Converting A Ship
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2019
- An epic two year project renovating an old steel ship into useful office space. The only problem is, the boat is filled with a trillion litres of foam.
Lightship 95 is an old lighthouse ship (lightship) that's now a music recording studio. We spent the summer knee deep in foam trying to carve out some space to make a proper room.
More info on the ship: www.lightship95.com/
Follow me on Instagram / harrydwyerisok
Music, main catchy theme:
"Another World" by The Rumble Strips
www.aircraftworkshop.co.uk
www.harrydwyer.com 
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The Captain
Had ONE
Facial expression
in TWO years
'disgruntled'
John Intel ikr
Hopefully he doesn’t turn into a grumpy hated old man.
Ikr
@@UnvisitedProfile I think he may have reached that point already
what have we learned?
-its like a proper room
-its almost done
-fiddling around
-its looking pretty smart down here
-its like a proper office
-kitchen sink
-bags of foam
-ben
10/10 video boys!
How come you have almost no likes? Your comment is the best
@@valentinraboj5349 it's all your fault
@@tygermarez2556 I'm so sorry master. Please don't kick me out of the basement
@@valentinraboj5349 this is exactly why it's all your fault
You forgot that he is still fiddling around
For sale: 15 gently used rototillers, never been used in dirt!
ScoredPiston lolollolol
Lol funny comment
I’ll do 13£
I'm Buy 100$ US
So Ben seems to be able to do literally everything... How does one acquire this ability to get so much stuff done? I couldn't even imagine taking on a project of this magnitude!
It is like eating an elephant, One bight at a time. Both hard long grotty work but WOW look at what you have achieved
19:37 Why did you use rock wool for insulation? Wouldn't some *foam* be better?
Haha
I was a commercial insulator, the best performing insulation material is rock wool. It also has the advantage over foam in that it doesn't burn; it is also used as a fireproofing material.
@@DawgYa1 Thanks for the info. My comment was a joke: after removing all that foam I don't think they would have used any other kind of foam 😂
@@DawgYa1 You are wrong best insulator is dry rock/glass wool, in this environment water from air willl condensate in wool and on all cold parts of the ship . so when they discover how bad wet rockwool is we wil see new wideo how to replace rockwool by hard foam . :)
@@martinwinzig4951 Pat isn't wrong Martin, with a decent air gap behind rockwool doesn't absorb moisture and its probably the only affordable insulation material that you can safely weld right next to. I've used this before and after ten years, dry as a bone, no mould and no worries if I want to weld a bracket/fixing on the other side of the bulkhead.
came for the title, stayed for the perpetually annoyed death stare
Yeah, me too! Does he ever smile? Pfff
If the other guy said "proper room" one more time violence would have been justified.
At the end he smiled... otherwise... perma-scowl!!
Dude with a broken boat. He should be nice. Not arrogant.
This is the hosts boat and he just edited it like he wasn’t the owner.
20% of the video : renovating the boat
80% of the video : "it's like a proper room"
I have two questions:
1. Has it been nearly 2 years?
2. Is that like a proper room down there?
I absolutely adored this video. It's a proper RUclips video. With proper dudes, and a proper ship, and proper foam...
and a proper room !
This is a proper RUclips comment.
and a proper job!
AND a proper room
And a proper facial expression
You know what?, that's starting to look like a proper room
watching it now... It really is starting to look like a proper room
Has it been nearly two years?
Once the foam was out it always was a "proper" room. Just needed fitting out.
@@davidelliott5843 with foam insulation
*disgruntled annoyed look*
Every two months I search for this video because I believe it is the best video in the internet
It seems like every time I've run out of things to watch, RUclips gives this one back to me again.
I'm so glad the RUclips robot decided I'd like this
The robot does know whats best for us.
I ignored RUclips's orders to watch this for a week or two and finally went "ok, fine." Not disappointed. At all.
No 3d printer on board?
Please give us a tour of the rest of this ship - we're addicted!
Did they actually even dig out the rest of the ship??
@@tomb9818 I think only one room was filled with foam.
