How to BUILD your own NARROWBOAT cargo boxes | DIY HOUSEBOAT REFIT
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- Опубликовано: 12 мар 2023
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This week sees Chris and Becca tackle some creative building challenges onboard their (not so trusty) houseboat the 'Whistling Wombat'! Becca channels her inner Neil Buchanan (Art attack) in an attempt to teach Chris how to create some clever extra storage containers for less than £10 using mostly recycled materials, for their never ending kitchen transformation! Storage is key after all when living on a narrowboat!
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Your ingenuity knows no bounds
thanks Graham so nice of you
Gin and tonic going down very nicely as I watch you two.
make that a double Simon :)
@@TheNomadicCrobot just for you I will
Brilliant work both
Crates of character
Well done
Keep safe warm dry and virus free both.
Arrgh I did mention pipe work before laying on the kitchen floor ! !
The only way round it now is to tuck them under the gun-whale.
I have always always believed that the pipe work should NOT be chucked on the floor of a boat but fitted under the Gun-whale for access and use pumps that can suck up rather than push water under pressure.
absolutely, we were originally not going to use then pipe work but now possibly might be so weve hit a bit of a dilemma ...hopefully there ditching flooring will be safe, cheers David
Having a crobot binge tonight 😂😂😂. Really cheered me up. Sorry for so many comments 🤦🏼♀️. Love the crates! 👍🏼💪🏼😍
Aww no need to apologise at all! So glad you're enjoying them! Thanks so much 🥰
Well love the little boxes you made. Now got me thinking if I could sneak hubbies drill and saw 🤔🤔🤔
yayyyy do it do it
Talking about 1 million subs..I see Kev as hit 2million.thats amazing and well deserved
Love the crates
I done some of my van in pallet wood, well its actually crate wood for logs
yes he's done really well, oh awesome they come in so handy instead of just throwing away thanks :)
Great job
Another Great video cheers Guy's
thanks so much
Great crates guys like everything you did it well tc now the oldies 🤗👋👍🥰
thanks so much, lets hope they dont fall over when we go cruising take care :)
As always nailed another vlog
thank you Rick
Crocodile Dundee, don't ever change. Thank you for the brill videos, and the boxes look amazing. That wood pile is becoming very handy.
thanks for sticking with our rusty little adventure
Can't wait to sit and watch my favourite crazy couple later.
thanks so much for your support Simon :)
@@TheNomadicCrobot 😘
Great video thank for sharing 👍
cheers Garry
Botalicious ! Awesome job guys ! X
thanks always Mandy x
@@TheNomadicCrobot sincere pleasure x
Awww the floor and pipe chaos ahead.
just you wait haha
DIY gets you lots of tools and more tools!
that sounds very useful with all this work thanks Patsy
You two are amazing! I always look forward to watching your Vlogs. Forgot to say last Vlog that I liked your haircut Chris. Becca flipping her bush knife was epic. The wooden crates are great. Sense of dread at the end when you talked about the the kitchen cupboards covering the gunnels sad 😢 Hopefully Becca’s dad can figure them out. Great videoing and editing. 😊🤗 Kathy
thank you very much, I cut it myself so it can take a few attempts haha she's dangerous with that knife and far to cocky haha thanks Kathy for your lovely comment :)
@@TheNomadicCrobot I am glad you are ok. Seeing the huge plaster was scary. But hearing you say Chris bought it….. well 😂
You two are a real tonic - always so positive. Love the crates! I’m full of admiration for Becca’s skills and Chris, you make a great assistant and make brilliant little films, which I always enjoy.
thanks for your lovely comment :)
Great work guys. They look really impressive. It’s always a pleasure watching your vlogs largely because your both mad funny and likeable. I’m looking forward to the next episode
thanks so much Jim that means a lot
Good up cycling idea with the crates 👍🏻
there great aren't they :)
Great job on thumbnails, very Croboty and inviting. Love the crates details 🍺Cheers!
thanks Dana
Well impressed with the kitchen and storage boxes.Well done.
thank you, Bex has done a great job
They turned out great!
thanks Seth
Ace job Rebecca 👍
Thanks Martin
Great Job you two! 🥰
Thank you so much ❤️
Those crates look fab! 😊👍🏻 You could sell them and make some money for yourselves, I’d buy them!
