In order to avoid having the glue continuing to come out after you finish squeezing, you have to trip the lever, or twist the plunger, or whatever it takes to release the pressure -- depends on your particular glue gun how this is done.
@@CruisingTheCut I figured SOMETHING like that - you've too much experience not to have discovered it. LOVE how the shower ended up -- very nice job indeed!
Dear dear man, it is so good to see you. Yes there are lots of narrorboat videos, but its YOU, that makes your videos so entertaining, and watchable. More, please
I am unable to sit and watch most 1 hour Netflix shows, but I am able to sit for 1 hour to watch you refurbish your shower!! Your ability to tell a tale is absolutely amazing!!
Oh my goodness!!!! My husband and I are big DIY people and we absolutely adored this video. We howled with laughter! Hubby thinks you're a very lucky man because you can take time to consider a problem without a wife telling you HOW you should be doing it! We love David!!!!!
Well now, this is the first video from cruising the cut that I will not be looking at, l not only hate DIY but can't even bring myself to watch others do it. I'll pass on this and wait for the next one.
David, I'll apologize in advance here, but I laughed and laughed at this video!! Especially when you took a break to scream. I love your sense of humor! You ARE improving your DIY skills with each project. The reason I appreciate your DIY videos so much is that they are so reminiscent of the projects my husband and I do together. We never have all the parts we need....there is always SOME aspect that makes the project unlike the straightforward directions....the directions vastly underestimate the time it will take for the project.
Paradoxically, this is one of the most memorable videos I have ever seen on UA-cam. Just an ‘ordinary’ bloke ,who’s not very good at DIY, taking on a job that nearly breaks him, but somehow prevailing. Done with self effacing honesty and humour. All of life is here. 🙏
Having 15,000 views in the first day on a video "...refurbishing my shower cubicle" just shows the power you have David due in no small part to your professional experiences. It really shows in every video you produce. Make what you like of course but I will keep holding out until your next canal travel video. Thanks and all the best sir.
Brother, we just like you. Your lifestyle, your content, your dry yet warm sense of humor makes pretty much everything you post is worth watching. You dont take yourself too seriously but you have the guts to put yourself out there. I never thought I would find narrow boating this interesting. I am so glad I was wrong.
Yes. David is just the kind of guy that you would like for a neighbor, and his videos are like enjoyable little chats with your neighbor- if your neighbor was Bob Ross, and lived on a boat..
I enjoyed watching this. Your DIY project went exactly the same as most of my own, where I start off positive and am then reduced to passive aggressive mutterings coupled with exaggerated metaphors whilst doing my level best not to swear. Very funny to watch when it's someone else doing it. You've also achieved a nice looking finish. Well done.
It might be a bit disconcerting to an introvert like you David, but all your fans (including me) feel like they know you and like you very much. From our point of view you are our friend. Feeling that way isn’t unusual for us Internet denizens and you should be quite proud of your quite huge number of friends. We all genuinely find you nice and funny, a quite exceptional fellow. Cheers from Alberta, Canada and thanks for the videos.
We have just spent several years totally renovating a 120 year old French longere, which now has 4 shower rooms, so i absolutely understand your frustration, screaming, use of great British expletives and need for alcohol. We also used "plastic panel" at an angle, but only cut the back and honeycomb leaving the thin front cover intact, then bent to to required angle, filled the open V shape in the rear with gunge and fixed into place. It negated the need to try and join half cut panels. Maybe you could try this when you next upgrade your shower.....lol. Anyway, great vid, loved your comments and the job looks perfectly acceptable. Stay safe, all the best/
There are those who can't read a tale off a book. And there are those who can make the analysis and restoration of a shower seem like the most epic saga in the history of mankind. Such charisma.
your frustration and annoyance with the every day DIY hiccups we all face is probably recognized by everyone watching your VLOG, i don't know anyone that has been to a DIY store and got al the correct fixtures and fittings in one visit, your honest video of the project is a brilliant watch and thoroughly entertaining thank you
I have just found this and not yet watched it. My anticipation is boundless. Rationing the viewing is a necessity, David is a real gem in video production, and I need to stretch it out.