@@tomb9818 The stern compartment was full of foam as well but I removed that 10yrs ago when I first bought the ship. Similar quantity, very different setting as we weren't moored in the middle of London back then.
nice work, but i bet that not killing that annoying dude that was recording was harder than defoaming and restoration.
Google "lightship 95 London", It's a recording studio.
One of the best short/long videos I have ever watched! You Harry are very good at what you do!
I lived in the villages of Kingsdown and St Margarets at Cliffe (between Deal and Dover) for many years, can't count the number of times I saw this ship (or perhaps a sister ship) out there in all weathers, when other ships had to run for port. It's good to know it's still being put to good use, I hope your business is a success.
This video was in my recomended for a week now, finally clicked it just to see what it was.. didnt dissapoint
i couldnt stop seeing it, i clicked so it would go away, was entertaining though.
Same lol
Same here
Same
Same here.
Amazing, it's like a proper room. I mean like a proper room. No more foam and it's now a proper room!
He seems competent enough to have hopefully considered condensation on the inside of the hull.
Where can I find a fridge that holds 3 milkshakes.
Deano Africain market
Its a win cooler, i think the Milkshakes there where a joke
David Packer my comment was also a joke, but thanks for getting involved lol
Two years of Ben’s life but every time he hears “it’s like a proper room” he acquires depression.
He just stares. It’s hilarious.
Ikr
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Absolutely love it, captain working his arse off while the camera guy makes a nuisance of himself. :D
renovated more than 10 big barges in my life... but This... Never seen... you guys are MAD... BRAVO
Amazing work! But I want to see the machineroom and all the other rooms.
This was a lightship. They were towed into place and permanently moored with mushroom anchors.
There may be (or have been) an aux engine for electricity and heat, but rather certainly no "main engine".
This was the recommended video right after the video I watched about the dangers of enclosed spaces on ships lol
Same here.
I wonder if we have IT, electronics, and science in common and so the RUclips algorithm thinks this is linked to that.
I watched the enclosed spaces video lastnight
@@markp8295 i watch those types of videos aswell...
I watched the same vid
I just watched that video lol
This is what I love about you tube: you blunder across something random, that looks utterly bonkers and it turns out into a crazy adventure with a stunning ending.
I am In awe!
Love it. 👍🏼
I ended up here at 4am, whilst sat sipping coffee here in Cornwall, only to discover that I now know how to mine expanding foam! I also witnessed the transformation as that space became just like a proper room! Given that this was 4 years ago though, isn't the time right for an update to see how that 'proper room' has developed? Has Ben got any happier? Has he missed mining old foam? Anyway, I need more coffee but thank you for a most enjoyable 29 minutes and 27 seconds.
The definition of tenacity. Heaven knows how they stuck at it.
I love the way he’s always annoyed with you 😂
7:25 He caught a smile!
I know it's only jokingly but I think that annoyance is somewhat justified :p
That's the sign of a true friend!
He looks like he is ready to give him a smack
When working in polyurethane foam I imagine that's easy.
take a drink every time he says "its like a proper room"
i did. i'm fit shaced.....
Looked like a cabin... And that kitchen would be the galley. Floor or deck?
i think i became a alcoholic after watching this video
I count 12 instances of the phrase "proper room". bottoms up!
Legends say he is still amazed about this being a pRoPpEr RoOm
Having renovated a house and knowing A: the cost of expanding foam, B: the cost of waste removal and C: the time and physical effort it takes this is insane! A valiant effort! Looks amazing! I can relate to the "so when are you moving in?" question so much 😂
Leaving that thick layer of foam on those outer walls and some good insulation padding on the floor was a great idea, will make it very comfortable in the winter time . I lived in a 42’ sport fishing boat for a little while , brutal working down below in the winter .
Ben must be a proper engineer, he's reading Masseys' Mechanics of Fluids, a classic from my student days 40 years ago.
lol
Turns out one not very dynamic but effective property of Mechanics of fluids is as a door stop.
I sailed past this ship many hundreds of times, when I worked on the cross channel ferries. Pleased to see she is still afloat, and being kept alive.
Where is it? What city?
Trinity bouy wharf London
It won't be afloat much longer heheh
@Joseph Nordin Well, the foam must have been added for a reason, and now that it is removed, might not be so boyant anymore eh?