And Chris… “Must be one of my toe hairs” and “I fuggered that up!” … those two phrases literally made me LOL! 😂 🤣
You pair definitely deserve a million subs and more! Thanks for sharing all your shenanigans with us and making us smile! 🙃… 😊🌻 xx
Is there a job that Becca cant do ?? thats could be a good little way to bring some money in great shout, thanks so much for enjoying the vlogs xx
The boxes looks cool guys looks like a memorial box with the copper plate lol need a titan box made with its own door
now there's a cracking idea
Brilliant loving the white tiles in the kitchen. Kitchen looks fabulous 😍
Well done U2
thank you Janet
Yes.... Monday funday
cheers dude
@The Nomadic Crobot That was a "CRATE" video hehe. I love seeing stuff being recycled. Loving the longer episodes too, even if it does mean I'm wishing my weeks away. Do we have to call you Toe Hair Talbot now? 😋😋
Chris I believe it was “combat crobot” but “COLONEL CROBOT” sounds SOOOOO much better.
I like Colonel crobot...it has a ring to it haha
Bex, use magnets to attach the panels to walls in the head so you have access to the pipes.
thats a cracking idea
Hi Guys I love that you've made your videos longer ! They were just a tad to short before ..anyway love your channel from down under Australia 🇦🇺 🌻🌻
hi from the uk :) thanks for enjoying the channel :)
@@TheNomadicCrobot Love it your both my favourite ❤ narrowboat couple
😂Expert Joiner here, thanks for the Hatch tip on another channel, I was wondering where my next fix was coming from and you two saved the day. As the saying goes, Great Minds Think Alike, I have just made some Crates myself for my Bathroom but are as far away from Rustic as you can get. Great work as always guys, keep it up, very entertaining as always🤪
Oh brilliant what a great way to reuse some of this old material that nobody wants, and they look awesome, haha yes were all Hatched out for now...but for how long???
Loving the kitchen, well done both
thank you its come out awesome
That was so good! Thank you.
thanks Ian
They look great xx
Thank you xx
Hi, have you seen The narrowboat that james builds post regarding the governments alternative fuel payment? Thank fully because you are on a private mooring you guys should be able to apply for it. Hope this is useful 🤗
thank you for this yes we had heard from a few people at the marina that we can apply for a 400 grant though, its something we should try and look into really , thank you
haha, you saw us all talking shhh over your hatches over at Boat Time then lol
haaa brilliant..I take all of it as banter really so all good fun
@@TheNomadicCrobot Always bantaaaa
@@TheNomadicCrobot of course we love you guys ❤
With your heating and copper pipes behind wood panels .... Even if you do a Pressure-Test when all connected, you might well spring a leak after a while because good old DIYers used to like to use steel nails/screws to hold pipes in place without any lagging to protect them ... They rust and wear through in time causing catastrophe that you can't find the source of (Had this in a house built in the 60's 😒) .... As your boat is fairly old and you don't know WHO fitted the heating, unless you can access/see all of the pipework, it would be safer to 'renew' it all .... Just a thought 🙂
oh thanks so much for the advice, id never thought of that, yes its from the 90's who knows what's going on in there cheers Pete
Well done happy rustrobots..summer is so slow this year...you should be out and about soon !!
iv stopped counting down the days....I wonder if will just be doing this forever now haha cheers Tom
Ahh, life complete, we made it onto a crobot vlog 🤩 thank you guys for the shoutout!
We might’ve finished it in the 1 vlog but mainly because we got fed up 😂 spoiler alert it doesn’t actually open anymore 👍🏻
Seriously though we’ve been watching you both for ages and love the vlogs so much! ❤ Hope you get to the 1million!
The crates look so good! I’m loving these creative DIY’s 😊
Beccas facepalm after the toe hair joke 😂
Excited to see what’s next in store! Hopefully the alde boiler works out ok 🤞🏻
haha yeah good luck if we ever get to a million, aww any time, im starting to think if we could overplate our hatches...only problem is no more vlogs on hatch vlogs, thanks for enjoy our channel, you guys are are always massively enjoyable, thank you and take care fellow bodgers... sorry I didn't mean that I meant boaters :)
@@TheNomadicCrobot us bodgers have gotta stick together 😉
Well done guys. This was another brilliant vlog. Becks those crates are amazing ✨
thank you :)
good vid on the channel thanks lee
thank you
Thank you for the clarification!
no worries Henry
If you intend to cruise, then you could use the engine heat to heat the radiators. Obviously only works when cruising, but will keep boat warm all day, hence you need less heat in the evening. You need a heat exchanger with your engine skin tank circuit. You can use the Alde circulation pump to circulate the water. It is amazing how much heat can be harvested. Gas boilers are very expensive to run, switch to a Webasto. You can reuse a thermo top V from a jaguar with the oval webasto controller, however does require a bit of DIY.