I don't watch this channel for the projects, I watch it for you, David, I'm sure I speak for many too - this is really the untold secret of UA-cam - being yourself. What a wonderful 50 minutes of drama infused with humour. I think we had the full Hollywood story arc there. When you were in the depths of despair, I felt your shared pain and I rooted for you to see it through and you did!
Thank you for sharing. I am 63 years old. I have been sitting behind a computer for the last 35 years, so I myself am today functionally useless to society. Before that? I was very handy - DIY projects everywhere (mechanic, carpenter, cement, roofing, flooring, plumbing, landscaping - the works) So I admire your grit! And for what its worth - I think you did a brilliant job!
As a seventy year old woman in Australia I have no clue about refurbishing a canal boat shower recess but as a sewer I understand your frustrations. The thumb of rule is you measure twice, cut once. I am constantly dismayed as to the depths of my stupidity while trying out something new or out of my comfort zone with sewing, however, if I hang on in there with it I usually have the job done. Your job looks terrific, glad there were no temper tantrums where you kicked the boards to bits (not while up against the tiles) and gave up. Now every time you have a shower you can feel a sense of accomplishment. Well done.
At Last, A real DIY show. Kept my attention through the entire 49 minutes and 11 seconds. 10 out of 10. Nice to see you, once more, in your proper place, shining out from the corner of my little flat in Stroud.
Hello David. I wanted to share my story with you. When Covid hit in the US early last year my husband came across your channel and he liked your video so we started to watch all the videos from the beginning. We were in lockdown. I did jigsaw puzzles and my husband drank tea while watching. We binged watched all your videos and we absolutely loved cruising the cut. Now we are re-watching it and now everytime we have it on I have this uncontrollable urge to take out my puzzles and we both drink tea while watching. It's now like a favorite series to watch. I just wanted to say thanks 😊
Watched this tonight. Who knew shower renovation could be so entertaining! I can very much relate to the DIY rule that nothing ever goes perfectly as planned. My other DIY rule is to double the length of time I think I'll take! Good video. Nice job 👍
My dad used to use a phrase when it came to discrepancies between your measurement and actual length, "close enough for government work." It looks like the leakage issue is resolved, and a more attractive shower has been gained. Good job, David.
Having done some home DIY in the bathroom, I really enjoyed this. Nothing, ever, is as simple as it seems to be in the beginning. Add a cramped space and every problem is compounded. Turned out great though so job well done.
Don't waste your time with Twitter polls regarding your content. We'd watch you read from the telephone book. You just have a pleasant personality. Thanks for the video. I hope for one every day!
I hope you won't take this wrong: my husband and i laughed SO MUCH during this video -- but only because we've been there! We thought you showed commendable restraint in your choice of vocabulary.
Hubby and I finished watching all your current videos just yesterday, after binge watching for about 3 weeks. Thoroughly enjoyable, entertaining and informative. So much better than regular TV. Incidentally I hope you had more than 1 G&T after finishing that shower! Was certainly well deserved. We look forward to whatever happens next and wish you well. ☺️
Oh David, I've so missed your narrowboat DIY videos! The entertainment value didn't disappoint and the end result looks great, well worth the frustration that all DIY projects create.
Can't believe I just watched the whole thing. And enjoyed it! Learned a new word or two (hysteresis), and am firmly convinced my husband would have bailed on the project early on. He would have just resorted to duct tape. Kudos, great job, and terrific photography, editing, narration, humor, self-deprecation, all of it!
Why is watching you doing 49 minutes of DIY / borderline bodging so thoroughly entertaining? I guess it's because you include all the struggles, mistakes and solutions which we can all identify with. You simultaneously inspire me to want to get a narrowboat and to avoid it at all costs because of all the difficult maintenance. How you managed to work so effectively in such a confined space AND film it is a wonder. Good job!
