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Alternatives to white coated hardboard, or should I stay with the same?
The 'ceiling' of our little boat is made of sheets of white coated
hardboard. It's badly stained by the previous owner smoking and also has a few mangled bits so I'm looking to replace it. Should I stay with the white coated hardboard or are there better (and/or cheaper) alternatives? It needs to be a similar thickness to the existing 3.2mm hardboard though I guess it could be a bit thicker without major problems. I want to be able to just put it up ready finished, I don't want to paint it after installation. I'm having a bit of trouble finding a supplier who can deliver at a non-exorbitant price too. I can't transport 8' x 4' in the car easily but 4' x 4' is fine so I could get 8'x4' here and chop them in half to take them. Each panel in the boat is around 4' x 4' or a little less. I have also tried searching for similar material in France but didn't have much joy. -- Chris Green · |
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Should I stay with the white coated hardboard is it flat, or curved? |
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Chris Green wrote: Should I stay with the white coated hardboard is it flat, or curved? Ah, a good point, it's slightly curved. -- Chris Green · |
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On 20/09/2017 18:58, Chris Green wrote:
Andy Burns wrote: Chris Green wrote: Should I stay with the white coated hardboard is it flat, or curved? Ah, a good point, it's slightly curved. The curve isn't a problem, except it will throw all your measurements out when you cut the new material. How do you propose to cut the new hardboard to fit exactly? Surely, a spot of filler and some paint is going to be a small fraction of the work? Where you have joins in the white coated hardboard, how are these covered at present? |
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Chris Green wrote:
Andy Burns wrote: Chris Green wrote: Should I stay with the white coated hardboard is it flat, or curved? it's slightly curved. I was going to suggest the 5mm T&G PVC ceiling panels, but I think I wouldn't on a curved ceiling. |
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On 20/09/2017 18:58, Chris Green wrote: Andy Burns wrote: Chris Green wrote: Should I stay with the white coated hardboard is it flat, or curved? Ah, a good point, it's slightly curved. The curve isn't a problem, except it will throw all your measurements out when you cut the new material. How do you propose to cut the new hardboard to fit exactly? Surely, a spot of filler and some paint is going to be a small fraction of the work? I'll take the old piece of hardboard down and use it as a template. I'd have though repainting would be much more effort than replacing, it'll take a couple of coats at least. Where you have joins in the white coated hardboard, how are these covered at present? Wooden beads, varnished. They mean that *exact* size isn't all that important because they overlap the edges of the hardboard by 1cm or so. -- Chris Green · |
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On 20/09/2017 19:53, Andy Burns wrote:
Chris Green wrote: Andy Burns wrote: Chris Green wrote: Should I stay with the white coated hardboard is it flat, or curved? it's slightly curved. I was going to suggest the 5mm T&G PVC ceiling panels, but I think I wouldn't on a curved ceiling. The Vee board sold for soffit replacements might work. Usually available in 1' wide "planks" with T & G edges (the surface is patterned to look like 3 boards). It will probably go round a shallow curve across the width of the board. Easy and light to transport if you chop into reasonable sections. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at 6:33:04 PM UTC+1, Chris Green wrote:
The 'ceiling' of our little boat is made of sheets of white coated hardboard. It's badly stained by the previous owner smoking and also has a few mangled bits so I'm looking to replace it. Should I stay with the white coated hardboard or are there better (and/or cheaper) alternatives? It needs to be a similar thickness to the existing 3.2mm hardboard though I guess it could be a bit thicker without major problems. I want to be able to just put it up ready finished, I don't want to paint it after installation. I'm having a bit of trouble finding a supplier who can deliver at a non-exorbitant price too. I can't transport 8' x 4' in the car easily but 4' x 4' is fine so I could get 8'x4' here and chop them in half to take them. Each panel in the boat is around 4' x 4' or a little less. I have also tried searching for similar material in France but didn't have much joy. -- Chris Green · 3mm white mdf is available and might be stronger than hardboard. It will still conform to a slight curve. Assuming you can get it cut to size how will you manoeuvre it into position ? |
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Should I stay with the white coated hardboard or are there better (and/or cheaper) alternatives? It needs to be a similar thickness to the existing 3.2mm hardboard though I guess it could be a bit thicker without major problems. I want to be able to just put it up ready finished, I don't want to paint it after installation. Look up caravan parts suppliers and repairers. You can get thin ply from them, in plain white, textured or with various coloured patterns. It rolls up quite tightly, into a 4 foot wide roll without damage so it is easy to transport - how do I know? I took my car with a large trailer to collect 3 of 8x4 sheets, only to find it would easily fit in my car's boot rolled up and tied. |
