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@@FloatingStranglers Have you ever thought about doing videos from your time in China? Would love to hear about that journey!

Hey Adam! Still in the process of figuring the system out, but we’ll do an update on it soon! Thanks for the support mate

@@FloatingStranglers Ah good to hear! Definitely a system that needs careful planning. Can't wait to see the next video, especially now summer has arrived.

Thanks for Watching Bro

Ahh, thanks Jim!! I guess it’s all such a learning curve for us, it would be pretty artificial if we didn’t include the bumps (and curries) along the way 😉

Hi Carole. We’ll have holding buckets on the front deck to break it down in. We’ve heard mixed reports… some say it takes months to really look like soil from a garden, others say weeks. Once that happens, we can dispose of it a remote natural area or grow plants with it 😆

I don't like to be the bearer of bad news and I'm sure you are trying to be environmentally friendly, but your solid waste will take months to breakdown and, as per government health and safety guide lines. You should bury it away from water causes, streams and wells. Your urine should also be disposed of away from water causes. Why do you think we are having problems with blu algae and duck weed. It's why the farmers have wide strips of none arable land near water. To prevent pollution. Your poo is no different it needs to be treated correctly.

Hi Carole, we are expecting a full 12 months for the waste to be fully broken down and safe. We will be keeping it containers until that point. With the urine, we live near a CRT services so we will be disposing it down the elsan point. We won’t be disposing of it near any water sources.

Hi Jason! From what I’ve read, as long as you keep the liquids and solids separate, you don’t necessarily need a fan to get enough air in there to activate the composting process. Apparently opening the toilet seat for a short time once a day is enough. However, time will tell! Thanks for watching

Good idea! I knew there must be an easier way 😂 hope you’re well mate

Thanks again! To my knowledge, there isn’t an onboard treatment facility that could make sewage safe to throw in a canal! Yeah, not sure what we’ll do with the ‘humanure’ yet, but we have a good six months or so to figure something out. Would be cool to use it to grow something though…. Cheers. Joe

​@@FloatingStranglers Could always register yourselves as a water company, they dump sewage into rivers and the sea all the time and their members get paid dividends! :P I think the composting thing is a great idea, but I do think you need to check about ventilation as Jason mentioned. No one wants a stinky boat! :)

​@@FloatingStranglers On another note, I was pausing the video as Tamzin was going through the instructions, I had no idea urine could be used as a fertilizer! Just did a quick google on it and found - Urine contains important nutrients for plant growth, including carbon, phosphorous, potassium and nitrogen, and when handled properly, it makes a darn fine plant food. Who knew? Not me, that's for sure :P

Haha thanks

That is a very good idea. We’ve been recommended that for if we ever go on holiday or leave the boat for an extended period of time. Hope everything worked out fine with your boat. Thanks for watching

Thanks for watching Kris!

Doggy fish rolls are anything but idyllic! 😂 Thanks for watching

Good point!

Hey Adam, thanks. Sure, In the winter Diesel costs about 60 a month… but that’s dropped off significantly since the sun has come out and heated up the solars!

Also, I should add that we were much more nomadic then, doing long cruises all the time. Now we’re more stationary so aren’t using much fuel at all!

​@@FloatingStranglers That's not too bad :) I Think I said this in the previous video, but I do think you should get some kind of stand to prop up the solar panels, so they face the sun Another thing I thought of randomly when you were doing the hearth, you should also consider investing in one of those stove fans, they power themselves from the heat given off by the stove and can make quite a difference in circulating the heat....granted it's a bit late now it's spring, but still! :)

@@averyvaliant Yes the solar panel stands are a good idea. In fact we want to upgrade the whole array at some point, as those ones are only 175W each, and the price of solars is coming down every year. Stove-top ‘eco fan’ is on the list too! 😊

@@FloatingStranglers Eco fan's are awesome! I sent you some coffees, but the currency is in USD, not sure if that's normal. Also, the image you have as your profile on that site is upside down haha

Thanks. You are correct and we do live by those rules… in the small case of the bilge pump outlet pipe though, I’m confident we are fine 👍

I think when you've done a lot of DIY it's nice to have a break! I love your 2 dogs. What's your next project?😊

@@Freeasabird2024 Hi, thank you!! It is so nice to have a break, we’re finding it hard to get the motivation to start up again now though 😂 We’ve got a few big jobs in the pipes, starting with the bathroom 😬

LOL that vision of a traumatised family was too much 😂 Thanks for watching, great to have a fan across the pond 👋 🇺🇸

Hi Adam, thanks, glad you find the vids relaxing! To answer your question, yes indeed there are electric boats. Usually they have ten batteries and many more solar panels. They’re getting more popular, but are still much more expensive. I would like to see a day in which there are electric hookup points all over the canal network and incentive schemes for everyone to convert their boats to electric on the cheap 🤔

​@@FloatingStranglers Yea I remember seeing videos of hybrid canal boats, which use both electric and the regular diesal?. The diesal part was used to provide extra power and to charge the batteries, where as the motor itself was electric. Speaking of batteries, I wonder how viable it would be to install someting like a tesla powerwall battery (or equivalent) on the boat? given that they're oblong shaped and quite slim, you could in theory slap it on the side of the boat lol Granted it might, if it's heavy, make the boat list a bit, so you'd need to counter balance that weight, or just get two! :) Another thing you could try also, adding framework to your existing solar panels, so you can tilt them towards the sun.