I have Never Enjoyed watching anybody repairing their life So Much as watching You! You are So Much FUN! Many Many Thanks for All the Laughs, Joy, & Learning!
David, I'm at the 45th minute watching you berate yourself. You're such a perfectionist. It looks great! Stop browbeating yourself. Something I do appreciate watching is how you manage to work it through in your mind ahead of time. I'd say you're a good example of how to do a DIY job.
You englishmen are in a league of your own, wether it's selling any product at the local market or DIY. David you have a great grasp of the English language and mixing in you personal humour which adds to whatever your doing, a talent many don't have. Always looking forward to your next vlog.
I had all sorts of advice about how you could have done it, but then I realized watching you futter through it is what makes watching you so entertaining. Thanks for a very enjoyable three quarters of an hour!
That was utterly delightful. My enjoyment of it has made me worried that I may have sadistic tendencies. I thought the finished job looked bloody good.
Once again you have topped yourself. As a DIY er myself I have been there and done it. Keep on posting . It never gets easier something always goes South.
Through all your frustrations your dry sense of humour shone like a beacon. Utter brilliant video, made me laugh like an episode from ‘Fawlty Towers’. Now when you sit on the throne, you will only be able visually imagine those old sea shell tiles creaking & cracking under variable temperature fluctuations. 👏
The bagpipe reference is spot on. Because just as the bagpipe keeps playing after you've stopped blowing air, the glue gun keeps shooting out glue long after you've stopped squeezing the trigger.
Hi Dave I have 45 years of plumbing annd you have met every problem that would come up to any of us professions. It just takes some serious thinking. I am glad at 76 I am retired as I can't get into small spaces. Looking forward to more cruising and some storytell. Walt Duba Morro Bay, CA, USA
I don't know if you could hear me. But as I was watching your video, I was right behind you as your assistant shouting advice to you each step of the way. Ha!
Looks well David. Only 2 things I would have done differently. Where you had to make the horizontal cut halfway down the wall, I would have scored the panel at the back and flexed it at the angle change. This would have left an unbroken surface. You could have possibly done the same for the corner moulding, And I think I would just cut a few inches off the top of the vertical shower rail so it would fit the existing screw holes. Regardless, it looks good and more importantly, should be very low maintenance. ….. and I’m so glad you went with s new rail lol…
Cheers. I didn't think of the scoring the panel back. As for the rail, it's such a cheap piece of plastic, it felt really brittle like it would shatter if I tried cutting it.
The same button that allows you to take the "gunge tube" out of the "gunge dispenser" is the one you use to stop the gunge dispensing. It takes the pressure off from the "gunge dispenser" trigger as well as allowing you to pull the gunge actuating rod out of the gunge tube.
"I'm fed up with this project, and I'm fed up with my own incompetence" - I feel your pain. Great work though, brilliant video. Looking forward to many more ;-)
This is what DIY looks like for most of us. Having a plan in your head, then working out the little bits as you go along. Just finished scraping, sanding, recaulking, and painting my back door today. Same process. There's always something to learn from each project to file away for later.
Mate, you got annoyed late in the video about your own incompetence. But just stop for a sec and look at the great job you did considering you’re not a carpenter, plumber, tiler, etc. None of those are your trade, but still you got stuck in and resolved your problems and the end result looks great and will last for years. I’d say it’s a job well done.
I enjoy all your vlogs, David. Thanks for all the time you continue put into them for our viewing pleasure. Whether it’s a beautiful cruise on the cut, or a how-I-did-it, they are always fun to watch. 👍👍👍
I'm another one that enjoyed watching your DIY project. I don't know why I find your adventures so compelling to watch, but I do....not that my life is boring, it just adds to it. Thanks for allowing us into your world.
Something about your videos, even the ones as mundane as this, are oddly compelling and relaxing! Must be a combination of your soothing voice and the human instinct to fix things.
