Vlog 5, The Build Begins - Week 1

After lots of planning, discussions and excitement the shell of our Narrowboat finally starts to be built
#narrowboatbuild #steelboats #soarvalley #tinyhome #alternativeliving

[@haylesbop6030]

Yay!! Bet ya buzzing

[@makinganarrowboatwithnannyandg]

Yep definitely Buzzing. Watching the build progress has been so exciting. I will try and get the next video out in the next few days

[@paulsthemarksman]

About time i love these narrow boat vlogs, now watching a couple of fellow Aussies is great .Wish i could talk the wife into doing this take care guys from Brisbane.

[@gareysherrod3886]

Greetings, I have just discovered your channel (Vlog) , looking forward to seeing more. Good luck with the build. Cheers TTFN

[@makinganarrowboatwithnannyandg]

Cheers Garey and glad you have found us. Enjoy watching 👍

[@Comm0ut]

Anyone can, with practice, learn to wire weld and the equipment is quite reasonable. A 250A machine or better will do and used industrial wire welders are often easy to find. While that shop is sweet you can build on levelled welding stands outdoors if you lack space. Overhead cover is easy to make. Plasma cutters are highly desirable but someone practiced with a torch can produce excellent results. See boatbuilding forums for many methods the professionals use because labor is most of a build cost.

[@pocketchange1951]

👍👌🇨🇦❤

[@makinganarrowboatwithnannyandg]

👍👍👍

[@johnpetersson9215]

Nice boat, looks very sturdy, how thick is the steel?

[@makinganarrowboatwithnannyandg]

Thankyou John, The steel in 10mm baseplate 6mm sides and 4 or 5mm roof (can't remember). It does feel very sturdy 👍

[@TheBeeryBoater]

Wow, Hayley and Ady! Nice to see the build from the start. Hopefully mine will be on the way soon. Richard.😉

[@makinganarrowboatwithnannyandg]

Thankyou

[@PaulB-justme]

I have only just found your channel and love it! I also loved the typical British workmanship 'if it don't fit, hit it with a big 'ammer!'😂

[@makinganarrowboatwithnannyandg]

Brilliant, glad to have you onboard. Yes 🤣🤣🤣 We do love a hammer👍

[@vickiturner7349]

How wonderful for you to be able to film all of this for your grandchildren to watch. I’m a Nana in Brisbane watching this. All the best. I will watch all your vlogs. ❤️

[@makinganarrowboatwithnannyandg]

Thankyou Vicky. Yes it is already great to look back at the vlogs that they were in. They have grown so much. In the future we are sure they will look back with many happy memories. We made some great friends in Brisbane when we travelled around your beautiful country. 2 of them friends came to see us on the boat this year while they were traveling around the uk. More fabulous memories 👍 Thankyou for watching, glad to have you on board 👍

[@NarrowboatWill]

Really interesting.

[@van63lighthaulage98]

awesome....

[@spencehh]

Glad to have found you after a mention on the narrowboat vlog of vlogs today.

[@makinganarrowboatwithnannyandg]

Thats great news. hopefully get a new video up tonight

[@richardlongmore9301]

A real pleasure to watch. Nicely filmed.

[@makinganarrowboatwithnannyandg]

Thankyou Richard

[@borderreiver3288]

Nice to see it being built...who is the boat builder.....

[@russellesimonetta3835]

Uhh,, I think a square stern is best. Just a little more rear deck space. Also a small as possible wet room toilet shower area to maximize the living area. Lots of ideas but challenging.

[@makinganarrowboatwithnannyandg]

Hi Russell, yes i think the square sterns have more room. You will see in later episodes how we did the shower room👍

[@jlions72]

what kind of money are we talking here for this build ..? in American dollars please ..I dont know what a pound is ? thanks

[@makinganarrowboatwithnannyandg]

towards the end of the build we will add it all up and do an episode on it. At this point we are trying not to look😥😥