Did they fix the leak after the foam or just let the foam do it?
My god, all of that for an office. What's an office space cost in that area? Ben should have his own show. That guy seems like the perfect boss. Just enough smiles and annoyance to make you enjoy your job 😂😂
Captain seems like a fun dude to be around
Ben completely despises your existence with that stare
If you had said to me when I woke up this morning that I was going to watch someone excavate a ship hull( a term I believe didn’t exist until this channel) I would have scoffed. And yet here I am. Go figure.
right there with youa
Yep same.
exactLy, i just watched to see the foam removed, i never reaLized they were doing ship make over
Pretty randomly epic!
Awesome video to eat breakfast too. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing job Ben (and company), you must be chuffed to bits with how it turned out. Thanks for sharing!
the printer cabinet make it extra luxurious
and john is such a professional worrier
I watched it youtube! Now leave me the hell alone
@@cd2920 I Third that!!
Oh good not just me then. Two bloody weeks I managed to ignore it. Finally I said OK I give in, let's see what all the fuss is about. It was OK I guess.
ditto
EXACTLY
I 168th that
A sharpened spade would be a good tool for the job, that's what we used to use down the cheese mines.
Are you talking about the great cheese war of 89"?
@@MATTW3R many good cheese got grated in 89'
b0ngo amen bröther many chëësë lost
Lost my Father to cheese lung from years in the mines
was that at cheddar gorge
So this randomly appeared in my recommendations... for the first time RUclips actually showed me something interesting!
back watching this a 2nd time over, one of my favorite vids ever. idk why
Some background for clarity: the question of why the foam and who did it: Trinity House did it (look em up) so they probably know more than you (whoever you are) about ships, foam, the sea and all related...and probably aren't 'stupid' etc WHY? Because in the 80's these previously manned vessels were converted to unmanned, solar power. The stern and bow compartments were filled with foam at that point so if another ship hit them water would not flood into the compartment.
Thanks for the explanation Ben. I wondered why in the first place.
pin Ben's comment to the top!
What an audacious and epic project, Ben. And the results...swooooon! It is stunning, every detail. Hard to wrap my brain around how one pulls such a conversion off. Vision, determination, rockstar creativity, and mad skills of all kinds. The craftsmanship is stunning.
@@kbc1883 Thank you very much.
Seems funny that with a crew onboard they could sink, yet when they took the crew off they made it unsinkable, UMM am I missing a point there
Men in full hazmat suits armed with rototillers toil away in a foam mine inside a movable lighthouse.
In not a sentence I ever expected to write.
But it made me smile.
Hahahaha :)
In other words, a proper British hobby?
plot twist...they found Hoffa!
Is this one of those "has every letter in the alphabet" sort of sentences or is it just me.
Filling that thing with foam must have cost several 100,000 bucks. And getting rid of that stuff at the dump must cost a pretty penny too.
Amazing.
Ben:
0:29
3:35
5:43
14:13
16:48
18:20
18:44
19:16
20:53
21:28
23:14
28:08
29:07
The funny thing is he never changed his look of his face , never smiled... always serious haha
@@mubee4682 Serious! Hell, he looked damned annoyed. The only time you saw anything other than a glare was when it was just him and the lady.
it's enough to make a calendar 😄😄
7:20
8:25
He looks at you like he’s about to throw you overboard with the steel from the portholes strapped to you 😂
Yep
I tried.. but he's a surprisingly strong swimmer.
That is one of the most random yet satisfying videos I have seen in a long time. The title had me interested, the foam had me intrigued, and the result had me hooked. BEN... the master of the slanted death stare, and well, building square rooms in non-square spaces. Nicely done lads!
Agreed
Also my thought
Loved the transformation, looking forward to seeing the rest! J.
I love your psychic approach to tackling a man that handsome and that talented - taking more piss than a dialysis machine.
RUclips has been badgering me to watch this video for a week or more, so I finally caved in; I'm glad I did. :)
As an ex member of he U.S. Coast Guard, it was fun to watch your Lighthouse Ship restore! Thanks for sharing!
