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Roofing the houseboat - how we did it

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Writer: Helena Bergström

As you may recall, we had planned for a sheet metal company to put the roof on the houseboat. But that didn't happen ... The company, which also supplied the scaffolding and welded the railing, suddenly pulled out.

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Getting a catamaran onto the roof of a motorhome

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Writer: Helena Bergström

We didn't just have time to put a roof on and hang out at KS Akuten yesterday. We also had time to load up our friends' catamaran on the motorhome roof. They have bought a small holiday apartment in Poland, on the beautiful Polish Baltic coast.

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A small workplace accident - and a visit to the emergency room

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Writer: Helena Bergström

Getting a PET bottle in the head doesn't sound so bad. But when it is full of water, comes from the roof of our houseboat and lands in my head with the cork first, it is a different matter, apparently. Peter and his brother Dennis were laying the roof, and Dennis got the water bottle with his foot at the same time as I happened to walk past. exactly where the water bottle fell ...

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We are building a deck on the houseboat

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Writer: Helena Bergström

Now we (read Peter) have built a terrace on the houseboat. Now you can walk straight out from the living room to the terrace, where we will of course have outdoor furniture. At the front is a small elevation with two pillar lamps, where we plan to have a barbecue. We feel very satisfied!

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Motorhome in other languages

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Talking about motorhomes in other languages is quite difficult, especially in English. Here, we've made an attempt to clarify the concepts, but it's not easy, so we welcome your input on this, as well as any corrections! What words do you use and how do you understand them?

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Motorhomes have the wrong tyres and tyre pressure

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Writer: Helena Bergström

Did you know that motorhomes often have the wrong tyres and tyre pressure? A total of 70% of all motorhomes and caravans have the wrong tyre pressure, and one in four campers don't even have the right tyres. This is according to tyre experts Däckteam, who investigated how well we keep track of the tyres on our motorhomes and caravans.

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New living room in the houseboat

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Writer: Helena Bergström

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.

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Installing panelling on a houseboat

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Writer: Helena Bergström

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.

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Demolishing a houseboat - and building a new one

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Writer: Helena Bergström

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!

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The history of houseboats – from passenger boats to homes

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Writer: Helena Bergström

We didn't know much about the history of the houseboat, so when we were recently contacted by a former owner, it was exciting! There's still a lot we don't know, but we've been given another piece of the puzzle ...

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