117. Galley ceiling panels go up and come down

[@suecox2308]

A truly multi-faceted video: Where else can you get DIY; a cooking equipment review; multi-purpose tool demo ("it's a bread knife!"); a new sausage recipe; health and safety instructions, AND a promise of future scary Hole Cutter of Death footage? No wonder we're all glued to our computer screens night after night. I think the one "thumbs down" came from someone terrified James was about to breath his last after drinking that coffee.

[@chrismanville6642]

Phew, the relief I felt when I saw you poor that coffee into a flask then add more water 😀

[@shanegreen2583]

Welcome to the narrow boat that James burnt down 🤣. Another great video James. Loved your new bread knife

[@colsphotography3319]

An original vlog, no music and lots of effort wrestling with ceiling panels. It's good sitting here after a day of shovelling snow watching someone else struggle. Very entertaining though James, even the cookery lesson. 🌭

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

Glad you liked the work load today Colin. Dinner was more terrifying than entertaining for me but if you liked it, that’s all that counts 👍🏼

[@theworth123]

Your struggle reminds me of my apprentice days 50 years ago working on iron-ore ships on the River Tees, but without the warmth of a fire... I didn't count the number of failed ceiling boards I had cut from looking up and measuring to looking down and measuring only to find I'd measured from the wrong side having lifted up the boards to the ceiling,, ''bugga'' was the call and from other cabins along the passageway, frustration too.... Cannot wait for the wiring connection info at the distrubution panels, not seen that done in real time before.. Keep 'em coming James you're doing great..

[@mungmungie]

Making your warm libation at the beginning of the video reminded me of the old gag where the featured character talks while adding so much sugar to a cup of coffee that the top of the pile of sugar builds up like a small mountain rising out of the sea. The punch line is of course "This coffee is cold!" It's amazing how much difference it makes to get even a single ceiling panel in place. Having that preview makes it a little easier to accept the one step back to get two steps forward. More work, but no worries. It's nothing that a wee dram of the single malt can't more than adequately reward!

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

That wee dram I just had was lovely !!! I didn’t think about that gag - great one that is !!

[@ebujvt65]

Its amazing how every thing turns out so well

[@jlucyb84]

What's the rush James... how much coffee was in that flask! 🤣

[@JonCook_UK]

ANother fantastic video James, great to see you're taking the issues in your stride and just cracking on with things.

[@grahamsherwood5212]

James , absolutely brill you remind me of me 😂😂👍

[@nathanberry4339]

i love seeing your new videos thank you for loading so many up i also find it very educational ... thank you

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

Educational?? Wow I’ll take that !! Well I’m glad they’re of use. Thanks for your lovely comments 👍🏼

[@nathanberry4339]

@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt your welcome I'm hoping to get my own boat soon and it's interesting to see what's underneath the cladding etc

[@ebujvt65]

Good to see you so enthusiastic now you've mastered cooking 🙃

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

I don’t think we can call a narrow escape from a boat fire, mastering cooking. I’ve got some way to go but glad you like the effort

[@aussiechickonaboat4187]

Another great vlog, keep up the hard work James, you are doing really well mate!

[@BEAR_UK]

I think you’ve found a new idea for a cafe. Stove top cooking with workshop tools lol. Proper. I see that you’re loving now the stove is up and running and that progress is being made with the ceiling.

[@jules9303]

Love all your videos they are absolutely brilliant top stuff 😊

[@ebujvt65]

Really enjoy putting up ceiling panels

[@MrOVERANOUT]

Unboxing stuff seems to be de rigueur on vlogs these days. It's like Christmas Day every day. Cutting your bread with a saw blade guarantees that someone will now send a bread knife or even a canteen of cutlery. Keep it up James.

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

I hope not. The jigsaw blade worked just fine, maybe a little uncouth, dare I say even uncivilised, but it’s more fun than a bread knife

[@theotherstevesteve]

@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt esophageal metal splinters, hard to type but even harder to live with; Google it. Best to avoid metal working tools and food even if new.

[@markkasprzak995]

Great vlog as always James. Looking at the vids, I think it’s time for another quick cleanup

[@chrisabbott7458]

I'm going to have to see the boat before you go down to London. I just hope these covid rules are relaxed a bit before you go past Gayton junction. I'm only in Northampton at present. You are getting on really well.