This was hilarious to watch! Watching you do this reminds me why I hate DIY, I’d be making all the same mistakes and probably give up and call in the experts. Sorry I shouldn’t laugh, it just felt good to watch somebody else go through the pain I get during such projects. Rich
That , my friend, was so palpable and relatable and hysterical!!🤣😅 The frustration is real but the end result looks great, nice work, im sure you'll enjoy your showers more now🙂👍
David, you made attempting baking bread quite a treat to watch. I'm quite convinced that you could make reading the phone book entertaining, and am quite looking forward to watching this.
For anyone who doesn't know, "a night on the tiles" is British for carousing. It's like the American "a night on the town", and might be based on cats up on the roof tiles, rejoicing. (I think if it's cats, the tiles referred to may actually be the toppers of brick walls.)
In order to avoid having the glue continuing to come out after you finish squeezing, you have to trip the lever, or twist the plunger, or whatever it takes to release the pressure -- depends on your particular glue gun how this is done.
Cheers! Ha, I do (honestly!) know this really, I just didn't press it while holding the gun and waving it at the camera so it kept coming!
@@CruisingTheCut I figured SOMETHING like that - you've too much experience not to have discovered it. LOVE how the shower ended up -- very nice job indeed!
Or purchase a “dripless” caulk gun which for the most part release that pressure for you.
Well I have learnt something, had that problem when trying to seal my windows, thanks for at least educating me!
ive always watched your channel at 2x speed. unless you say a word that is uk'ed then i'll put it at a lower speed
Not too many DIY people can do an awkward and difficult job with such a sense of humour and make so many smile maybe even have a good laugh or two.
I'm amazed I kept my sense of humour too!!
Dear dear man, it is so good to see you. Yes there are lots of narrorboat videos, but its YOU, that makes your videos so entertaining, and watchable. More, please
Aww, thank you :-)
Hear hear.
I am unable to sit and watch most 1 hour Netflix shows, but I am able to sit for 1 hour to watch you refurbish your shower!! Your ability to tell a tale is absolutely amazing!!
Why. Why are you videos so compelling? I've just spent 49 minutes watching a grown man faff around inside his shower. And loved every minute of it. :)
Faff is the word
Oh my goodness!!!! My husband and I are big DIY people and we absolutely adored this video. We howled with laughter! Hubby thinks you're a very lucky man because you can take time to consider a problem without a wife telling you HOW you should be doing it! We love David!!!!!
I'm one of the 90%. We simply enjoy watching anyone working. Anyone other than ourselves that is ;-)
Amen to that.
Well now, this is the first video from cruising the cut that I will not be looking at, l not only hate DIY but can't even bring myself to watch others do it. I'll pass on this and wait for the next one.
Hi David the reason 90% of people said yes is because we really enjoy watching your videos and you are great company! Thank so much. Cheers J
Aww, thanks :-)
"Several months ago when I was sitting here on the toilet in the bathroom..." That is how all good stories should start.
Well it is certainly different.
Hahaha, that's why I like this channel..
I have my best ideas on the loo. Lol
Much better than "once upon a time"
😂😂😂
David, I'll apologize in advance here, but I laughed and laughed at this video!! Especially when you took a break to scream. I love your sense of humor! You ARE improving your DIY skills with each project. The reason I appreciate your DIY videos so much is that they are so reminiscent of the projects my husband and I do together. We never have all the parts we need....there is always SOME aspect that makes the project unlike the straightforward directions....the directions vastly underestimate the time it will take for the project.
Paradoxically, this is one of the most memorable videos I have ever seen on UA-cam. Just an ‘ordinary’ bloke ,who’s not very good at DIY, taking on a job that nearly breaks him, but somehow prevailing. Done with self effacing honesty and humour. All of life is here. 🙏
Having 15,000 views in the first day on a video "...refurbishing my shower cubicle" just shows the power you have David due in no small part to your professional experiences. It really shows in every video you produce. Make what you like of course but I will keep holding out until your next canal travel video. Thanks and all the best sir.