I have now watched this twice and I still think you have all done an amazing job on this.
If she is the South Goodwin, I nearly rammed her in thick fog sixty years ago.
Fantastic job Ben! Well done!!
what id like to know is how a literal boatload of foam is cheaper than patching a few holes
It wasn't fitted to patch holes but as a precaution to such an event
The mental retardation of the baby boomer generation knows no bounds (they did state that foam was >30 years old)
@@RealCheesyBread waht
@@RealCheesyBread I love boomers. Morons born into an era with high birth rates and good financial situations. There are a lot of them. But they didn't make as much babies as their parents did. So now they blame us for being lazy despite the fact that we a far fewer people. Fuck them.
How did he know there would be no leaks? I guess maybe the water would have come in and shown up even thought the ship wouldn't have sunk?
Crew: Excited to remove foam covering floor of ship.
Also crew: Excited to cover floor of ship in different foam.
My thoughts as well. "look you just spent a year removing the bloody foam, now you're re-applying same"
Awesome video, Ben is a incredibly humble and magnetic personality.
Why do I always find these interesting videos just before bed time?
I took a sip of beer every time he said Proper-Room, i drank 16 pints!
Yea, proper's the flavour of the day.
Funny how when a word gets repeated so many times that it feels like it lost its meaning... :D
Or, just pour in gallons of acetone.
Because what could possibly go wrong?
me chain-smoking on deck
Looks like pretty standard rigid (non-aromatic) PU foam. Acetone would be like pissing on the stuff.
I work with similar foam daily, and we've had a couple of instances when we've had to clean some pieces of equipment, that were not designed to have foam form inside them.
We use pure toluene to break the outermost layer of the foam, and then pump trifluorosomething (can't remember the last part) solvent through the system (nasty stuff, goes through nitrile gloves like welding sparks through polyester jacket). That turns the foam into a sludge that can be pumped out of the part and burned.
Dissolving hundreds of kgs worth of polyurethane would be impossible, initially through "on what grounds do you have tankers full of these very harmful chemicals to marine life parked next to your boat?"
Also when they say "truckload of foam going to be recycled", it's actually going to be burned in some kind of power plant.
Polyurethane foam is energy waste (like wood) the moment it forms.
@@tube71000 thanks for clueing us in. Yeah, those solvents sound like constituents of rocket fuel. They might have burned the foam for winter heating but they didn't. I wonder why.
@@bashisobsolete.pythonismyn6321 not really rocket fuel. They're chemicals commonly used in my labs. But yes they definitely have toxic properties that wouldn't do well in large amount especially near the ocean.
Botha Lissom I’m glad I read the comments because I was about to write the same comment as you 😂
Now to search for water holes! Likely why the foam was inserted. Maybe for storms and the hull is ok ! Love the port holes - I have some large Bronze ones myself.
Wow, this turned out great! Well done Ben and worker bees. Excellent job.👍😋
Captain Ben is so very deadpan funny! Loved the video and loved the finished office! Kudos to the Captain and the Crew!
I sure hope that it does not sink. You know, from a lack of foam.
les sharratt it’s on gravel like a little beach
Oh the irony
It won't sink as long as the room isn't flooded
@@BrySmi The foam was put in when the ships were converted to be automated to prevent the ship from sinking in the event of a collision. Where there is foam, the compartments can't fill with water. Spray foam wouldn't be used to fix a leak. It would be far easier/cheaper/quicker to repair the leak.
Undoubtedly the best video on you tube . Well done guys....
This actually looks kinda fun... who doesn't love breaking up foam!?
RUclips: You REALLY should watch this.
Me: FINE! I'll watch it but I am not going to like it.
Me: around the 11:00 minute mark: AMAZING.....I should buy a foam filled boat.
Jaysus, how that captain didn't feed you into the mulcher, I do not know..
I know right... This guy...
Dave Coz hillarious though!!!
Yeah, he looked particularly amused at the 28th "I'm doing all the work and Ben's just fiddling about" joke.
Seriously, it looked like Ben barely tolerated the guy.
I was hoping he was going to ask Ben "Don't you wish it was once again full of foam so we could do it all over again?"
