Saturday, October 13, 2012

Started sewing the new curtains Friday morning, with my trusty Universal sewing machine.



Sunday, October 7, 2012

New steps

New steps built from above ground pool ladder section
The steps, fold up over door and are held in place while traveling by two flat bungee straps

Notice the bottom step is adjustable to accomidate parking on an unlevel surface. 

New flooring installed

Installed new flooring purchased from Home Depot.

New cabinet doors installed

Propane tank switch

After having so much trouble getting anyone to fill my 37 year old horizontal tanks, I decided to to rebuild the tank storage area, to accomidate new vertical tanks. Since the out side storage door was too small for vertical tanks, they had to placed in storage area from inside the camper. The storage area is located under the dinette seats, so I cut a hole through the plywood directly above the storage area and cut out the top of the storage box.
 I then built an extension to the top of the box, and built a lid to seal off the camper from any propane fumes, the original access door remains on camper and is vented to the outside.
When the lid is in place it sits flush with the rest of the bench area, allowing the cushions to cover the new propane access.

More pics of paint job

Paint and roller used

Saturday, September 15, 2012

New paint

The camper is getting a new paint job with Gloss white pro series Rustoleum paint, applied with a 6 inch 1/2 inch nap roller.
since the aluminum siding has a wood grain texture , I can't tell that it wasn't sprayed on

This is how it looked before painting

Bathroom complete

Shower pan painted with fusion paint
The throne is installed

More rotten wood

The shower floor was soft, and I did not want to be taking a shower and suddenly end up under the camper, in my birthday suit.
Rot under shower floor
Rot at entry door, notice the 2 layers of plywood that had been overlayed on the entire floor area.

Removed the back 3 feet of camper floor that hangs out past the truck bed

Building up the new section, 2 layer of 1/2 inch plywood, with braceing and voids were fitted with 3/4 inch dow corning foam board
New section installed, and coated with rubberized automotive undercaoting

Stain and varnish

all paneling stained and clear gloss varnished
Notice the new storage above the overhead bunk!

The range hood was painted white, it was also the nice yellow color

New formica install

All the original counter tops were a 70's mustard yellow, yuck.
The old table top
The New table top

Bathroom sink and top, the sink was also yellow, I painted it with white Fusion plastic paint
Counter top above heater and water tank

Building new cabinet doors, there are about 20 doors total!