This week I have made a start on the prep work for the heater installation, the first task was to seal up a number of redundant openings between the void space and the engine space, the largest being about 32mm diameter I cut out a plywood disk with a hole saw and sealed it in place with some thickened epoxy the remaining couple of holes were only small so they were filled with thickened epoxy. The plan is to take the air supply to the heater from the void space which has a direct connection to the saloon above the head lining in the quarter berth, this should hopefully give a re-circulatory air flow with sufficient fresh air make up via the dorade vents in the saloon to prevent condensation. I then moved on to cutting the openings in the various bulkheads for the hot air duct work using a 92mm hole saw, there are several of these openings that had to be cut blind particularly those behind the up stand in the quarter berth and the one to the aft cabin.
Two openings formed under the galley sink
I have shown a couple of the openings these are the ones that can be seen. That will be about all until after Christmas and I have obtained the necessary kit for the installation so I wish you all the seasons greetings, or bah humbug, depending on your views on the festivities.
How's the project going? Things have been quiet on your end.
ReplyDeletework has come to a stop for the time being as I suffered a heart attack at Christmas. I had the last treatment yesterday just have to go on the rehab programme, eight weeks, then hopefully I can get back to it I will probably get back to the project before the end of the rehab.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your heart issues. It must be something in the water because my heart started “going south” on me recently also. I had a defibrillator/pacemaker combo implanted a week ago. Modern medicine is amazing though. I was back at work three days later! In a couple of days I will be on a plane heading from my home in Pensacola Florida to Grenada in the Caribbean. I have a friend that needs help sailing home to Pensacola. I retire tomorrow and my first official act as a retired person will be to spend two to three months sailing up the Caribbean chain of islands back to Florida 😁
ReplyDeleteI wish you a very speedy and full recovery! You have to finish your refit so I can learn how it’s done. 😀
Take care of yourself,
Peter
Thank you very much I needed a couple of stents they did one at the time and the second one for good measure. The cardiologist has said that I can go sailing again. I hope that the weather is better down that way its cold, wet and windy here typical British winter. I hope you have a good trip and have a happy retirement, I have been retired for ten years best thing I ever did.
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