When we demolished the old superstructure (the living room) in the houseboat, it was of course time to start building something new! First a company came and welded a basic iron frame. Then Peter and his brother Dennis started building the frame for the room. Peter's son Billie and his cousin Pontus also helped.
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This is a gigantic job! It's almost like building a whole house from scratch, only the house is on the hull of a boat. Peter and Dennis have done a lot of building in their lives, so that's lucky. Still, this is a challenging project!
Nothing is straight anywhere and it is also important to distribute the weight so that the boat is straight when it comes back down into the water ... First it was the frames for the new room that had to go up.
A new room is emerging
On the new frame of the houseboat, a new room is now emerging. Nothing is easy, because everything on a boat swings, bends, curves... There is no single straight line, and there are many decisions to be made. But in the end, the room emerges!
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June says:
Hope to see pictures of it when it's finished!
12 July 2014 - 22:43
Ditte says:
What a job! But now you know that everything will be perfect.
Coming soon for an inspection, now that the weather is nice. Energy, that's just the name of your...
12 July 2014 - 23:45
BP says:
You are incredible, absolutely incredible!
Answer: Oh I thought you had sports genes. If I see you in photos you take, you look so sporty as well;-)
13 July 2014 - 0:13
admin says:
June girl, of course there will be pictures when it's done!
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Ditte, you are of course welcome to drop by!
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BP, well... my sporting activities have probably involved horse riding and skiing when I was younger. Today we like to train when we have time (ie not now when we are building). But I find team sports with a ball hard, because I don't understand the rules... haha... and I don't have any ball sense...
13 July 2014 - 8:30
Lennart says:
Tearing and digging is no fun.
Building up is really fun though!
Good luck with the continuation of the project!
13 July 2014 - 8:54
Random girl says:
So exciting with something new! I think you will have a very nice place when it is finished 🙂 Good luck!
13 July 2014 - 13:36
Lars Permeln says:
Impressive! The only thing missing was probably the fact that you were going to do the superstructure as the icing on the cake. It will be exciting to follow.
13 July 2014 - 14:01
Veiken says:
I get tired of seeing how much you do with your houseboat, BUT when it's finished I'll be a bit jealous... 😉.
13 July 2014 - 18:16
Across the board says:
What a project.... But I'm sure it will be great when it's finished.
13 July 2014 - 19:12
Emelaia's Travel Blog says:
Thank you very much! Good luck with the construction project! 🙂
13 July 2014 - 22:16
admin says:
Lennart, can only agree! Much more fun to build up, even if it can also be hard work... 😉.
Random girl, you'll see when it's finished!
Lars Permeln, we also find it a bit exciting...
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Veiken, we hope we get some payback...
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Criss-cross, we hope so!
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13 July 2014 - 22:38