The remodelling of the houseboat means that we will have a new, larger living room. We focus on finishing the exterior in the first place, but also build the interior when we get the opportunity. The room is 16 square metres, has ten windows and a balcony door.

The whole houseboat gets new panelling. The new part must of course be panelled, but we are also replacing the panels on the old part. This is a lot of work, I can promise! Four guys are at work constantly, while I take care of ground service and other tasks around.

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.

You may remember that we were going to demolish the top room of the houseboat (the living room) and build a new one? Step one in such a project is demolition ... This is what it looks like when you demolish part of a houseboat!

We paint the hull with two-component epoxy. This means mixing two different components just before painting. One component is a hardener. The paint dries in a few hours, and then cures for 1-2 weeks. The final result is a rock-hard surface that will protect the hull from moisture.

Now that the midsummer weekend is over, we can't continue to be idle ... The houseboat is on land and we are busy. Right now we are painting the hull. We've bought a two-component paint that will be applied in a thick layer to protect the hull.

The boat hull is now sanded! Working time for one person (that's me): three full working days and two evenings. I have been dreaming about this boat hull at night for the last week... Now I feel it inside and out: every scratch and dent.