You have a rare talent to make me watch almost anything and with a smile on my face
Brother, we just like you. Your lifestyle, your content, your dry yet warm sense of humor makes pretty much everything you post is worth watching. You dont take yourself too seriously but you have the guts to put yourself out there. I never thought I would find narrow boating this interesting. I am so glad I was wrong.
Thank you, that's very kind :-)
Yes. David is just the kind of guy that you would like for a neighbor, and his videos are like enjoyable little chats with your neighbor- if your neighbor was Bob Ross, and lived on a boat..
I have netflix ,prime and now tv...its 21.50 on a Saturday and watching you sorting your shower out is better viewing than everything on TV tonight.
Haha that doesn't say much for the state of the streaming channels!!
I enjoyed watching this. Your DIY project went exactly the same as most of my own, where I start off positive and am then reduced to passive aggressive mutterings coupled with exaggerated metaphors whilst doing my level best not to swear. Very funny to watch when it's someone else doing it. You've also achieved a nice looking finish. Well done.
I was impressed that a big rubber mallet didn't get involved, always my go-to when things don't quite fit together square
It might be a bit disconcerting to an introvert like you David, but all your fans (including me) feel like they know you and like you very much. From our point of view you are our friend. Feeling that way isn’t unusual for us Internet denizens and you should be quite proud of your quite huge number of friends. We all genuinely find you nice and funny, a quite exceptional fellow. Cheers from Alberta, Canada and thanks for the videos.
Ah, thank you. I'm horribly unpleasant in real life ;-)
@@CruisingTheCut Your humble opinion of yourself is just part of your charm. Get over it, you are not an ordinary person. You are exceptional.
Loved watching that, if ever I have a shower cubicle to reline.... I will remember this and get someone else to do it.
😅🤣
Wise
We have just spent several years totally renovating a 120 year old French longere, which now has 4 shower rooms, so i absolutely understand your frustration, screaming, use of great British expletives and need for alcohol. We also used "plastic panel" at an angle, but only cut the back and honeycomb leaving the thin front cover intact, then bent to to required angle, filled the open V shape in the rear with gunge and fixed into place. It negated the need to try and join half cut panels. Maybe you could try this when you next upgrade your shower.....lol. Anyway, great vid, loved your comments and the job looks perfectly acceptable. Stay safe, all the best/
There are those who can't read a tale off a book. And there are those who can make the analysis and restoration of a shower seem like the most epic saga in the history of mankind. Such charisma.
your frustration and annoyance with the every day DIY hiccups we all face is probably recognized by everyone watching your VLOG, i don't know anyone that has been to a DIY store and got al the correct fixtures and fittings in one visit, your honest video of the project is a brilliant watch and thoroughly entertaining thank you
I have just found this and not yet watched it. My anticipation is boundless. Rationing the viewing is a necessity, David is a real gem in video production, and I need to stretch it out.
Don't worry, Sidney - he stretched the prog out for you!
I don't watch this channel for the projects, I watch it for you, David, I'm sure I speak for many too - this is really the untold secret of UA-cam - being yourself. What a wonderful 50 minutes of drama infused with humour. I think we had the full Hollywood story arc there. When you were in the depths of despair, I felt your shared pain and I rooted for you to see it through and you did!
Haha. David you can even make DIY funny!🤣. Honestly it does look much better than the old tiles. Well done. Enjoy that G&T you earned it👍🏻
Thank you for sharing.
I am 63 years old.
I have been sitting behind a computer for the last 35 years, so I myself am today functionally useless to society.
Before that?
I was very handy - DIY projects everywhere (mechanic, carpenter, cement, roofing, flooring, plumbing, landscaping - the works)
So I admire your grit!
And for what its worth - I think you did a brilliant job!
Thank you!
As a seventy year old woman in Australia I have no clue about refurbishing a canal boat shower recess but as a sewer I understand your frustrations. The thumb of rule is you measure twice, cut once. I am constantly dismayed as to the depths of my stupidity while trying out something new or out of my comfort zone with sewing, however, if I hang on in there with it I usually have the job done. Your job looks terrific, glad there were no temper tantrums where you kicked the boards to bits (not while up against the tiles) and gave up. Now every time you have a shower you can feel a sense of accomplishment. Well done.
