Building My New Home On My Barge Boat - Part 1

[@shakespeare9602]

I almost ran away, but luckily I stayed... So no more keeping us in suspense for so long... :o)

[@kirbygulbrandsen4507]

Yes I was wondering myself.

[@martinbond46]

I have been watching from day one. I enjoyed seeing your welding skills grow. It is not the editing you are thinking like a welder now. Keep teaching ax you go. Good job friend.

[@charleshutchings9355]

I am happy to see another episode. "Big Boat" is coming along nicely. I wish I could be there to help you along. Deck maintenance was my profession in the US Navy. Many moons ago, but I have never forgotten. Be safe, and well!

[@Igeltod]

dont worry about putting holes in your boat. the beauty of steel boats is that you can always weld and grind away any small imperfection.

[@jimbranch7312]

Watching you from South Texas, always impressed with your work. Keep those videos coming

[@davevillaire2990]

You might consider reversing the mounting bolts and going up from the bottom and placing the nuts against the frame. Then you could weld the bolts in place and eliminate the holes in the deck making it entirely watertight.

[@teeanahera8949]

If you’d watched the video you see at the end there that all of the wall work is finished and the cladding is in place, telling him this now is a waste of time.

[@TheGanjaSon]

@@teeanahera8949 Is it ever too late to give some good tips 'n tricks?

[@davevillaire2990]

@@teeanahera8949 I did watch to the end. If you noticed I made the comment 10 hours before you replied to me, too late for me to not make my comments.😆😅🤣😂

[@johnelser9256]

I was thinking the same weld bolts in or just shim it and weld it to deck without bolts

[@Sequesterer]

@@johnelser9256 Yeah. No matter sealant and paint. Bolts vill move..... and cause corrosion. The joy of steel boats. The never ending maintenance. First you build and then you strip and repaint regularly....

[@michaelkonieczny863]

Instead of measuring to get the height for each of the horizontal beams, i would make 2 wood jigs, the exact same as the gap you intend to leave below the beam. as long as your deck beam has been shimmed to level, the beams will all be at the same height with the jigs. the jig would be clamped to the insides of the posts you will weld the beam between. just rest the beam on top of the wood jigs, tac weld, remove the wood jigs, and set them in the next gap. I can usually do this with scraps.

[@Zeisslermusic]

Ich finde es cool, das wir auch die originale sprache høren können. ❤🇩🇰

[@Nerd3927]

Yes, totally agree. German is such a rich language!

[@kirbygulbrandsen4507]

Please continue the videos. Watching from Panama City Florida, USA. 🇺🇸🦅

[@TheMikesylv]

That is a really nice portable drill, what a great idea I have never seen one before

[@big3fan916]

Every bolt going through the rectangular tubing should be going through pipe welded to the tube to keep it from crushing . Or use L tabs welded from deck to tube to hold the structure to the deck , but that is just my opinion

[@johnmead1337]

Good to see you back

[@johnschmuck5589]

Looking good, and strong

[@McHenMike]

Very soothing voice.

[@TheMikesylv]

You are hilarious with your boat collection

[@WikkedDonkE]

That there is a super unique version of "Pretty Woman" @ 3:54 - 4:54 haha. Good job, Thanks for sharing your boat adventures with us.

[@50mustangdrew]

I hope KZbin is monetizing your videos. I saw no ads in this video. I'd gladly watch a few to support your endeavors. Cheers from california!

[@jesstreloar7706]

Good practice using the cutting oil. Drill bits used in metal will last 2 or 3 times as long when cutting fluid is used.

[@paulhoneyman6923]

Great to see another video on your big boat build. Coming along great. Stay safe and look forward to your next 1

[@AJCsr]

Thank you for sharing your construction process with us. I am happy you are able to build your home in such a beautiful location. I have spent my life working as a painter/carpenter handyman and would like to donate some of my time/work to help you realize your dream. If you would like to have another pair of hands to help you with your process during the summer next year feel free to be in touch. 🙏💕

[@carlthor91]

I would have welded blocks to the deck, then drill and tap them for the bolts. Good thread locker compound. Then no holes in the deck. Best wishes all.

[@jackdbur]

You would have been better to use plastic blocks sleeves and washers to isolate the top from the hull.

[@carlthor91]

@@jackdbur No, steel on steel. My method means zero holes in the deck, no leakage into the bilge.

