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i did get that message thanks lol we all learn the hard way sometimes well i swapped the old reg for a new auto change over one last night it went down to -4 and its still working ok so hopefully its all sorted now thanks for everyone's help steve

thanks for that yes its defo the reg thats freezing not the bottle thats causing the problems we just got back and no gas i heated up the reg and hey presto it all works the reg is a very old one age unknown tho we have decided to get an auto change over one and insulate the new reg really well hopefully this will work

i have wrapped thermowrap around the reg already

i was then looking at the auto changeover type that way when 1 bottle freezes it will change it automatically they are only about £43 on ebay so hopefully will solve the problem

it screws into the bottle and the bottles are outside on the back of the boat

yes defo propane butane doesn't come in 19kg and it has the male female fitting yes butane has the quick release one's the connections are all ok new rubber hose solids joins i always make sure the nuts etc are done up really tight when changing bottles i'm an ex builder so have always treated gas with loads of respect

sounds good but not 100% sure i am a bit dubious incase something catches fire esp with the gas bottles lol i know u're not meant to cover a light shade as the heat will catch it alight i suppose being outside it will never get that hot seems strange tho because the bottle is lagged so not sure i may be completely off line here and don't mean to sound doubtful or negative esp when u've taken the time to offer advice but the bottle is lagged well is that lagging holding the cold air in then? i thought it would help keep it warm its the top of the bottle thats freezing as i put a hair dryer on it for 5 mins and heated it and hey presto back to normal the rest of the bottle was still iced up that worked for a good few hours but temps gone down more again now so back to freezing so annoying

ok sounds good idea but........... the box i have my bottle's in is made of decking offcuts so there is gaps all over it like decking it designed to blend in rather than shove it in your face and the whole idea to change everything to gas was to try and reduce the leccy bill lol a 100w bulb will cost us lots and we are on a meter now as for the other reply having a seperat supply for water, heating etc impossible because i have a combi boiler which does heat and water and then a separate cooker so i can't have a dif line for water, heating etc its the boiler thats just being used normally and it trips each night so we wake to freezing temps while i have to push reset button

a separate line coming in isn't really an option unfortunately there is room for 2 bottles in my storage box on the back of the boat but everything is in the forward cabin so routing a new pipe would be impossible without ripping everything out

The foam is a very good quality a lot better than the last lot we bought it springs back every time only problem we have is we bought the 4" stuff but wish i'd have gone for thicker as it tends to hurt your tailbone after a while at least its only on the dining seats for now when i do the main seating area i will use thicker altho we sit on the dining all the time for now as its the only seating we have lol i shouldn't of ripped out all the other seating lol

hiya i use the red bottle's for our heating, hot water and cooking in the summer its fine we use about 19kg a month but in the winter we use 19kg a week trouble is the top of the bottle is freezing well all of it is actually but don't think the bootle freezing is a problem just the top where you turn the bottle on and off the reg and pipe is lagged with foam wrap and thermowrap so that should be ok i have also bought a cylinder jacket (the red one) wrapped that round the bottle and all over the top etc but to no avail once the temp dropped below 0c it froze again and luke warm water cooker dims when heating comes one so i know the gas it struggling we can't use the shower because the waters too cold any ideas how to stop this freezing ppl have said wrap towels etc round it but i have that jacket that should be batter than towels etc the red bottles should be good down to -15c i thought maybe they are duds lol any ideas folks please asap

did you read the instructions? we've just bought a delonghi des12 from argos for £150 and its like a fridge basically thats how they work so also like a fridge you have to let it stand for a few hours before switching on to allow the gas coolant to settle and bubbles etc always worth reading instructions i just happened to read some reviews about mine and it said after he left it for 2 hours away it went good job because i was just gonna plug it in ours works a treat tho altho its a bit bulky but we do have a big boat it only really does the room we're in doesn't seem to like doors even when left open but it fills the tank in about 2 days 3l

thanks Johnny i am rather happy with the nearly finished result just got the wheelhouse and after cabin to do now

as requested the finished (or nearly anyway) headlining just got to do the far wall and that will pull the last few wrinkles out (from the headlining not mine lol)

well i fitted the headlining last week best advice i could of given was ' get someone else to do it' it cost me around £50 for everything which is really cheap (birchwood 33) so quite a large boat i had enough to do the whole boat forward cabin, wheelhouse and after cabin 1/4" thick foam and cream leatherette pvc looked lovely when i bought it spent a day getting glue everywhere when i say everywhere i mean everywhere its a spray glue you use and you spray it on the ceiling and it lands on the floor, windows, cooker, units everywhere as well as where u wanted it lol i was covered in my hair on my hands (i roll my own ciggies and trying to roll i had more tobacco stuck to my fingers than actually in the cig) you can imagine it well the ceiling was ply lined first with electrics for the lights i was hoping that the foam covered it all up and when i finished i stood back took a look and went mmmmm i'm not a perfectionist by any means but this looked ok lol i picked the wifey up from work and said' are you in a good mood' as there's glue everywhere and you've a lot of cleaning to do lol bless her she's a good girl although i had to clean it anyway because she refused so we looked at this ceiling and she said it looks ok hun but my opinion it looked horrid so the next day i set to it again rather than rip it off and wreck even more of what was there i put then new layer on top of the old i did a test piece to make sure the foam would stick to the nice side of the pvc etc so what i have now is ply lined 1st layer of foam layer of pvc layer of foam and another layer of pvc lol sounds a right pickle but it looks absolutely brilliant she came home the next day and agreed brill even i'm happy with it so my new advice is put 2 layers of foam if you have any imperfections as 1 won't cover it and the second time i had previous knowledge on how to do it i wore a hat and disposable rubber gloves ciggies had tobacco in them that day woo hoo

i am in the process of restoring my boat and i made a dining area when it came to foam for the seats i rung round all the companies in the norfolk/suffolk area and was told that no-one stocked 4" foam how bizarre lol but they could get it in a week later anyway i scoured good old ebay and pm'd a chap on there with my phone number he called me back within the hour and gave me prices there and then it was VERY reasonably priced slightly cheaper than the cheapest quote i had locally delivery was fixed at £4.99 for each order so i ordered my foam next day delivery wow was good quality and cut exactly as i asked with a 2"taper for the rear seats lovely helpful chap so i ordered some more for the headlining and some glue that arrived the next day still £4.99 delivery but 2 parcels so even better value anyway this isn't my company but i do have his number if anyone needs foam etc give me a pm and i'll let you have it steve

yes wifi is available here (WRC) but its not free you can pay for a day use or weekly or monthly or like me yearly obviously the longer you have the cheaper it is i'm here all year round so i have the yearly at £120 a year (i think) the speed isn't great but its wifi so what do u expect altho it is run though the bt phone line so with bt bringing out these new hyper speeds it may improve hope that helps with this one anyway steve