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The new wheelhouse roof
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When we bought Xavier, one of the lovely things about the boat was the wheelhouse. It has a really lovely wooden wheelhouse that was in pretty good shape when we bought the boat. A little neglected like everything else, but solid and the summer it is like a greenhouse. The heat in there is phenominal. Like our welldeck, it is another place to soak up warmth when it is in no way warm enough to sit outside.
We can sip our tea and look out on the boatyard, wildlife, people and the Helford Esturay.
We noticed that in one corner the chip board (that was on the roof), was spongy. We decided to take off the roof and replace it will layers of insulation, marine ply and a thick waterproof outer membrane.
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| Old wheelhouse roof was in bad condition in one corner |
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| Julian and Ben working on the wheelhouse roof |
As always the job usually takes more time an effort than we thought, but a solid new roof will provide a base for solar panels if we decide to put any on this roof. Ben came down to help as he can jump on and off easier than we can.
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| New wheelhouse roof |