This was hilariously entertaining and enjoyable. Love the format and dry British humor.
I love the ship, really good video.
This is something I could see myself genuinely enjoying...
The satisfaction of clearing that foam would by euphoric...
Now this is content
Is there any more excavation planned?
Literally....
Too bad they blocked the portholes with double glazing..that would have been much nicer exposed and made into a little napping pad.
@@Choice777 Unfortunately leaving the steel exposed makes for a cold room in winter.. not practical for an office situation where people are sat still all day.. needs must.
That is one determined grumpy guy :) loved every minute of it. Nice job.
The amount of work was STAGGERING. Top job.
*A proper room* put together by Ben who was *fiddling around* the whole time.
Couldn't help thinking the time building would be much less if he actually did something lol
That has got to be the coolest re-purposing of a lighthouse ship I've ever seen. Thanks for preserving it and giving it new life.
Thank God for you I see Ben all the time slacking, and I see what a wonderful job you have did on cutting out all the foam, when Ben was drinking coffee and taking a break on top but thank God for you buddy you finally finish that job for Ben and his girlfriend :-)
Sorry a little bit late. Had to remove original foam flotation in my C-Dory. Electric chainsaw to cut kerf slots making manageable block outlines, careful of depth & bulkheads. Blocks easily pop out with a prybar. Finish up with right angle grinder fitted with a coarse wire wheel. Eats foam like a banshee & does not damage underlying fiberglas. You guys did great though & improvised well. 30 years ago my brother & I here in Hawaii called our garden tiller "Michael Flatley". I laughed at the memory watching yours do the "River Foam Dance". Cheers.
I can't believe I enjoyed watching this, the presenter is a hilarious knob, good show.
Hahaha "Ben's fiddling downstairs"
absolutely fascinating vessel, keep the old girl alive and functioning. would love to see the entire ship as you restore more areas in hold and engine room. lets see if the craft has a bridge/ control room. look forward to more videos and exhibition of your problem solving along the way. Very interesting and beautiful ship.
lightships dont have an engine or propellor they tow them into position and anchor at each end.they do electrical generators for power.used to pass the south goodwin lv two or three times a week.ex merchant nsvy.
Great work, smart using the leaf vac to move foam and the tiller. Ben seems great “don’t touch that”. Great video as well.
That was fantastic man!
Awesome video , you guys changed the use of that ship and space for ever .... Glad you brought it back to life . Very PROPER Indeed .
Take a shot every time he says “it’s like a proper room”
If you did that you would be to drunk to watch the whole video
No man can take that much alcohol
So impressed, just lovely!!!!!!
I cannot be the only one that would love to come play with their boat, and the foam sounds like rock breaking, so satisfying!
Love the video! I want to see what happens with the rest of the ship!
They should have used spray foam on the walls and floor,its very good insulation.
Guy Hammond I think they were most likely sick of foam at that point
Lol, yeah they should've kept a couple of bags and stuffed it back under the flooring, saved a few quid on fiber insulation ;?)
it's not actually. would've been hilarious tho :P
Well that is amazing. I’d love to know more about the boat and how it’s used. Is it just for an office or do they live there as well?
i have watched this 4 times now. still amazing
Plumbing, electrical, welding, framing, carpentry, cabinet making, demolition.... Ben has an incredible skill set and a hot girlfriend. Respect.
But is it like a proper room ? Stay tuned to find out.
Also he's like a captain and a record exec??
There's nothing to indicate that woman is his girlfriend. Why not assume she's his colleague who is as invested in the new space?
@Charlie Vetsworth, I can tell the snowflakery is strong in you.
@Jon Doe Class
Harry was very close to Ben's "proper room" quota and just missed filming the last bit in a hospital bed.
My word !! And good luck with you´re project !!
Watched this when it came out and you had like 6k subs. So happy you have more now
Most underrated channel ever!!!
For sale, large bags of blown in insulation foam, lightly used, one owner.
LMAO
Do thats why our foam pit smells like sea salt, sweat, rust, and a little bit of blood...
Magnificently mad, and so British. Gentlemen, well done you and your team.
Ben looks hard as nails. But what a craftsman. Good job sir.