MISTAKES WERE MADE. Learning lessons during our NARROWBOAT Build | this tiny life

[@thistinylife]

Is anyone tempted to get truffling? We've not started the training with Tilly yet 😅 It was a busy week on the narrowboat build, and great to get started on the stud walls! And thanks to @DanniandJoe - without their channel we'd be absolutely clueless 😂

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

My friend had the flooring from an old bowling alley lane and also a school gymnasium. They did their floors with the gym wood and they left all of the painted line markings which popped up randomly everywhere. It looked amazing. They used the bowling alley wood for their kitchen and a free standing table. I’m the table the alley markings were kept in their original format and so the table had a black arrow shape in the centre. It was such beautiful beautiful timber. Their bathroom wall and kitchen backsplash was done using random antique tiles which looked incredible. It looked like the random colourful tiles had simply been placed haphazardly, but my friend spent weeks arranging and rearranging the tiles to get it looking absolutely perfect. There we no two tiles alike, each was different in the backsplash. In the bathroom however she used also used one or two boxes of dark green tiles in between the antique tiles. I absolutely loved using her bathroom ❤

[@DenaliDad]

What amazes me about KZbin is the vast array of experts who notice things just by watching. Well done, #Keith! You did good seeing it and helping them fix it BEFORE they had to redo the entire insides!

[@thistinylife]

Hands up for super helpful #Keith 🙌- You're right though, it would have been a much worse job had the cladding started to warp!!

[@vamboroolz1612]

Wee bit of advise coming from a joiner of 40 years experience. Assuming the boat isnt lying level,( because of the weight distribution), to mark out your studs from the floor, rather than using that small square its best to make a larger one. The small one is going to be very open to inaccuracy. A larger one can be made by using the 3-4-5 method to get a true 90 degrees or you can use a sheet of plywood cut to an L shape but keeping the machined edges of length and width. If you make it to a few mm less than the floor to ceiling height it will make all the marking out much easier and quicker.

[@thistinylife]

And this is why I love youtube! Thank you, this is great tip! Will go and pick up some ply this afternoon. Sounds like it will make everything a lot easier!

[@stevecam724]

Square with the deck is the only way to go👍👍👍👍👍

[@thistinylife]

Well that's good to hear! Thank you 🙏🙏

[@dyingtotravel61]

I know this vlig was ages ago but just watched it. My God it was hard not to scream at the tv, I wanted to be there to give a little Dvuse and some "there, there."

[@anniemac3075]

Wow, that was a lot of unscrewing & then even more screwing! So much to learn. Keep up the good work & sharing the good & not so good bits, it's going to be a lovely home eventually.

[@thistinylife]

It was so much screwing 🤦‍♂️Thank you! Hopefully we'll do it right first time with the stud walls 😅

[@anniemac3075]

@@thistinylife Fingers crossed for you! 😊

[@keithperks8773]

Another great vlog guys. Sorry for all the extra work on the cladding screws. Try making yourself a long T square using some spare timber with the upright nearly as tall as your ceiling and the cross piece a couple of feet long, brace them together square. Then up end it. You'll have a much easier time trying to mark out points on your ceiling. Keep up the good work, floor looks great.

[@thistinylife]

Thanks Keith - really appreciate your help! That's a great shout, we'll extend our set square - that should make a huge difference with trying to measure from the floor to ceiling! Thank you 🙏

[@sheilajoseph9953]

Mmmm truffles. Delicious. Must have interesting to find them. You both have done well on your new build. I really like the reclaimed wooden floor.

[@thistinylife]

Thanks, we're so pleased with the floor ✨ need to find out own stash of truffles, Gabby thinks they make everything better 😂

[@sheilajoseph9953]

They most certainly do.😄

[@donnaburske1925]

The flooring is beautiful!! 💖💖

[@thistinylife]

Thank you 🙏 we're really pleased with it! Makes the hours spent on it worth it ☺️

[@Glyn001]

Keep up the good work guys 👍👍👍

[@thistinylife]

Thanks Glyn 🙌🙌

[@leejentaylor6195]

watch narrowboat that james built for the window trims

[@thistinylife]

Thank you ✨ his videos have been super helpful so far!

[@thevigarfeeling]

Hey guys what a great adventure you took on ! Very brave 😊 we bought a motorhome about 6 months ago. We have liked and followed your channel to see your adventures. Chelsea and Mike

[@thistinylife]

It certainly is a learning curve!! Lots to workout and we spend a lot of time scratching our heads haha how is motorhome life??

[@thevigarfeeling]

@@thistinylife it’s going well, for the moment. We have had a lot of issues we have had to fix but we are now touring south wales. What’s the best part of this project for you ?

