Flanders and Swann

claymore · Post by **claymore** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:15 am

I recall a song about the Gas man coming to call and doing some damage resulting in a whole host of tradesmen doing various jobs.

The Insurers said they didn't like the gas water heater so
I buy a calofier

Claymore needs more water carrying capacity.

The Calofier needs a pump

The existing pump is not strong enough

The new pump will blow the taps off

The stainless tank will not fit under the cabin sole without it being removed

The cabin sole requires open heart surgery to get it out

and so it goes on....

It would have been cheaper to not bother with insurance.

So_Sage_of_Lorne · Post by **So_Sage_of_Lorne** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:38 am

claymore wrote:I recall a song about the Gas man coming to call and doing some damage resulting in a whole host of tradesmen doing various jobs.

The Insurers said they didn't like the gas water heater so
I buy a calofier

Claymore needs more water carrying capacity.

The Calofier needs a pump

The existing pump is not strong enough

The new pump will blow the taps off

The stainless tank will not fit under the cabin sole without it being removed

The cabin sole requires open heart surgery to get it out

and so it goes on....

It would have been cheaper to not bother with insurance.

Have you thought about making do with cold water and a good old fashioned kettle?

Olivepage · Post by **Olivepage** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:42 am

SOLUTIONS

1 The Insurers said they didn't like the gas water heater so
! buy a calofier

Change Insurer - there are lots of them - or remove heater - reinsure - refit heater

2 Claymore needs more water carrying capacity.

Drink more beer and less coffee - and/or wash less often

3 The Calofier needs a pump

You have a pump - install calorifier downstream of that

4 The existing pump is not strong enough

It will be if you carry out 3

5 The new pump will blow the taps off

See 3 - or buy better taps.

6 The stainless tank will not fit under the cabin sole without it being removed

Buy flexible tank(s)

7 The cabin sole requires open heart surgery to get it out
and so it goes on....

Not if you buy flexible tanks

8 It would have been cheaper to not bother with insurance.

See 1

Bill for consultancy fees follows

Gordonmc · Post by **Gordonmc** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:53 am

Bin the gas water heater.
Get a solar power shower bag to hang over the sink.
Free heat!

claymore · Post by **claymore** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:01 am

Hmm
Well the responses so far are interesting. Suffice to say that I have already embarked upon this sortie and so perhaps I should have written this a few weeks ago.
However - I nearly gave up on sailing offshore altogether as I used to sail with someone who had flexible water tanks
I was amazed when I eventually shipped aboard a vessel equipped with stainless tanks to find that the water tasted pure and sweet and not of diesel or alkathene.
Think I'll stick to the stainless.

BigNick · Post by **BigNick** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:11 am

claymore wrote: Think I'll stick to the stainless.

Sounds a bit painful !!

To be serious, I think that water pressure is adjustable, no ?

I fitted a new pump recently and it has some sort of adjustment screw on it, but cannae remember what it does. Also the water goes into an accumulator tank (about 1 litre) which has a pumped up bladder inside to control the on/off pressure of the pump.

So_Sage_of_Lorne · Post by **So_Sage_of_Lorne** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:28 am

BigNick wrote:
claymore wrote: Think I'll stick to the stainless.
Sounds a bit painful !!

To be serious, I think that water pressure is adjustable, no ?

I fitted a new pump recently and it has some sort of adjustment screw on it, but cannae remember what it does. Also the water goes into an accumulator tank (about 1 litre) which has a pumped up bladder inside to control the on/off pressure of the pump.

Pumps run at about 30/35psi, accumulator should be prepressured to about 18psi

Olivepage · Post by **Olivepage** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:33 am

I love the taste of alkathene in the mornings

claymore · Post by **claymore** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:38 am

muckybugger

Post by **DaveS** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:40 am

Gordonmc wrote:Bin the gas water heater.
Get a solar power shower bag to hang over the sink.
Free heat!

A've got ane o they black solar bag shower thingies. So far a've only aince managed to get wan very tepid shower oot o it courtesy o solar gain. (It has safety warnings aboot watchin oot fur scaldins! A think they hiv foreign climes in mind.) A still yase it betimes, but filled up fae the kettle...

claymore · Post by **claymore** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:26 pm

DaveS - National Treasure !!

Top man

Telo · Post by **Telo** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:45 pm

claymore wrote:I recall a song about the Gas man coming to call and doing some damage resulting in a whole host of tradesmen doing various jobs.

That's why it's absolutely essential that you use a CORGI fitter for all your marine installations. Indeed, I suspect CORGIs may have loomed large in your life at some time.

Post by **Silkie** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:47 pm

A still yase it betimes, but filled up fae the kettle...

and with the crew banished to the foredeck IIRC.

sahona · Post by **sahona** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:24 pm

My calorifier is still in the shed. Does this mean it's going to stay there? What's the problem with the cabin floor - the whole of ours is just a series of trapdoors without hinges. ( we don't do knockdowns) Don't understand why the existing pump is no longer working unless you used microbore to plumb the hot water...

Post by **DaveS** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:44 pm

sahona wrote:to plumb the hot water...

Is this another salacious allusion / vulgar slang?

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