[@howaboutthese]

Thanks for sharing, it's great to see how your projects are progressing. I look forward to seeing what you choose for roofing and cladding materials. Good luck with the work

[@normanboyes4983]

Love your work, thank you for including the mash up of Pretty Woman. On the packing pieces - you could have achieved the same effect by cutting up appropriately lengths of steel pipe and pass the bolts through them.

[@teeanahera8949]

Now that’s a good idea. It would be an extra layer of defence against water ingress too. I was thinking just square section tube lying horizontally but vertically would be better.

[@josephkumor5452]

I like the new style of filming, great video thank you for posting.

[@denniscarreno8151]

Looking good good my friend!

[@taurota1554]

Awesome content as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along.

[@DonFarmer-hq5sw]

You could simply weld the bolt on the top and tighten the nut 🔩 from the inside.

[@seawench555]

Absolutely Awesome Work, I really enjoy ur Ethics, do it right the first time.!! Can't wait to see her finished, she will be so comfortable and homey. Thanks for sharing 🇦🇺👍🌈😁

[@rohanderstevens4759]

Blessing my brother keep up the good work 👏

[@randyjude8346]

Things are looking wonderful our KZbin friend!

[@DonCapone1985]

Bin sehr gespannt was draus wird, meinen Respekt was Du dir hier aufbaust.👍

[@dannycrooks8462]

Fantastic build

[@robertbruce9367]

Food for thought you could cut the square tubing to the size of spacer block and weld the whole structure to the deck.

[@neillambton4065]

Can i ask you why you DID`NT drill and bolt through the packing stacks?. I would have thought that would be stronger and safer, as the stacks being unconnected may slip and cause distortion later in the build?.

[@teeanahera8949]

That’s way too much drilling. The cladding will keep the stacks from escaping I imagine, plus the studs will connect the bottom plate to the top plate so it can’t sag or move anyway. In the last of the vid there you can see all the cladding is on.

[@gregsecore9625]

love watching your videos so entertaining I have been watching you since you first purchased the first boat, after what I see you are capable of I can only imagine how beautiful this boat will be when you are done, oh no I should have said boat/house :-) great job buddy keep it up I enjoy all your videos you are definitely a jack of all trades and you do very good in all of them that I have seen you do

[@fourscarriers7551]

That is a nice flat roof for a nice sum of solar panels

[@marcadriaens7489]

why don

[@bally1213]

Exactly 👏

[@mostly-harmless]

make two thicker (like a 2x4) wooden template for the beam to rest on while you clamp it at exactly the correct height on both sides.

[@kweetniet1103]

very nice work

[@peterdodge6563]

Waiting for you. Hope you show up more regularly from now on. Enjoy your videos. 😊

[@jimlane6717]

Amazing job good to see your content online again.

[@williamrogers4556]

Nice!! Glad to see you’re back I’m addicted to this build!!

[@toomanyaccounts]

the boat guy is the one addicted.

[@lutomson3496]

Nice work!!

[@steveingram2773]

awesome work thanks for sharing

[@michaelmcclure8673]

Nice work young man 😊

[@gregbolitho9775]

I dunno bloke, it might be tedious, as you said but, your doin well. I spent a while wondering about how you'd do it, and how you were going when you wern't popping in up in my list. But, impressive. Really appreciate the subtitles. Sorry I can't donate you some, ko-fi screwed my donations, for a few people including you. Keep up the good work m8!

[@carlf8291]

It's looking pretty good keep up the good work.

[@brucey39]

Very good . Interesting to see the progress .

[@rolandtb3]

Designing and building your dream barge home.

[@abitacat]

Beautiful work …I understand a level is useless for working on a floating boat…but I am surprised you don’t use a Square…

[@MrTallpoppy58]

It's probably too late but I really hope those bolts were stainless steel and not zinc plated ? You should ONLY use hot dipped gal or stainless steel bolts. Zinc will rust very quickly in any out door environment, especially a marine environment.

[@leobuildsit]

Nice job, but why not raise the frame off of the deck, grind the area where the spacers will go on the frame and deck, then weld them in place?

[@Finn-McCool]

Perhaps it was not in the budget, or maybe some other reason that I could not anticipate, however it seems that some good quality pipe could have been cut to the right length in order to make the gap under the frame and the mounting bolts would pass freely through.

[@SailingMarieholmIF]

Great work! ⛵⛵

[@ssaw88]

It would have given you a better seal and more strength to bolt the bottom plate directly against the barge and then vary the height of the wall studs to make the roof and ceiling flat. If your frame twists at all, how it is currently installed, the bolts could shear off.

