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Writer: Helena Bergström
What is it like to inspect and repaint a houseboat? We have recently taken our houseboat ashore for an inspection and some painting. We tell you about our experiences!
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Writer: Helena Bergström
What is it like to lift a houseboat? We've done this once before, almost ten years ago, but now it was time again. We have to admit we were a bit nervous and excited. After all, it's a large thing to be lifted!
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Writer: Helena Bergström
What is it like to install a combustion toilet? In a summer cottage or in a motorhome? We've helped our friends install an incinerating toilet in their cottage, and we've also thought about the possibilities in a motorhome. We take this opportunity to share our experiences!
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Writer: Helena Bergström
Updated: September 2026 | Building a house is a big project. Building a log house from scratch, on an island where all the materials have to be transported by boat, is a few levels more difficult. Our friends Lennart and Beata embarked on this slightly crazy project on Ringsö in Lake Mälaren.
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Writer: Helena Bergström
In the summer of 2014, we lifted the entire houseboat on land and did a complete renovation that included new construction of the entire upper floor, new panelling everywhere and a new balcony floor on the deck. But of course a houseboat requires maintenance! We've decided that it's best to do a little each year, and this year it was time to paint the deck and lining.
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Writer: Helena Bergström
You have to maintain a houseboat just like you maintain a house. We raised the boat on land in 2014 and rebuilt and renovated most of it then, but there will always be things that need to be fixed. Right now we actually had not thought to fix with the boat, considering that we are busy getting the motorhome ready for departure at midsummer. But then there was one thing that absolutely must fixed ...
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Writer: Helena Bergström
A houseboat is like a house. Or maybe like a boat. It requires maintenance. We lifted and renovated the entire boat in the summer of 2014. But of course there are still things that need to be fixed, continuously. Now it was time to change some things that we did not change last time, and to fix various water leaks. The toilet leaked water, the kitchen tap leaked water and then we found water ... in the hull!
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Writer: Helena Bergström
Yesterday you could read our post about the first renovation of the houseboat - what we did while the boat was still in the water. Today is the continuation. Here's what happened when we lifted the boat onto land and started to work on the real challenges.
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Writer: Helena Bergström
Today it was finally time for the final inspection of the houseboat. It has been hard work to rebuild the boat, but it has actually been tough with all the paperwork too!
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Writer: Helena Bergström
We rebuilt our houseboat last summer. We repainted the hull, changed all the panelling, all the windows and doors and all the roof. But the biggest change was that we rebuilt the entire living room, which is the top part of the boat.
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