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

You can see me on my way down - it can be your one bit of exercise for the day.

[@TheDaf95xf]

Evening James. That butty looked awesome 😋 Don't know how you continued working after that lol 😂 That ceiling is really making the boat look homely. Keep the good work up ship mate 👍🏻

[@spudgun9315]

"Bloody Nora" I've not heard that in years 🤣 love the cooking James that pan is amazing 👍

[@aj_bovangles_adventures4430]

Smashed it again .... great job 👍

[@richardholmwood1468]

Good vlog as usual James, was getting a little concerned about your fire bars which can melt just above white heat!! bet you've burnt off all the new stove smells now.

[@davidlittle2925]

just a note great work,anyone herd from carl off the bouys not posted for months hope he is ok quality work he was doing

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

Mate I liked that guy - he inspired me. I’d love to know what’s happened to them. I have contacted them but none back

[@davidlittle2925]

@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt me too mate watched is videos over and over took alot of ideas off him just hope he is ok

[@quebot1111]

Really 👀 looking good. Starting to look like a galley. I think that’s what you call a kitchen on a boat. Haha 😆

[@bigKDL]

Hi James just me again another good vlog just thought I might say that your cooking reminds me of them how not to safety video's you have to watch when you start a new job😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bryanmarlow7578]

Enjoy your journey narrow boat chef eat your heart out

[@miketipping1583]

I know it's counter-intuitive but to cool the stove down you need to open the vents up not close them down. Having the vents closed means there is no airflow so the heat stays in the stove and builds up. If you open then vents the fire will burn quicker but the airflow will take the heat up the chimney and out of the oven, it'll get rid of the fuel quicker too.

[@johnb7644]

Evening James, six sausages , get in 😊😊😊. Can you do the mushroom vent from above ?

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

Not really and to clear my name, they were chipolatas

[@mranthonye]

Well James, it’s coming on nicely. You can’t beat a sausage buttie. Stay safe

[@J1mbo888]

Top Flask Mixing Young James :-)

[@fredfish8918]

Gonna have to build a shelf for the hot pan some day :)

[@Londonmagnetfishing]

Hi mate don't know if I'm in time or not but put your router fruit and just go round with a straight piece with a will on the end and your end up with perfect done

[@PNEKarl]

Now I know where you get all your energy from after watching your coffee recipe!! :-)

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

It was for the flask for 4 mugs - not that bad. The 8 snickers I ate though.......

[@PNEKarl]

@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt No, no, no! They're not Snickers, they'll always be Marathons to me. Showing my age here :-)

[@adrianday8678]

James please have one cable per gland on the deck fitting. Do not put two in the same gland they will not seal properly. Many years as a controls engineer and fitting navigation systems to my boats

[@DoItWithPaulie]

I will bring you a gift that will sort that out🙌🙌

[@markkasprzak995]

He needs help Paul

[@tempest1261]

Wow 3/3/3 I was thinking that's one hell of a cup of coffee....

[@michaeljones2478]

Hi James , do you have a part No or description of the roof cable gland you used ....just what I need ..

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

www.midlandchandlers.co.uk/products/twin-white-abs-cable-entry-gland-30658

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

I’m pretty sure this is the one. 12volt planet sell them too.

[@philhonour450]

Hi James Your slowly moving from the Boat that James built to the meal that James made and the drink he drank Can we see more construction, the clocks still ticking or is there no time limit now Regards Phil

[@dmacisaac9382]

Any chance you can paint a mural on the ceiling ? 🤣 I'm an artist and that ceiling is a blank canvas to me 🙃 cabin fever must be setting in , stuck in the house for over a week due to extreme cold weather

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

Funny you should say that - I’m thinking of painting the grand union map on the ceiling above the dinette !!

[@dmacisaac9382]

DO IT ! 😁

[@mrp1925]

Won’t that last 120mm strip of ceiling panel have to go in before the last full one?

