat, instant heat, no fumes in the face when on the move etc etc. ?
Hello Ben/Emily,loving your videos. With regards to heating your Bedroom area have you thought about something like a camping gas Heater?? They`re about £30 on line and even come with the little gas canisters. That way you don`t lose any living space,can easily move it where required,it wont drain your batteries and can stow it away in the Summer months+ a couple of curtains to trap the heat in the bedroom area. 🙂
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
Great burner Benny, and Keith with stovepipe install. tremendous chimney cleaning Emily. Good endorsement, Alan. If you do go with slate pieces for under the heater fireplate, make them from Wales.
9:36 I've made the label for my home brews - BAG LADY BREWING - It's in the Bag. My Christmas exchange beer is Holiday Brickwarmer Red. We have a bit more in common Benny
Hey guys. Just a quick one. Paving slab might contain air bubbles that could eventually expand and explode. Seems unlikely given how high up the stove stands but I'd kick myself for not mentioning it if anything happened. You guys are brilliant. Really. Andy and Jasper (the ginger dog you weren't worried about) ❤️🙏
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.
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.
@@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.
Kiaora guys, I am curious that flue is fixed directly to rubber flange, in N.Z we have outer and middle flue to provide air gaps to cool pipe so rubber doesn't melt, maybe your flange is more heat resistant than our types? Love your vlogs, we looking at cruising your ditches next year!
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
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. ❤
The same way that cleaning out your flue is essential to reduce risk from a build up of coal and wood ash, it's important that the same ash doesn't get into your lungs. I wouldn't clean out my stove without gloves and a dust mask. Otherwise, I hope you get years of warmth and enjoyment out of new stove on Rambler and your old stove on Roison Dubh. Cheers.