we wanted to do that but were told we probably couldn't?? though it was just from 1 source , it would be great to heat it from the engine, we have heard they are expensive to run...some have said a bottle a week which could add up if were not careful , a webasto was also something we wanted to read into a bit more, thanks so much
Great video, crates look great
thank you :)
If you are going to use gas, you need to buy a bottle refill adaptor from Amazon that allows you to fill a gas bottle at a petrol station with LPG (low pressure gas). It will more than halve your gas costs ( Calor very expensive at present). You will need to train Chris how to do it without blowing himself up Bex. I think your plan to use existing is best, you can always spruce up your boiler cover with rattle can spray paint. 😁. Keep going kids.
oh thats interesting to know thanks Steve, Ill make sure to take lots of bubble wrap along for the journey back haha
Love watching both of you. Brilliant personalities, and the upcycled crates look great!!! 👍
cheers Josh
❤️🔥
We've just spent three days watching 100 of your vlogs in Thailand. Mad or what! We want to meet bad boy Titan. Think you are both incredible. Nothing seems to faze either of you 👍
oh woaw...thanks so much for your support, the Titan is all yours if your ever in the area Roger
Is that a "Bowie" knife that Becca is using? Cos she can sure "Knock on Wood" with it 😆
haha excellent
Oh my goodness, I love your kitchen.
thanks so much Mary, Becca has done an outstanding job bless her
I like the longer episodes, even if they aren't as often. I've often thought they ended too soon. First time commenting but I wanted to get that out. Carry on.
Aww thanks John. Glad to hear you like the longer ones. Welcome to the comments! Feel free to pop by and say hello anytime! 🙂
very nice guys
thank you :)
Great vlog again. Good luck on the heating, i did it myself to, kept me awake for a night or two.
On a boat ther's not much choice. Gas or diesel, i would go gas, diesel takes a lot of cleaning. Filters and such, and it always needs cleaning when its freezing. Gas is clean.
thanks for the advice, it seams to be a mind field on which is better , gas seams the easier option for now but we may be forced to upgrade at some point
Nice one!
Thanks
Alf stealing the show 😂😂😂😂😂
Alf saving me from having to do much work haha
Hi Becca, Chris, I like your new style Vlogs, but I have to say, all your Vlogs have always been really good quality and enjoyable viewing. Loving Becca's new idea with the waste pallets. I got the "Crocodile Dundee" joke (Brilliant). Hopefully all will be plain sailing for you both now. The draws looked amazing. The two of you are very talented, and I'm very impressed. Great editing as always. The Glove edit was very good. Have a lovely week. Take care.
thanks for enjoying us, yeah we just felt making them a tad longer could maybe add a bit of new life to them, were just playing around with ideas really, have great week and will see you in the next one :)
Stacking Croboxes, very cool. For small bits of copper, you can use old copper plumbing pipe cut down one side and then beat it flat with a hammer.
croboxes...woaw never thought of that one, awesome thanks so much for your handy tips
Enjoy every minute of your videos guys‼️😁👏🏼 Those crates are full of character and charm love them👌🏼💜
thanks so much, Becca has done amazing ....again
The motorhome world recommend the “Chinese” diesel heaters for space heating. Easy to fit, cheap
Oh brilliant thanks mikey I have had a small look into them I'll take another look
I'm a fan of using lots of wood since wood makes a great Tom Sawyer raft or kindling for the stove - I think a small 10K btu heater is needed to warm air in bedroom & larger shower water heater 50K BTU
there's so much still to work out with the hot water situation but were slowly getting our heads around it thank you
Loving these longer videos the laughter ive gained from watching keep doing what you are doing great content
thanks for the support :)
Hiya , great choice with the keep the boiler . It's identical to those found in caravans , Spares are everywhere even while units second hand , I never found it used excessive amounts of gas whatsoever ! I ended up in 6 years replacing the thermocouple(£6 new) once and the tiny spinny bit at the top twice that was all . And mine was 20 years old when I got it ! As always a service would work wonders for everything including fuel consumption . Good luck . Ps we all love the vlogs exactly as they are rght now ....
oh well thats good to know, I think trying the thing out as a tester can be a good idea, she may serve us well after all, thanks so much Jim for your words of confidence
that new shelving unit with the copper stamped nameplate is amazing. well done.