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

Mmm - not sure. Bloody hope not !! Might take a bit of persuading

[@stewartrogers494]

small cardboard box, aluminium papered inside out over your multi burner acts as an oven... can be monitored with candy proud ...... bakes meat pie, bread and small bake goods ........ some what of a fun thing with stove top ..........S

[@hmarc417]

405 c . if 761 f. for those of us Americas that think and believe that his stove got way to hot. That is why we have F so we know exactly how hot and how cold things really are .....instead of seeing and trying to believe in the Celsius lie. So when you say it is 35 and you go swimming , we say it is 35 and experience frost bite and snow.. CHEERS CHEERS CHEERS Things that make you go Hummm.......

[@paulsthemarksman]

Mate the way you fanged into those snags I would rather feed for a day than a week I be broke ha ha take care

[@philneale3358]

Hi James I was struggling with you to get those panels to fit. You must have the patience of a saint or do you do all your cussing off camera ? You should be on Masterchef with your sausage baguette !!

[@EDOOB]

for a moment I really thought you were going to drink that mug of coffee with sixteen spoons of creamer and sugar.

[@jimm7165]

You should be able to heat your boat quite well with all the wood waste you have.

[@rubberdc]

3 sugars in your coffee James? good god how sweet is that ?

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

Actually it’s 3 heaped spoons of coffee, 3 of coffee mate and 3 of sugar. Mixed for 4 mugs so in fairness it’s not too horrific !!

[@rubberdc]

@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt thats ok then . I used to take 2 spoons of sugar in tea and coffee, now i donttake any at all and it just tastes great , when i saw you do that i thought yuk all that sweetness.lol

[@thepeanutgallery1699]

Only an Englishman could talk and make coffee/tea at the same time, lol.

[@AndyBilham]

I have to admit I was just a tad concerned about the amount of coffee and sugar you added to your mug at the start of this video, until you poured it into your flask - phew!

[@alanstanley9465]

god i thought you were going to drink that. lol

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

I did! I just diluted it first !!

[@desmondfarrell9922]

Hi James's did you get your delivery a Mr MR EDGAR signed for it??

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

Paul yes I did mate - thank you - will be in next vid. I’ve got quite a few bits now but they all inter change so I’m able to get the right tripod or mount for what I need now. You’re a star - thanks again. PS - I’m often in Newquay for work - lovely part of the world. I quite like that new town that Prince Charles built....well designed.....well put his name to and takes the rental income

[@desmondfarrell9922]

@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt local people are not keen on Nansledan or him as bit by bit he is slowly destroying the landscape and building in place he shouldn't be.its a shame that Cornwall is being out priced by the cornish people for properties that locals couldn't afford,and the only new builds are over priced flats and properties like Nansledan.thats one of the reasons are not linking new people who move here or people with second homes.

[@AndyBilham]

@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt What coincidences appear in this life - my daughter and her partner live in that estate, called Nansledan. We live a bit further west again!

[@TheBeeryBoater]

How many sausages in one Ciabatta? I no long feel like a glutton after seeing that! But hey, food was invented to be eaten!

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

Wo there!! They were only chipolatas so hit full on fat butcher sausages. I thought I’d have a couple extra to make up for the absence of fruit for pudding

[@TheBeeryBoater]

@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt That's my man. Can't fault ya!!!

[@hansh5140]

don't get into that bottle, you'll never get done lol

[@neilalderson7048]

Would you like some coffee with that sugar..!

[@clenaghan1]

Looks like one of my coffees....

[@pwatsonuk]

No gas man today? 😥

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

Kind of.....will explain

[@sarkybugger5009]

Toasted ciabatta dog rolls, how frightfully decadent. I've not seen those tiny squeezy bottles of Colman's mustard before, or are you just stronger than you look?

[@edthegooner4173]

James I just saw a TikTok and immediately thought of you. Check out @djdreamjobs “lunch”. It will give you a little giggle I am sure.

[@pocketchange1951]

👍👌🇨🇦❤️

[@cskeise]

💙👊😎

[@martinworrall5888]

People seem to think that you are a alcoholic James haha

[@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt]

I just think they know Narrowboaters. It’s only a matter of time before alcohol over takes tea

[@martinworrall5888]

@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt well make sure you are sober when you use the hole drill from hell🤪