A bit more heads

I bought the 38mm sani hose last weekend so the main aim this week was to get the toilet plumbed in after leaving the hose in the boot of the car for a couple of hours it was soft enough to be fitted to the various hose tails without resorting to dipping it into boiling water.

Heads plumbing

The Lavac toilet came with a free adaptor to allow it to be used as a replacement for a Jabsco toilet I have used this item to raise the toilet slightly and also to spread the loading to the edges of the internal moulding which are more rigid. The skin fitting to the right of the above photograph is for the saloon bilge pump discharge. Before connecting the sea inlet hose to the sea cock I put the end of the hose into a bucket of water so that I could test the operation of the pump it all worked in a satisfactory manner.

The next item was to finish off the wine locker by fitting the trim pieces and the long fiddle rail which runs the length of the starboard side of the saloon.

Completed wine locker

I spent some time investigating a route for the gas pipe from the cockpit gas locker to the galley I just need to source the various bits and pieces required to complete the gas installation. Also this week I made a start on the enclosure for the forward side of the port cockpit bulkhead, this will be to conceal the wiring and the back of the cockpit instruments I forgot the camera this morning so unfortunately no photographs but as a recap see the photograph below. 

I had originally fitted the various internal and external companionway handrails with round headed machine screws and domed nuts on the inside however one of the domed nuts would foul the new enclosure so I spent some time this morning reversing all the screws, so that the domed nuts are now on the outside, and then fitting a countersunk screw in way of the enclosure. 

I don't seem to have achieved an awful lot this week but sometimes with these projects it happens like that but I do now have a plan for the gas installation so once I have the materials I can crack on with the installation It will be nice to be able to boil a kettle for tea etc instead of having to bring a hot water supply in a couple of thermos flasks.