Like an episode of Miss marple meets physco, welcome back mate.
This one is still my favorite. The descent into madness, the crazy hair - cracks me up. ❤️
The madness is so relatable!😅
At Last, A real DIY show. Kept my attention through the entire 49 minutes and 11 seconds. 10 out of 10. Nice to see you, once more, in your proper place, shining out from the corner of my little flat in Stroud.
Thank you!
Hello David. I wanted to share my story with you. When Covid hit in the US early last year my husband came across your channel and he liked your video so we started to watch all the videos from the beginning. We were in lockdown. I did jigsaw puzzles and my husband drank tea while watching. We binged watched all your videos and we absolutely loved cruising the cut. Now we are re-watching it and now everytime we have it on I have this uncontrollable urge to take out my puzzles and we both drink tea while watching. It's now like a favorite series to watch. I just wanted to say thanks 😊
Ah, thank you so much!
Don't berate yourself - that's transformed the appearance and no doubt banished the leaks. Mission accomplished! 😎😎👍
You are now a pro and can start a side business of doing the same thing for other boat owners :-)
Not sure if it was intentional, but this episode was hilarious! Great deadpan humor!
Watched this tonight. Who knew shower renovation could be so entertaining! I can very much relate to the DIY rule that nothing ever goes perfectly as planned. My other DIY rule is to double the length of time I think I'll take! Good video. Nice job 👍
Thank you for allowing us the privilege of joining you in your shower! What fun! Keep up the good work. You’ve made my day.💕🥰💕🥰💕🥰💕🥰💕🥰💕🥰💕
My dad used to use a phrase when it came to discrepancies between your measurement and actual length, "close enough for government work." It looks like the leakage issue is resolved, and a more attractive shower has been gained. Good job, David.
Having done some home DIY in the bathroom, I really enjoyed this. Nothing, ever, is as simple as it seems to be in the beginning. Add a cramped space and every problem is compounded. Turned out great though so job well done.
Don't waste your time with Twitter polls regarding your content. We'd watch you read from the telephone book. You just have a pleasant personality. Thanks for the video. I hope for one every day!
I hope you won't take this wrong: my husband and i laughed SO MUCH during this video -- but only because we've been there! We thought you showed commendable restraint in your choice of vocabulary.
So good to see you again...
Hope you are well...
You’ve been missed, I speak for many!!!
I sympathize with your frustration, but this is a gold mine of one liners and it really made my afternoon.
This is like the Bob Ross of boat repair.
Happy little repairs
Maybe a list of different grout shades ? Prussian blue ? Post office red ? Mmm ?
Hubby and I finished watching all your current videos just yesterday, after binge watching for about 3 weeks. Thoroughly enjoyable, entertaining and informative. So much better than regular TV.
Incidentally I hope you had more than 1 G&T after finishing that shower! Was certainly well deserved.
We look forward to whatever happens next and wish you well. ☺️
We enjoyed it. I can’t imagine talking and trying to film while going through all the frustration of DIY. Thank you!
Oh David, I've so missed your narrowboat DIY videos! The entertainment value didn't disappoint and the end result looks great, well worth the frustration that all DIY projects create.
Well done DAVID, over 49000 people would sooner watch you tiling than actually watch someone boating. says a lot....
It certainly does!!
Can't believe I just watched the whole thing. And enjoyed it! Learned a new word or two (hysteresis), and am firmly convinced my husband would have bailed on the project early on. He would have just resorted to duct tape. Kudos, great job, and terrific photography, editing, narration, humor, self-deprecation, all of it!
Duct tape rules!
