Kew Bridge Houseboat

Saniplus, Sanivite, Showermatic, Sanitop

The transformation of a wartime ammunitions carrier in to a beautiful houseboat that graces the banks of the Thames at Kew Bridge was in no small part due to a range of pumps and macerators from Saniflo.

The steel-vesseled lighter, owned by Rex Leyland and his wife, was originally built in Doncaster in the 1930’s to serve in the First World War. Its purpose was to replenish destroyers with ammunition during naval operations and in order to avoid risk of fire – which could blow up its precious cargo – the carrier was built without an engine and towed out to sea by tug.