Hi, Brian Very good point, the problem is I am not sure that it needs overplating so my thoughts were to have it craned out ? perhaps at Milton Keynes and then clean the bottom and expose any possible problems myself, and if everything is OK then I would just put a couple of coats of Bitumastic and back in the water ? if however there were problems it seemed logical to try and do any work there and then ? that was where my thoughts went towards the independent welder etc.
I do take your point about the costs, that's why I was hoping someone may have done this sort of thing themselves and could give us some idea what the cost implications are ? because as you say there may be very little in it and perhaps would be better placed just to ring around and find the most competitive quote ? any advice would be welcome By the way sorry about not changing the subject line earlier ? Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Holt To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 11:05 PM Subject: [canals-list] Re: Orange internet "Enodreven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Hi, : : We intend to take our boat out of the water this Spring and believe it may be time to have the sides over plated does anyone know a marina where we could arrange for doing this sort of work ourselves as we were thinking it would be perhaps cheaper to purchase the metal and arrange for a welder to do the work with our assistance, has anyone done anything like this themselves as we would welcome any advice and also does anyone know a free-lance welder etc. : : any advice would be welcome, we moor at Napton : : Brian : : Do you think you would actually save anything after paying the welder, buying the steel and paying for the hard standing. Also there is the insurance angle. How would you be fixed if the boat went up in flames using a elf employed welder compared to a yard doing it. I had a wander round Braunston last week and see they have a set-up to do rebottom/overplating on a stand so its about 2 foot off the ground. Maybe ken could advise -- Brian Ancient Order of Sewer Ants Visit this site and help save our waterways http://www.savethewaterways.org.uk/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.7/618 - Release Date: 1/6/2007 7:47 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