@@averyvaliant Interesting, yeah not sure about the powerwall idea, as you don’t want anything on the outside that could get damaged in a crash. Perhaps they’ll get smaller though to the point you could fit it in the engine bay. The hybrid sounds like a good idea for now, as it provides a means of getting hot water (batteries and solar alone can’t do that), while cutting down on diesel use through electrifying the motor

@@FloatingStranglers Another option might be to lay it on the roof, then put a solar panel on top. Assuming it'll fit under the bridges! Did some searching for electric motor kits and it seems to be "starting from" £15k, oof! :P

@@averyvaliant That could work! Yeah those conversion kits aren’t cheap…

Thanks for watching Jim!

Hi Jim, thanks for watching and your comment.Yes indeed, water in the hull is never a good feeling but as you say it’s important to remember how unlikely it is that it’s coming from outside! We also get a lot of water from the prop shaft, which we have to constantly pack with grease. We recently fitted a new bilge pump there too as our old one was clogged with grease and gave up on life (to feature in a video soon!🤫 ) I’ll give you a shout when the next vid comes out. Cheers!

Thanks so much Adam! Yeah that expansion tank was very rusty, which makes me wonder what we’ve been drinking all this time 😬

@@FloatingStranglers Well if you both turn into flesh eating zombies, that's no excuse to stop doing videos! 😁

@@averyvaliant sounds like a good subgenre of narrowboat vlog to explore

@@FloatingStranglers Brazilian Jiujitsu Zombies? That'd be a film I'd pay to see! haha

Hi Jen, thanks so much for your lovely comment! So glad you enjoyed watching and it provided a bit of inspiration/positive vibes :-)

Aww thanks grace! Hope you can come see it some time X

Haha yes, I guess that’s the essence of a bamboo bike! Thank you!

Aww, thanks!! Hope to see you soon

Hey, thanks Kris.. So many fun adventures indeed, looking forward to seeing you!!

Hi Adam, thanks very much! Feels like things are finally falling into place. Still so many things to do though! Glad you enjoy watching ☺️

@@FloatingStranglers Indeed, although when you look at your first videos and compare them to this one, it's like night and day difference. It's only been two months, in a miserable winter and it's already looking really homely.

@@averyvaliant thanks, yes sometimes we need to step back and look at how much it’s changed

Hi Mark, thanks for watching. A folded up yoga mat sounds like a good idea for saving the knees! Best, Joe

Hiya! What a lovely comment, thank you so much. That’s great to hear the end panel idea has inspired you. It’s such brilliant free wood, if you have the patience to take the damn things apart 😆 Hope to see you back on the water soon

@@FloatingStranglers Thanks for replying. I’m not on the water yet! I’m stuck in a field! It’s a new shell. I use a wrecking bar to dismantle palate. I can rip one apart in less than 5-minutes! ruclips.net/video/JaESKLhVYC8/видео.html

@@TheBeeryBoater that’s impressive mate! It took me ages 😂

Hi Jim, thanks so much! It’s slowly getting closer to the space we envisioned, we’re laying floorboards this afternoon! Thanks for your reminder about safety goggles. I generally try to wear goggles but it’s only while watching the footage back that I realise quite how many times I forget to put them on while doing something potentially hazardous. No excuses, time to start having them on us at all times so that it becomes second nature to put them on every single time! Thanks

Haha I’m slowly getting less scared using the circular saw

Thanks for your encouragement Adam! Roll on the summer 🌞

Hey Steven, thanks so much that’s really kind! How’s the boat hunt going?

@@FloatingStranglers slow due to weather

@@stevenkinton7914 understandable, good luck. Let me know if you need any advice

Hi Jim! Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Glad it brought back fond memories, I wonder what the similarities are with boating in the Netherlands as that must be a whole other world…?! Ah yes we have the cork key things! We should invent one for our phones.😄 Tamzin is yet to fall in but i’m on two splashes and counting

Thanks Adam! Motivation is picking up now that things are coming together

​@@FloatingStranglers Now that the weather is improving (supposedly! haha), that will help bolster your moods too. Now that you can see it coming together, despite the stress and frustration, that will give you plenty of encouragement. Given that you're always on the move, do you have a mailing address people can send stuff to? (By stuff I mean gifts, not anything weird lol)

@@averyvaliant True, sunshine = optimism! 🌞 Thanks. For our own orders we usually get stuff delivered to post offices or Amazon drop boxes. Haven’t set up a ‘gift’ address yet but if you wanted to ask about that, email us at thehumancycles@gmail.com 😊

Hi Mark, thanks for the comment! Yes it’s a steep learning curve that doesn’t seem to be bottoming out any time soon. But we’re getting slowly more confident in making decisions. Phone flotation device sounds like a good idea 😆

Thanks mate! I think it will be completely transformed next time you visit

Thanks for watching! Tough but rewarding is true 😊

HI, That’s so great to hear. Thank you and welcome aboard! 🚢

Thanks for watching! Stay authentic 😉

Hi Steven, yes we’re around Banbury working on the boat at the moment. You’ll probably see us on the towpath

@@FloatingStranglers north or south of Banbury

@@stevenkinton7914 nice bumping into you today. Let me know how it all goes 👍

@@FloatingStranglers yes I will do meeting you both has made it easier for me to get a boat and I will let you know when I get one

Got it 😂

Hi, thanks for your comment. I couldn’t agree more, these experiences are common for all who take on projects and renos! As you say, things always look better once on the other side!

Adam, as always thanks so much for watching and for the kind comments. Those are definitely things we will look into soon! We’re flattered you think it’s PayPal worthy 😄

​@@FloatingStranglers Definitely worth it. I'd happily donate. Can't wait to see how the floor turns out, stick with it, it will look great I'm sure. The shoe racks look great too, it's amazing what you can create from pallets!

Thanks so much bro! Appreciate you watching and showing the love ❤️

Thanks for watching and for the kind comment Peter. A laser equipped tape measure sounds like a great idea. Hopefully we’ll have more of a handle on things by next week 😅