[@teeanahera8949]

Without an air gap under the bottom plates it will be a water trap and rust. I think there is little chance of those bolts shearing, they’re a hell of a lot thicker than the bottom plate wall thickness and besides that how is that frame ever going to twist? After the cladding goes on the studs and roof joists have an infinite amount of triangulation.

[@Sequesterer]

This construction is such a good way to get corrosion and havint to redo it all over again in a few year :) But hey. more videos

[@48pluto]

Great! Good job!

[@MrDLYouTube]

Looking good! Was there ever a thought of having a second floor in your build? I can picture having like a 1/3 floor as a bedroom and use the rest as a deck to sit out on.

[@teeanahera8949]

There’s always the roof! I wonder if he has put steps up to a hatch in it.

[@stephanpink9218]

In diesem Video hört man deine deutsche Stimme, ich finde deine Stimme sehr ruhig und angenehm. Natürlich ist es auf englisch ,geschäftlich gesehen, natürlich vorteilhafter. Auf deutsch hättest Du wahrscheinlich keine 86000 Abos. Aber dank dem Tipp mit der Einstellung der Sprache für den Untertitel schaut mein Vater deine Videos. Mach weiter so, wir freuen uns auf deine Videos.

[@douglasthompson2740]

Did you remember to crown your cabin top for drainage?

[@45PCA]

Are smaller boats fiberglass? If yes you should be careful with the welding with spatter landing in them. Very flammable.

[@garypeterson3628]

I'm a little confused. In your last video you said this barge was going to be a floating stage for your band. Now it will be your house?????

[@rudyfisher7660]

Well, if you got a welder, why would you have your still frame bolted to your deal? Where you have a chance of water going down through the roof of your your boat part of your house and into your flooring underneath. Then why don't you just well that all the way around?

[@zeusapollo8688]

Prefer 5200 to sika for long term stuff. Sika is great for fairing stuff tho

[@berndm9743]

Nice work !!!! Have you given any thought about how wind will have a huge effect on your boat since it has such a large flat profile? I think your bow thruster will get a lot of use.

[@daveamies5031]

I don't think it will be a big problem as long as he stays in protected waters, what he is building looks to be similar in proportions to many canal boat homes.

[@teeanahera8949]

He’s 100% in a river so it’s not as though he can be pushed off course too far. Secondly, it’s his home and he’s not a hobbit so you can’t have head height and 1m tall walls. It is no taller than the majority of boats out there.

[@t1n4444]

​@@daveamies5031 Hmm, experience says otherwise. The sides and ends of the structure represent a significant "sail" and will be most certainly be affected by the wind. In other words we'll soon know as winter draws on ... Will presume we'll see "anchors"/"mud weights" in short order. Either that or a new series entitled "How I raised and refloated my boat". We'll soon see.

[@Finn-McCool]

I assume that is more of a house boat. So no real estate or 'dirt' taxes but I really don't know how German law works for homes on water.

[@t1n4444]

@@Finn-McCool 😂😂😂😂 There's ways Google. With luck the German authorities will have an English translation on their Government web site (s). Another issue is insurance of course. The guy mentioned he wants to use his largest vessel as a party boat. That strikes me as "adventurous". Pissed partygoers present plenty of putative problems and of course pissheads and water don't mix. Inevitable that someone falls in or is pushed in or just wants to cool off. It might well end in tragedy. Insurance companies might take a dim view should a tragedy occur and for all we know we know the local marine authorities might want to vessel licenced for such activities as in maximum passengers, life rings etc, etc. We'll know soon enough.

[@per-olamjomark7452]

That was probably one of the strangest versions of Pretty woman I've heard. Glad that you are still posting videos. And that you have found a camera man (or woman). Tschüss!

[@srperk6163]

I find your long range plans interesting Will you have a walk way around the outside of the boat?

[@williamconway1287]

I’m curious , what kind of insulation are you going to use ? I know nothing about boat building and I just see solid foam for the insulation in boats I’ve seen on KZbin and such .

[@jackfntwist]

Is there a reason why you didn't weld plates to the deck, with bolts in them, and then bolt the frame to them, so that you wouldn't have to drill through the deck?

[@Munk-v9c]

The whole construction will be stronger if you had placed the screws close to the vertical ones, regards the blacksmith

[@_instabil]

Geeeneious

[@diestrunzenstrunz4103]

Are you going to wohn on the boot when it s fertig ?

