How a £14.59 Timer Solved Our Narrowboat Heating Problem – Part 2
A £14.59 programmable timer solved our narrowboat heating problem, giving us longer heating cycles and hot water without spending £520 on a new calorifier.
After fifteen years cruising the Mediterranean aboard our sailing yacht Ruffles Spray, we eventually found ourselves back on Britain’s waterways, this time aboard Rasmunda, a 1998 Colecraft narrowboat.
Follow our experiences of living afloat, keeping an older boat running, tackling DIY projects and finding out whether narrowboat life is quite what we imagined.
A £14.59 programmable timer solved our narrowboat heating problem, giving us longer heating cycles and hot water without spending £520 on a new calorifier.
One of the things about owning an older narrowboat is that a simple problem can very quickly turn into an expensive solution. Rasmunda was built in 1998, and although we’ve
Living or leisure use of a narrowboat presents unique challenges and opportunities, particularly when it comes to cooking. Traditional gas cookers have long been the standard, but diesel-powered alternatives like
Ann and I set off on October 26th, heading for Droitwich Spa Marina, which had a campsite attached. £25.00 a night was a bit steep, we wanted to consider the
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