[@francescabarrett9920]

Love the floor 👍 well done guys

[@thistinylife]

Thank you ✨ we do love it - makes the crazy amount of time spent on it worth it!

[@michaeltucker5752]

Hey guys…Love the flooring😊 Well done! Think about using leveling shims to give you a “flat surface” on the ceiling..basically, attach a board across the ceiling where you want the wall to be, and use the leveling shims to make that board “ flat “ by putting the shims on the side where it angles, then trim off shims with sharp box cutter or similar..this is how carpenters square up doors and windows. I personally was thinking that you would put in “portable walls”, something like a hospital bed curtain, mount the railing on the ceiling, then move wall or curtain in place when needed, open when not in use, just to free up “ open” space on your boat..shutter type closet doors would work, looking forward to more videos…thanks

[@thistinylife]

Heya Michael! Thank you, really good idea. We've been ok so far by marking out the angle using a straight bit of timber running parallel with the ceiling curves. Then measuring that angle and trimming the ends with the mitre. And yeh... I like the curtain idea but Gabby won't stand for it haha!

[@rowancrafts]

It can't be easy getting studwork "right". On land I would use a spirit level but that wouldn't take the lean of the boat, either side to side or bow to stern, into account. I am surprised that you didn't sand the floor first before any walls went in though. Another great video, love the thought of any dog being trained to truffle hunt. I'm taking mine out tomorrow. Thanks David

[@thistinylife]

Hey David! That's exactly the trouble we're having... A lot of it is eyeballing and trying to work out some ways around the problems... Also praying for straight enough battens 🤞 the floor we're trying to keep quite 'rustic' so I'm hoping a good clean will tidy them up some more. I don't want to lose the paint marks so I can't sand too heavily 😄

[@rowancrafts]

Sorry for making a wrong assumption. I use a lot of reclaimed timber and agree that the character is a story of its history. Can I suggest a cleaning solution? 1 cup of cider vinegar in 1 gallon of warm water. Use a stiff brush. I use this solution, don't get the timber too wet. Good luck.

[@rickonnye2001]

Very interesting video 😊thank you

[@thistinylife]

Thank you for watching ✨✨

[@chevyimp5857]

Make yourself large t square and work of the floor... Pythagoras 3..4..5

[@thistinylife]

Thank you! A long set square seems like an obvious option now... Will be a huge help with the rest of the walls ✨

[@leroytrio5227]

Dont use a tape measure between floor and roof. 2 lengths of wood each shorter than the gap to be measured are held together and slid apart until they touch both surfaces then clamp. Hold against batten and mark cut lines.

[@thistinylife]

Thanks Leroy! Clamping two bits of wood seems a good idea 🙏

[@paulturner7837]

Love watching this all come together. Sorry I can’t give any advise on any form of DIY I’m absolutely useless 😂great you got to have a break from it all and do the Truffle hunting,looked fun 👍

[@thistinylife]

Thank you for watching ✨ it was such a good day out, we hadn't realised how many you could find in one small patch of wood!

[@Roller-Ball]

You use a plumb bob weight with string. Letting gravity draw a vertical reference line.

[@thistinylife]

Sadly won't work on a boat as it's very rarely level 🫤

[@malcolmone1]

need a sprit level

[@thistinylife]

Sadly it's not much use on a boat! The boat is never level because of the weight distribution 🙂

[@malcolmone1]

@@thistinylife ok ,try this way, make 90%triangle out of wood so the one side is longer than the base part ,so it will stand up when made ,making sure it is square, ,placing it standing up on the floor ,will give you the tilt of the boat ,and work off that ,,,, now to get a curve in timber ,you have to make a series of cuts on one side about 3/4 of the way though, it then should flex a bit to make a slight curve ,if it does not bend extend cut marks nearer the edge ,but do not saw the the way though lol

[@malcolmone1]

did i see you with a metal square ,just as good ,one of you hold the square, so it is on edge on the floor ,while the other one taps wood into place ,,will work on all sides to see if wood is square to the set square

[@ianandrews4126]

While replacing the screws in the walls, did you use cup washers?

[@agfbuilding]

Square both ways from the floor is the only way . Secret nailing the cladding would have been easier

[@thistinylife]

Good to know we're on the right track! Thank you ✨

[@Dore60]

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[@thistinylife]

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[@susanhoward2906]

Would have done three screws across

[@thistinylife]

Why?

[@susanhoward2906]

So I didn’t have to remove all those screws, but that is just what i would do.

[@sugarpuff2978]

If you don't have a name for the boat maybe call it Hannah after the name on the floor boards.

[@thistinylife]

Great idea! We have already named her though, she's called Artichoke - Arti for short ✨