[@daisystabs5502]

What kind of steel did you use for tour study? And how muxh is the space between each stud

[@ItsDavidMorris]

How did you get everything level (plumb) while it is in the water? You can't use spirit levels right?

[@t1n4444]

Ref the build design ... to be fair the bloke isn't a shipwright and it does show. The arrangement for the transom, day, off which hang the outboards, is very elaborate perhaps overly so. Some might say it was "designed-as-you-go". That said the bloke is enjoying himself and thus far we'll presume the build has been marine surveyed, signed off as seaworthy and is insurable. It may be once the superstructure is completed a further survey is required to ensure the vessel is stable in very windy conditions. It may be a marine surveyor would want to see any calculations indicating centre of buoyancy, centre of gravity and metacentric height and the rest of it. The Mary Rose could have done with a marine surveyor or three to ensure the weight of the cannon and hundreds of men at arms, some in breast plate armour, standing around on the top deck didn't make the ship inherently unstable. Which it proved to be. Anyway, we'll soon know. PS: in hindsight perhaps a marquee type superstructure would have been easier to engineer. Possibly on a sweltering summer day/evening a marquee might have been just the thing?

[@ps3shakes123]

Who else recognized the "pretty woman" melody?

[@petermastenbroek7719]

I would guess almost everybody.

[@FreezyAbitKT7A]

When will you install the "Foam Machine" for 1990s style disco music?

[@devono7230]

Is the flat roof going to hold a lot of snow?

[@paulabes4220]

I would have welded the bolts to the deck then lowered the walls on them then no leaks.

[@teeanahera8949]

I think that would have been a sound idea. Drilling holes and then waterproofing still leaves the possibility of leaks in the future. It was interesting watching the purchase of this “big boat”, it is so old (about WWII vintage or maybe older) that the steel rusts more slowly than modern steels he said.

[@janeising3585]

Welding it to the boat was not an option? Looks good though!

[@DrMott]

Vundaba!!!

[@rogerb4436]

Instead of all those little plates it would have been so much easier to buy a length tube steel then cut to size. Instead of welding all those little squares together

[@jackdbur]

Which will rust between the plates very fast. Get them painted with an epoxy paint asap.

[@GlenCychosz]

Wind will push it around like a kite.

[@alangurman3961]

So no area on the sides to walk forward and aft or set lines etc.

[@birgitkapocsanyi8392]

Cool das du an manchen Stellen auch mal deutsch sprichst

[@Hinhålesjälv]

At last your her again :-) will there be solarpanels on the roof its quit large so maybe enough for your needs

[@jens186]

Grüße aus dem Wedding! Wenn ich das nächste mal in Treptow bin klopfe ich mal an für eine Führung.. (Spaß!)

[@bobp6742]

Did you get effected by the storms mate.

[@Pensionersdoaboat]

Can't understand why you didn't angle iron tab weld the frame to the deck. No drilling to pierce deck and probably a slight time saving.

[@sergueiothonucci1638]

😃

[@cousinjack2841]

What happened to the old tug?

[@shanedoyle3444]

Hello, I have missed a couple of your videos when you painted the steel hull boat, can you tell me which video to watch please and I cant believe how far you have progressed ! Cheers.

[@toomanyaccounts]

you can on the page of the channel see a library tab

[@teeanahera8949]

Stop being lazy and find out yourself. It would take you less than a couple of minutes. He is too busy to answer every mundane question.

[@johnelser9256]

Why not weld frames to boat no holes threw deck

[@Jonathanbaker]

Hello what happened to your Tug Boat?

[@noelhutchins7366]

I don't see any diagonal bracing, so it's basically a house-of-cards.

[@waynehelsel3949]

Why not put an over hang on the roof

[@MrTallpoppy58]

You could have just used leveling bolts ....

[@efrus66]

Um. Why didn’t you drill the hole through the plates and just bolt them down with the same bolts for the frame.

[@1armedguy4]

The spacers should have Been drilled and then bolted through the deck all in one, then sealed either by welding the perimeter of the spacer for a water tight unit. Just saying !

[@teeanahera8949]

What does “just saying” mean, we can see you’ve already said it? Imagine all the drilling if every packing piece had to be drilled. It wasn’t necessary.

[@AntonFromCrimea]

молодец

[@wmmnow5805]

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