thank you there awesome aren't they :)
Storage crates are genius. Nice team work on them. Hope the radiator works out for you. Best wishes for a safe and fun week. Deb
Thanks Deb, it was a nice little project to work on. Thank you and the same to you too ☺️
Another brilliant epispde from you's guys. You both are a real tonic to begin the week. Thankyou.
thanks so much for enjoying the adventure Peter
Well done you two!!!!! Love your crates!!!!
thank you :)
Really like the crates 😊 great video thanks 😊
thanks they look cool dont they :)
Definitely go for a back boiler we have gone down that route keeps the water hot and the boat is lovely and warm x loving the crates you could use them to put your veg in
we would love to get it going, we've heard good and bad things..its so hard to try and find the right thing to do haha Cheers Tina
I can't believe nobody else has mentioned what a Crate result you pair of baskets
amazing haaa
Its coming together guys, love the crates 😍
thank you Jayne
Looks very good it suits.
thanks :)
pallet boxes look great. Spuds in the bottom so it doesnt topple over, carrots and onions in the 2nd and straw and eggs in the top one for that authentic DIY barnyard pallet box look
there awesome ....were very proud haha
To avoid having to go under the floor again, why not put the water pipes to the radiators either just above the floorboards or underneath the gunnels? That way any couplings that might leak are easily accessable and you get the heat from the pipes as well as from the radiators.
thanks a great idea, its something I think we would like to do if we get the chance
One crate could become the glove health and safety store lol
yessss...a 'glove box' is essential !!
So, so, so impressed with the boxes Beccs, I’m going to make sure Henri sees them as he makes pallet furniture, mainly tables though. We have a diesel heater in the van and had one in the motorhome, we also had a gas one once in a British van we had (here in Oz). Both were great for heating the space, though a lot smaller than the Whispering Wombat. The diesel used such a small amount of fuel compared to the gas, neither we left on for extended periods as it got to hot when in bed. Just our experience and reality it’s your decision good luck with it and whatever you use you’ll do a great job. Take care guys and stay warm. 💕
they have come out amazing, so impressed with them, its hard to decide really, maybe will try the Aldi and if we have problems move on to something a bit more modern, really like most people we probably want to keep the costs down as much as possible take care Pauline
@@TheNomadicCrobot. Really relate to that, save where you can and though I love the diesel I reckon in be trying what you’re doing too, it just may turn out to be the cheapest as it’s there anyway. Good luck with it guys. 💕
Hi just thought I might say myself and lots of other people told you not to have any pipework under the floor and here we are your pipes are under the floor and you need to get to them.For your heating and hot water I personally would go with a instant hot water boiler and for heating you already have your solid fuel stove at the front so just fit a diesel hot air heater at the back this is more then enough and you don't need a clarifier or rads with loads of pipes all this can be purchased off eBay for a couple of hundred quid less the a clarifier on its own
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the pipes were already laid under the floors when we got the boat and we weren't intending on using them, but now it looks like we way?? in the next episode were going to be trying to recover them, we absolutely need them in a place we can get to them, oh woaw really..thanks for your suggestions, will be sure to have a good chat about them, an instant hot water boiler is something id love to get but I need to do a bit more research
All details is coming to their place bit by bit. Soon you are two skilled DIY:ers.
But at the start of this video (and maybe some others to) you say "our first" narrowboat.
Are you intended to buy another one? If, so, are you trying to get one with a huge amount of rust?
I don't whant to miss that!
exactly even if we never leave for cruising will have an arsenal of ok ish DIY skills. lets get this first one out the way first haha...they do say your 2nd boat is your favourite cheers Rolf
Take the veggies out of plastic before storing them. The warm kitchen isn't the best place for veg storage though. Best in protected cool place. Outside protected from rain I mean.
That's a good idea thanks Jimmy. Why they come wrapped in so much plastic anyway but don't get me started on that! Don't worry, our kitchen is always freezing cos of the lack of heating at the moment but will definitely remember that for the future ☺️
Drove past your area yesterday and it looks pretty flooded. My mate whose bought land next to you was pulled off his moorings. Scary guys. Hope you guys are ok.
got its absolutely flooded buddy, the landing strip was flooded, yes seen those land spots for sale...would quite fancy one, only problem is kids love bridges in the summer for some reason haha
@@TheNomadicCrobot Are they flooded, those bits of land? Yeah kids off bridges is annoying. Cheers Bruv and bruvette.
