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Posted By: SteamyTeaGet a boat and become a 'constant cruiser'. There are mail forwarding services.
The hard part is using financial services.
Posted By: owlmanPosted By: SteamyTeaGet a boat and become a 'constant cruiser'. There are mail forwarding services.
The hard part is using financial services.
+1............ It's probably the nearest you'll get in this crowded Island, unless you're very lucky, but hardly away from the madding crowd. I don't think you're thoughts are uncommon, it's something I think of often, usually when I've got another bl..dy maintenance job to do.
Posted By: CWattersThat's down to a shortage of affordable permanent moorings. Perhaps you can argue councils have a duty to provide moorings for minority groups as they do for travellers?
Posted By: Pile-o-Stonelot of insulationMake sure you put over half of it outside the vapour-impermeable shell, otherwise you'll get saturated insulation and that classic canal boat/caravan damp clamminess which only burning lots of fuel can hold at bay (until you switch it off).
Posted By: fostertomotherwise you'll get saturated insulation and that classic canal boat/caravan damp clamminessNot going to comment on caravans, but with boats it is usual to use sprayed PU foam. This get around a lot of the problems (still get water in the bilge though, but that is a different issue).
Posted By: ringiSIPs are just about breathable to the outside, you only need the damp to leave faster then it can get in.Or there is no damp (water vapour) coming through the a SIPs wall?
Posted By: SteamyTeawith boats it is usual to use sprayed PU foam. This get around a lot of the problemsSprayed on the inside? How does PU vs any other insulation get around the fact that its outer reaches will v frequently be below dewpoint temp, and blocked from ever drying outward? Remember boat cabins are highly exposed to clear-night-sky supercooling.