Why is watching you doing 49 minutes of DIY / borderline bodging so thoroughly entertaining? I guess it's because you include all the struggles, mistakes and solutions which we can all identify with. You simultaneously inspire me to want to get a narrowboat and to avoid it at all costs because of all the difficult maintenance. How you managed to work so effectively in such a confined space AND film it is a wonder. Good job!
Yes, they're awkward beasts, narrowboats
I have Never Enjoyed watching anybody repairing their life So Much as watching You! You are So Much FUN! Many Many Thanks for All the Laughs, Joy, & Learning!
Thank you
David, I'm at the 45th minute watching you berate yourself. You're such a perfectionist. It looks great! Stop browbeating yourself. Something I do appreciate watching is how you manage to work it through in your mind ahead of time. I'd say you're a good example of how to do a DIY job.
Honestly - sitting here laughing out loud - you are hysterical no matter what! Thoroughly enjoyed this!!
Of course I’m watching this video again because I really love listening to you explain the process. 😂😂👵🏻🇺🇸👍🏻
I’m no longer a twit who tweets. Birds Tweet. I’m not a bird.
So I enjoyed this ramble, musings and fiddle fixing.
👍🏻✊🏻
You englishmen are in a league of your own, wether it's selling any product at the local market or DIY. David you have a great grasp of the English language and mixing in you personal humour which adds to whatever your doing, a talent many don't have. Always looking forward to your next vlog.
I had all sorts of advice about how you could have done it, but then I realized watching you futter through it is what makes watching you so entertaining. Thanks for a very enjoyable three quarters of an hour!
please dont tale offense of my comment but this is one of the funniest videos i seen in a while.love your channel.
That was utterly delightful. My enjoyment of it has made me worried that I may have sadistic tendencies. I thought the finished job looked bloody good.
Well done! That is one sharp looking shower. Really like the marble patterning.👍💕
Just finished watching you refitting your van and now this? What a treat!
Once again you have topped yourself. As a DIY er myself I have been there and done it. Keep on posting . It never gets easier something always goes South.
This was fun to watch, as my husband and I have tackled may DIY projects over the years. Your sense of humor kept us chuckling!
Through all your frustrations your dry sense of humour shone like a beacon. Utter brilliant video, made me laugh like an episode from ‘Fawlty Towers’. Now when you sit on the throne, you will only be able visually imagine those old sea shell tiles creaking & cracking under variable temperature fluctuations. 👏
Nice, your perseverance has paid off. Looks much better than before, good work!
Thank you!
You Englishmen are so polite and yet so funny 😆😂
I guess I was laughing at your expense, but honestly that’s what content is all about!!
The bagpipe reference is spot on. Because just as the bagpipe keeps playing after you've stopped blowing air, the glue gun keeps shooting out glue long after you've stopped squeezing the trigger.
Hi Dave I have 45 years of plumbing annd you have met every problem that would come up to any of us professions. It just takes some serious thinking. I am glad at 76 I am retired as I can't get into small spaces. Looking forward to more cruising and some storytell. Walt Duba Morro Bay, CA, USA
I don't know if you could hear me. But as I was watching your video, I was right behind you as your assistant shouting advice to you each step of the way. Ha!
Good job. Nice to see another video. Sit down and have a cup of tea for a job done.
I am a simple man. I see a Cruising the Cut notification, I click.
David, that’s life. My wife and I have had similar experiences with nearly every DIY project we’ve ever done! Nice job! Enjoy your G&T!
There was I thinking I was the world's worst at DIY. Thank you David you've made me feel so much better. I am looking forward to your next project.
You may still yet be the worst, of course 😂
Looks well David. Only 2 things I would have done differently.
Where you had to make the horizontal cut halfway down the wall, I would have scored the panel at the back and flexed it at the angle change. This would have left an unbroken surface. You could have possibly done the same for the corner moulding,
And I think I would just cut a few inches off the top of the vertical shower rail so it would fit the existing screw holes.
Regardless, it looks good and more importantly, should be very low maintenance.