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On Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at 6:33:04 PM UTC+1, Chris Green wrote: The 'ceiling' of our little boat is made of sheets of white coated hardboard. It's badly stained by the previous owner smoking and also has a few mangled bits so I'm looking to replace it. Should I stay with the white coated hardboard or are there better (and/or cheaper) alternatives? It needs to be a similar thickness to the existing 3.2mm hardboard though I guess it could be a bit thicker without major problems. I want to be able to just put it up ready finished, I don't want to paint it after installation. I'm having a bit of trouble finding a supplier who can deliver at a non-exorbitant price too. I can't transport 8' x 4' in the car easily but 4' x 4' is fine so I could get 8'x4' here and chop them in half to take them. Each panel in the boat is around 4' x 4' or a little less. I have also tried searching for similar material in France but didn't have much joy. -- Chris Green · 3mm white mdf is available and might be stronger than hardboard. It will still conform to a slight curve. The white MDF I found appeared to be white primer only, I'm not quite sure how well that will last? Assuming you can get it cut to size how will you manoeuvre it into position ? It's not too difficult as the roof isn't very high and the pieces of ceiling are only 4' x 4'. -- Chris Green · |
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Chris Green pretended : Should I stay with the white coated hardboard or are there better (and/or cheaper) alternatives? It needs to be a similar thickness to the existing 3.2mm hardboard though I guess it could be a bit thicker without major problems. I want to be able to just put it up ready finished, I don't want to paint it after installation. Look up caravan parts suppliers and repairers. You can get thin ply from them, in plain white, textured or with various coloured patterns. It rolls up quite tightly, into a 4 foot wide roll without damage so it is easy to transport - how do I know? I took my car with a large trailer to collect 3 of 8x4 sheets, only to find it would easily fit in my car's boot rolled up and tied. That sounds good, thank you, I'll do a search. -- Chris Green · |
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On 9/21/2017 5:59 PM, Chris Green wrote:
Harry Bloomfield wrote: Chris Green pretended : Should I stay with the white coated hardboard or are there better (and/or cheaper) alternatives? It needs to be a similar thickness to the existing 3.2mm hardboard though I guess it could be a bit thicker without major problems. I want to be able to just put it up ready finished, I don't want to paint it after installation. Look up caravan parts suppliers and repairers. You can get thin ply from them, in plain white, textured or with various coloured patterns. It rolls up quite tightly, into a 4 foot wide roll without damage so it is easy to transport - how do I know? I took my car with a large trailer to collect 3 of 8x4 sheets, only to find it would easily fit in my car's boot rolled up and tied. That sounds good, thank you, I'll do a search. The "ceiling" on a boat is called the deckhead, said a passing pedant...just spellcheck the word before posting! |
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On Thursday, 21 September 2017 16:16:02 UTC+1, Chris Green wrote:
fred wrote: On Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at 6:33:04 PM UTC+1, Chris Green wrote: The 'ceiling' of our little boat is made of sheets of white coated hardboard. It's badly stained by the previous owner smoking and also has a few mangled bits so I'm looking to replace it. Should I stay with the white coated hardboard or are there better (and/or cheaper) alternatives? It needs to be a similar thickness to the existing 3.2mm hardboard though I guess it could be a bit thicker without major problems. I want to be able to just put it up ready finished, I don't want to paint it after installation. I'm having a bit of trouble finding a supplier who can deliver at a non-exorbitant price too. I can't transport 8' x 4' in the car easily but 4' x 4' is fine so I could get 8'x4' here and chop them in half to take them. Each panel in the boat is around 4' x 4' or a little less.. I have also tried searching for similar material in France but didn't have much joy. -- Chris Green · 3mm white mdf is available and might be stronger than hardboard. It will still conform to a slight curve. The white MDF I found appeared to be white primer only, I'm not quite sure how well that will last? It doesn't, you'd need to topcoat it. Personally I wouldn't want mdf in a boat, it doesn't survive getting wet well. NT |
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On Thursday, 21 September 2017 20:03:04 UTC+1, Chris Green wrote:
tabbypurr wrote: On Thursday, 21 September 2017 16:16:02 UTC+1, Chris Green wrote: fred wrote: On Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at 6:33:04 PM UTC+1, Chris Green wrote: The 'ceiling' of our little boat is made of sheets of white coated hardboard. It's badly stained by the previous owner smoking and also has a few mangled bits so I'm looking to replace it. Should I stay with the white coated hardboard or are there better (and/or cheaper) alternatives? It needs to be a similar thickness to the existing 3.2mm hardboard though I guess it could be a bit thicker without major problems. I want to be able to just put it up ready finished, I don't want to paint it after installation. I'm having a bit of trouble finding a supplier who can deliver at a non-exorbitant price too. I can't transport 8' x 4' in the car easily but 4' x 4' is fine so I could get 8'x4' here and chop them in half to take them. Each panel in the boat is around 4' x 4' or a little less. I have also tried searching for similar material in France but didn't have much joy. -- Chris Green · 3mm white mdf is available and might be stronger than hardboard. It will still conform to a slight curve. The white MDF I found appeared to be white primer only, I'm not quite sure how well that will last? It doesn't, you'd need to topcoat it. Personally I wouldn't want mdf in a boat, it doesn't survive getting wet well. OK, that pushes me back towards the hardboard option. It's not *that* easy to find it though, not at a reasonable price anyway. Are PVC, polycarb or acrylic too expensive? Could you paint some of the existing board to keep costs down? NT |
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writes wrote: The white MDF I found appeared to be white primer only, I'm not quite sure how well that will last? It doesn't, you'd need to topcoat it. Personally I wouldn't want mdf in a boat, it doesn't survive getting wet well. OK, that pushes me back towards the hardboard option. It's not *that* easy to find it though, not at a reasonable price anyway. Is there no thin marine ply you could cut to size and then get sprayed by your local car repairers? Alternatively you could upgrade:-) My daughter now has two narrow boats and mooring for only one! She is considering selling/renting out the original as British Waterways appear to be re-thinking the rules. -- Tim Lamb |
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Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , Chris Green writes wrote: The white MDF I found appeared to be white primer only, I'm not quite sure how well that will last? It doesn't, you'd need to topcoat it. Personally I wouldn't want mdf in a boat, it doesn't survive getting wet well. OK, that pushes me back towards the hardboard option. It's not *that* easy to find it though, not at a reasonable price anyway. Is there no thin marine ply you could cut to size and then get sprayed by your local car repairers? I'm sure I could get ply and have it painted but it seems a long, relatively expensive and rather complicated way to get something very simple. Alternatively you could upgrade:-) My daughter now has two narrow boats and mooring for only one! She is considering selling/renting out the original as British Waterways appear to be re-thinking the rules. :-) I have nothing specifically against narrowboats but wider (like ours, 11 metres long, 3 metres beam) are much more practical. Ours is in Franmce too! .... not to mention that we too have a boat for sale in the UK, it's an ex broads cruiser fitted out as a 1 or 2 person liveaboard and moored right by London City Airport. -- Chris Green · |
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On 22/09/2017 09:29, Chris Green wrote:
OK, that pushes me back towards the hardboard option. It's not *that* easy to find it though, not at a reasonable price anyway. Is there no thin marine ply you could cut to size and then get sprayed by your local car repairers? I'm sure I could get ply and have it painted but it seems a long, relatively expensive and rather complicated way to get something very simple. You could just remove the existing hardboard next time you are at the boat, and take it home with you. Give it a stain block and a couple of coats of paint, whilst working "the right way up" rather than crouched upside down in the cabin. Then put it back again next time you go. That's probably going to be the cheapest way to do this, and not that much work compared to tracking down the material you want at the right price! |
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In message , Chris Green
writes Tim Lamb wrote: Alternatively you could upgrade:-) My daughter now has two narrow boats and mooring for only one! She is considering selling/renting out the original as British Waterways appear to be re-thinking the rules. :-) I have nothing specifically against narrowboats but wider (like ours, 11 metres long, 3 metres beam) are much more practical. Ours is in Franmce too! ... not to mention that we too have a boat for sale in the UK, it's an ex broads cruiser fitted out as a 1 or 2 person liveaboard and moored right by London City Airport. Permanent mooring with access for residential use in London? I'm surprised they are not queuing up! She has a mooring at the St. Pancras marina with car parking but no residential use. The engine overheating you advised on seemed to be some mystery airlock now resolved. -- Tim Lamb |
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On 22/09/2017 10:01, Tim Lamb wrote:
Permanent mooring with access for residential use in London? I'm surprised they are not queuing up! Why doesn't the owner of the mooring simply increase the charges until the queue disappears? |
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GB wrote:
On 22/09/2017 09:29, Chris Green wrote: OK, that pushes me back towards the hardboard option. It's not *that* easy to find it though, not at a reasonable price anyway. Is there no thin marine ply you could cut to size and then get sprayed by your local car repairers? I'm sure I could get ply and have it painted but it seems a long, relatively expensive and rather complicated way to get something very simple. You could just remove the existing hardboard next time you are at the boat, and take it home with you. Give it a stain block and a couple of coats of paint, whilst working "the right way up" rather than crouched upside down in the cabin. Then put it back again next time you go. That's probably going to be the cheapest way to do this, and not that much work compared to tracking down the material you want at the right price! True! :-) I'm not sure it'll look quite as good as new material but you're quite right, it might well be 'easier' in some ways. -- Chris Green · |
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Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , Chris Green writes Tim Lamb wrote: Alternatively you could upgrade:-) My daughter now has two narrow boats and mooring for only one! She is considering selling/renting out the original as British Waterways appear to be re-thinking the rules. :-) I have nothing specifically against narrowboats but wider (like ours, 11 metres long, 3 metres beam) are much more practical. Ours is in Franmce too! ... not to mention that we too have a boat for sale in the UK, it's an ex broads cruiser fitted out as a 1 or 2 person liveaboard and moored right by London City Airport. Permanent mooring with access for residential use in London? I'm surprised they are not queuing up! It's not properly 'residential', though in reality lots of people use it as such. I think even the rules allow you to stay 4 or 5 nights a week without any isuses. That's exactly what my wife did, she had a job in Newham and used the boat as a pleasant and quite comfortable 'flat' for 4 nights a week. At a mooring fee of only £304/month it made a *lot* of sense. She has a mooring at the St. Pancras marina with car parking but no residential use. The engine overheating you advised on seemed to be some mystery airlock now resolved. Did I - advise on overheating that is? -- Chris Green · |
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In message , Chris Green
writes She has a mooring at the St. Pancras marina with car parking but no residential use. The engine overheating you advised on seemed to be some mystery airlock now resolved. Did I - advise on overheating that is? It is a while back. I think she was stuck at Kensal Rise and you offered help. -- Tim Lamb |
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On Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 4:16:02 PM UTC+1, Chris Green wrote:
fred wrote: On Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at 6:33:04 PM UTC+1, Chris Green wrote: The 'ceiling' of our little boat is made of sheets of white coated hardboard. It's badly stained by the previous owner smoking and also has a few mangled bits so I'm looking to replace it. Should I stay with the white coated hardboard or are there better (and/or cheaper) alternatives? It needs to be a similar thickness to the existing 3.2mm hardboard though I guess it could be a bit thicker without major problems. I want to be able to just put it up ready finished, I don't want to paint it after installation. I'm having a bit of trouble finding a supplier who can deliver at a non-exorbitant price too. I can't transport 8' x 4' in the car easily but 4' x 4' is fine so I could get 8'x4' here and chop them in half to take them. Each panel in the boat is around 4' x 4' or a little less.. I have also tried searching for similar material in France but didn't have much joy. -- Chris Green · 3mm white mdf is available and might be stronger than hardboard. It will still conform to a slight curve. The white MDF I found appeared to be white primer only, I'm not quite sure how well that will last? Assuming you can get it cut to size how will you manoeuvre it into position ? It's not too difficult as the roof isn't very high and the pieces of ceiling are only 4' x 4'. -- Chris Green · The 3mm white mdf we use is a finished white. Not a primer, Actually I think its not a pure white. Something called Oatmeal i.s.t.r. |
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On 22/09/2017 14:26, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , Chris Green writes She has a mooring at the St. Pancras marina with car parking but no residential use. The engine overheating you advised on seemed to be some mystery airlock now resolved. Did I - advise on overheating that is? It is a while back. I think she was stuck at Kensal Rise and you offered help. I suppose she over-heated going uphill to Kensal Rise? |
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I had a thought.
Take panels down get a load of e.g. cloth backed vinyl and cover the old boards in it using PVA and copydex for the edges. refit panels -- If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State. Joseph Goebbels |
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writes get a load of e.g. cloth backed vinyl and cover the old boards in it using PVA and copydex for the edges. Or, in best Blue Peter tradition, sticky back plastic i.e. Fablon. -- Graeme |
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On 22/09/2017 17:28, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
I had a thought. Take panels down get a load of e.g. cloth backed vinyl and cover the old boards in it using PVA and copydex for the edges. refit panels So, that's the sticky-backed plastic. Where do the yoghurt pots come in? |
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