NARROWBOAT SPRAYFOAM

I’ve paid a visit back to the boatbuilders again today to see the result of the sprayfoaming. This was carried out yesterday and although the contractor has finished, Colecrafts team now begin the work on removing the excess foam from some of the steel supports. This is done to ensure the oak plywood fits smoothly to the wooden battens. The job is quite a laborious one and will have taken most of today to complete.

A friendly chap called Len will now lead the internal fitout. The main reason for todays visit was to walk through the boat with Len and mark out (on the sprayfoam) the 12v wiring locations for the lights, switches and tails for pumps etc. You can just make out on the photo the wooden battens in the top corners of the cabin. These are where the 12v wires will run, supported by the cable ties that can be seen attached to the wood. The ‘runs’ will be boxed in using oak plywood with wiring tails hanging through at various points ready for the halogen spotlights to be attached, this will be completed by myself.