….. and I’m so glad you went with s new rail lol…
Cheers. I didn't think of the scoring the panel back. As for the rail, it's such a cheap piece of plastic, it felt really brittle like it would shatter if I tried cutting it.
The same button that allows you to take the "gunge tube" out of the "gunge dispenser" is the one you use to stop the gunge dispensing. It takes the pressure off from the "gunge dispenser" trigger as well as allowing you to pull the gunge actuating rod out of the gunge tube.
"I'm fed up with this project, and I'm fed up with my own incompetence" - I feel your pain. Great work though, brilliant video. Looking forward to many more ;-)
Patience of a saint and not a swear word or blaspheme, well done you!
This is what DIY looks like for most of us. Having a plan in your head, then working out the little bits as you go along. Just finished scraping, sanding, recaulking, and painting my back door today. Same process. There's always something to learn from each project to file away for later.
Ever so glad to see your still alive and putting out new videos!
He's on Vandemonium (YT Channel) with his camper-van exploits - eg Lockdown car parking.
Still here!
Mate, you got annoyed late in the video about your own incompetence. But just stop for a sec and look at the great job you did considering you’re not a carpenter, plumber, tiler, etc. None of those are your trade, but still you got stuck in and resolved your problems and the end result looks great and will last for years. I’d say it’s a job well done.
I'm laughing so much, I almost fell off the couch.
I enjoy,. I like hearing your venting
I think it's a lot more than 90% that like this video. Well done on the shower job!
I enjoy all your vlogs, David. Thanks for all the time you continue put into them for our viewing pleasure. Whether it’s a beautiful cruise on the cut, or a how-I-did-it, they are always fun to watch. 👍👍👍
Good to see you again!
Hey, thanks!
A short break and he’s back! You really have your mojo back! One of the most entertaining vids you’ve made! It may have been the degreaser mind you 🤪
You are hilarious! I kept thinking, I sure wish I was there to lend a hand. Well done you!
Thank you!
This is hysterical. As much fun as watching the van build.
I'm another one that enjoyed watching your DIY project. I don't know why I find your adventures so compelling to watch, but I do....not that my life is boring, it just adds to it. Thanks for allowing us into your world.
You are always entertaining David, whatever you do!!!😂 Good job looks good!👏
Thank you
What a bloody brilliant watch. Grand perseverance, well done!
Nice to hear from you again! :)
Something about your videos, even the ones as mundane as this, are oddly compelling and relaxing! Must be a combination of your soothing voice and the human instinct to fix things.
Oh how i have missed your videos, your sense of humor and wit are so wonderful. Thanks you.
This was hilarious to watch! Watching you do this reminds me why I hate DIY, I’d be making all the same mistakes and probably give up and call in the experts. Sorry I shouldn’t laugh, it just felt good to watch somebody else go through the pain I get during such projects. Rich
That , my friend, was so palpable and relatable and hysterical!!🤣😅 The frustration is real but the end result looks great, nice work, im sure you'll enjoy your showers more now🙂👍
Haha thank you
David, you made attempting baking bread quite a treat to watch. I'm quite convinced that you could make reading the phone book entertaining, and am quite looking forward to watching this.
It may yet happen...
@@CruisingTheCut Bring on your worst, sir!
Proving once again you are fearlessly willing to attack DIY projects of considerable scale. Thanks for sharing. This one was epic. Rest up & enjoy.
I learn so much through your natural humour and wit.
For anyone who doesn't know, "a night on the tiles" is British for carousing. It's like the American "a night on the town", and might be based on cats up on the roof tiles, rejoicing. (I think if it's cats, the tiles referred to may actually be the toppers of brick walls.)
At the end of a long few days… it was great seeing another video. Thanks for this, David
You: This is gonna be a long video, me: Instant pressing pause, and going to the kitchen to make some coffee.👍
Very wise.
I got snacks, too.
I truly appreciate how genuine you are with these real world problems.
😀
CAD, cardboard aided design, saves time and makes odd cuts easier to manage. Many thanks for the video, always happy to see new content.
Glad you liked it!