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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2017 19:55:31 GMT
Ground up bat droppings to me.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2017 20:07:44 GMT
Ground up bat droppings to me. Was that a typographical error? Did you perhaps mean rat droppings. I've had rats in my boat a few times, which is not ideal but can occur occasionally. Someone once told me that his wind turbine had a habit of killing bats due to their sonar navigation not seeing the spinning blades but as far as I know they were always on the outside of the boat. Bat droppings inside would be extraordinary. I would not like to have bats inside the boat.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2017 20:12:42 GMT
Ground up bat droppings to me. Was that a typographical error? Did you perhaps mean rat droppings. No. I have the pleasure? of having a bat roost in my house and the droppings do need an occasional clearout - they go to dust once touched. Happy sharing space with them until one occasionally gets lost and starts buzzing me whilst I'm trying to sleep. Another reason to hate houses.
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Post by naughtyfox on May 6, 2017 20:40:57 GMT
Was that a typographical error? Did you perhaps mean rat droppings. No. I have the pleasure? of having a bat roost in my house and the droppings do need an occasional clearout - they go to dust once touched. Happy sharing space with them until one occasionally gets lost and starts buzzing me whilst I'm trying to sleep. Another reason to hate houses.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2017 20:56:44 GMT
Ok
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Post by lollygagger on May 6, 2017 21:27:44 GMT
It's damp/mould I reckon, everything in the bedroom from floor down has been damp for years. Underlay is that white stuff for click flooring.
What can you do, I can't wait a year for it to dry out so swept up, new underlay, new clucky floor, bed raised 6" to store something, job jobbed. Long day working in a small space. Cider time. Better late than never.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2017 21:32:35 GMT
Have you made the new floor with feather based products? Thats very original.
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Post by lollygagger on May 6, 2017 21:42:08 GMT
Have you made the new floor with feather based products? Thats very original. Yes, chicken flooring, it's all the rage, haven't you heard? It's why I had to raise the bed, but worth the effort.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2017 21:43:41 GMT
No I was not aware of it. Where does it come in the pecking order of suitable boat flooring products?
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Post by lollygagger on May 6, 2017 22:27:03 GMT
No I was not aware of it. Where does it come in the pecking order of suitable boat flooring products? It's time consuming to maintain but can be quickly fitted by anyone with a staple gun.
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Post by lollygagger on May 7, 2017 9:24:12 GMT
Back to the beginning. Water in the bilge made everything above damp over the years. While I had the lid off, the patch under was drying out but With lid on, it being the lowest point it's damp again this morning. Under the floor is ballast or polystyrene laid directly on the baseplate. It'll all have a few mm of water soaked rust under it.
This is going to take years to dry out and so I need to introduce additional ventilation. The boat as a whole is well ventilated. I was pondering making the whole lid into a vent and wondering what to make it from. Half the lid has a loose box/step on top of it so it needs to be sturdy. As it's fitted it's only supported at the ends but I can improve that if needs be.
Any ideas for possible stuff to make it from?
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2017 9:40:20 GMT
My inexpert opinion (given just so I can compare what I would do to other opinions).
Years to dry out doesn't sound good to me, I'd be looking at ways of drying things out sooner and then worry about increased ventilation later. Maybe some sort of dehumidifier set up even if this means hooking up to the mains for a while.
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Post by JohnV on May 7, 2017 10:35:10 GMT
Is there an air vent or opening at the other end of the boat? If not I would suggest making one and using something like a computer fan to give through ventilation. Even quite a small airflow will help the drying process and greatly reduce the time needed
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Post by lollygagger on May 7, 2017 10:43:42 GMT
My inexpert opinion (given just so I can compare what I would do to other opinions). Years to dry out doesn't sound good to me, I'd be looking at ways of drying things out sooner and then worry about increased ventilation later. Maybe some sort of dehumidifier set up even if this means hooking up to the mains for a while. It's already, I would guess, been damp for a decade. Afew more years won't hurt, at least I'm reversing the process? I say years because the water trapped in 2mm of rust under the centre of a paving slab isn't going to dry out quickly whatever I do.
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Post by lollygagger on May 7, 2017 10:49:54 GMT
Is there an air vent or opening at the other end of the boat? If not I would suggest making one and using something like a computer fan to give through ventilation. Even quite a small airflow will help the drying process and greatly reduce the time needed There's another similar hatch halfway along the boat. Was the same in that one due to a long standing leak from a sink. That's now been dry for 9 months. There are quite a few vents just above skirting level, maybe these are meant to do the job. I wonder if they're clogged up with spiders webs and fluff, I shall have a look in a minute. Not keen on computer fans though I agree one would speed things up, so maybe.
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