Guys, I fitted a webasto and rads on my boat. Got the webasto from a really good seller on ebay. Pm me if you want the details. Then you can do it as a pressurised system, much better. Not keen on old pipework under floors and behind walls, run new!
thanks were currently just running through options, the Sebastopol may be a tad out of our price range thats the only problem, no its probably best to keep the pipe work somewhere with easy access
@@TheNomadicCrobot I found that seller, "mp_and_h" though of course things have gone up... get a kit if you can as there are loads of odd bits you will need, special fuel pipe (you can't use plastic) etc etc
Those are cute birds, the swans, do they make for good eating?👹
absolutely haha
First
yay
Run 100mph in the opposite direction from the adle boiler, even using it conservatively you’ll be getting through a bottle of gas every four to five days. A diesel heater is the most cost effective way of warming your boat other than a log burner and foraging for free wood. I’ve had a stove an alde boiler and a diesel heater and I promise you WILL regret going with the boiler.the other thing with the Aldi boilers is they rot from the inside out you’ll be lucky if you get it past the bsc exam . The pumps for them are ridiculously expensive, avoid AVOID Arrrrggghhhhvoid!!!!! Lol
Becca has some ideas on how she can keep the Aldi boiler running cheap and really wants to try it...iv heard bad things about them really...yes I wouldn't really want to fill it weekly...and lets hope it passes the BSS the ugly bleeding thing haaa
@@TheNomadicCrobot all I can say then if you have your heart set on using it get it checked and passed by a gas safe engineer , you have to ask yourself the question of why it’s been decommissioned in the first place.
Are you guys ok? not seen any Vlogs in a while
Thanks for noticing, we are actually back today its been a very slow month, hope to see you later 😎
The storage boxes are an excellent idea. Much better than that made-in-China plastic crap that disintegrates in a couple of months but continues to pollute the planet for ever. I personally don't mind the smell of onions, and though I'm not arachnophobic, I suspect the little eight-leggers would not like that fragrance.
Certainly appropriate to sign off with a reference to Dudes and Dudettes, being the 25th anniversary ofthe release of The Big Lebowsky. All you need is a nice carpet to tie the narrowboat together.
they have come out amazing...already for those little spiders to start making there nests...terrifying!! oh is it from the Big Lebowsky??? im still to see it actually...its been on the list for years, thanks always Peter
@@TheNomadicCrobot As an ordained Dudeist priest, I am recommending for your spiritual enrichment that you obtain a copy of The Big Lebowski. You will undoubtedly refer to it often, and you might even acquire a taste for the occasional White Russian.
Oh the posh posh traveling life, the traveling life for me
Oh rumpetly tumpety didy didy dee dee dee dee dee
Oh the posh posh traveling life, the traveling life for me
we are very very....posh ...obsviously
Can I have a picture of you 2 please 😀
definitely...I mean we dont really have any but could email you one?? cheers Simon for the love
@@TheNomadicCrobot what should I email you too
Becca...You should NOT let Chris have pointed or sharp objects!!!
you have a 'point'
@@TheNomadicCrobot Oh that's good! "You have a point"....Hahaha!
you do realize that when you sell the boat the new owner is going to rip out all your work and replace it with IKEA cupboards! 😛
no way!!!!! haaa
Chines heaters
now that could be a good idea
I got one in the garage and it's excellent !
Toe hairs? Yuk Chris you have sunk to a new low😖
oh there's lower just you wait hahaha
@@TheNomadicCrobot i bet there is haha
A good bushknife is only good if it’s looked after and kept sharp enough to shave with,mine is and so is my axe 🙂
Indeedy! Aww jealous of your axe! That's something I need to add to my bushcraft collection!
Are you both on Instagram.
we do have crobot instagram though im not sure how up to date it is cheers Simon
@@TheNomadicCrobot will have to find you... fingers crossed.
Becs do something with you hair with power tools
I keep telling her haha
Wait until u go round a corner to fast they will fall of
never thought of that haaa
I don't mean useing them to style your hair
haha brilliant
Can u stop likeing me its embarrassing, plus I'm married
Hi guys about your gas boiler just remember calor is going to be doing away with gas bottles before long been a lot of talk about it LPG is phased out ,nice job of your storage boxes,you are getting there be careful about the gas ? John 🌹😂🇬🇧🛠️🛠️🫣🤭🤫🫢
thanks so much John for your help thats very interring to know, so what will boaters be relying on would you say?? diesel??
@@TheNomadicCrobot hi take a look at gadget John or Mandy& John he did a blog about this very interesting it but the cat among the pigeons,good luck
Thanks for this, will take a look as I know theres also muttering about red diesel too at the moment...