Today's episode is all about some of the little
jobs that we've been doing around the boat
Two things we've been working on.
We've had to replace some flooring
And also we've had to look at the shower pump
So I'm sitting in the bedroom. Before when I used to sit in the bedroom
there used to be two big gaping holes
in the floor
Because the floorboards didn't cover the whole surface
We've worked really hard for two weeks and we've finally managed to get all the floor boards in where they need to be
'Oh looking really good here'
The thing we found really helpful with these pieces of wood
Is that that come in different lengths
very helpful for novice like us.
That's coming along really well
And look
This is our shower, on the narrowboat
All the narrowboats that we looked at had showers
the shower has a motor
And it will empty the water
Because the shower falls below the water line it needs a motor to pump it out
Unlike the sink, which is above the water line
Out shower was great when we first got it
We thought that it worked
Thought maybe it was one of those silent ones
that didn't need a switch to be turned on\
What we noticed later was that our pump was actually broken
This is the lever for the shower pump
So when you pull it out it is meant to start the motor
What we have found is that our pump makes no noise.
It is intermittently not working.
So I'm going to go find out why
I removed the things from the kitchen cupboard
That is the pump
it seems to be in a pool of water
last weekend we drained some of it
and happily it hasn't come back
See how it isn't secure
it is leaning
I'm concerned about the wires and the water
But I found that wire there. the red wire
now I'm no electrician , but I'm pretty sure that should be attached to something
moment of truth
yayy