Conversion of a Fish Farm WorkBarge to Accommodations

[Darkzillicon]

To answer the questions so far

1- the intent is to accommodate paying visitors in the summer, and workers in the winter.
2- no pix available now. Three bedrooms upstairs, with a shared bathroom, with two toilet, two sinks, two showers, and the same down.
3- gray water out, and black water in a a holding tank. Or perhaps incinerator toilets. Still exploring possibilities.

There's no available land service. No power, water or septic. The barge is self contained.

I'm looking at reverse osmosis water supply, which may well supply the other buildings on the big raft, because currently they are bringing drinking water by boat in water cooler jugs.

I chartered one of my boats a floating hotel for about two years. Challenges were
1.) Dissasembling the toilets frequently as guests would put all manner of things down them. I would go with a vacuum flush as it's harder to get ruined by FOD.
2.) Bleach destroys toilets but you need a fair amount of it in a rental boat. so year stock up on all rubber parts as well and get used to disassembly.
3.) Laundry is a bigger issue than waste. You can probably get a waste barge to come by once a week. whatever the cost roll it into the rental. Everyone wants laundry and you can't just spew tide flavored greywater into the river and a holding tank would be too big. I took it off the boat and cleaned everything at a laundromat at the cost of my time and sanity.
4.) Locking up access to things that can hurt your guests like breakers etc. they tend to poke around.
5.) bilge alarms. Even on a barge you need to know if your guests are inadvertently sinking your investment. remote monitoring whatever the cost is essential.
6.) Handyman and Rolodex: When the barge starts taking on water you will inevitably be across the world unable to do anything about it or fix it, you need local people who can do your job.

there are others but the type of toilet is irrelevant, just keep it easy to access and pump out... holding tanks are how cruise ships work, and its how you're going to work.

 

[C. Dog]

This appears to be an interesting challenge, with potential for further specialised projects in an emerging niche industry.