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Velislide
Sep 10, 2013Explorer
Also should mention, I caulked all the seems on the roof, with OSI? I think thats the brand, white caulk. Stuff stays pretty soft but extremely tacky, never shrinks or dries out apparently. After that I coated it with some elastometric roof coating, two coats on all the seems. No more leaks!
So things are starting to look a little better.

Also decided I didnt like the step up, inside the bathroom. Only thing under the floor was the water tank (which was pretty small anyways), so pulled that out and out comes the floor, which led to finding a soft spot where the shower was. Ended up cutting out a large section of floor, replacing the studs and new subfloor, which I layed another layer of OSB on top of also.

Started to run out of OSB towards the end, so used up all my scrap to cover the original subfloor. Wasnt worried about all the seems since I had plans on putting yet another layer of sanded plywood down, to make it nice and smooth for bathroom floor.

Decided to have the entry door 30" wide and at a 40 degree angle, so I can open it all the way back flat against the kitchen wall. This way you can do laundry with the door open and have plenty of space. (going to have a stackable washer and dryer in there).



Finished the framing for the bathroom wall.



ran some new hard line for the propane, which enters in the bathroom for the dryer, and will run to the kitchen with a few outlets for appliances.

And thats about where I'm at so far, just kind of a random project to keep me busy. Being 26 and working 30-35 hours a week, dont have all the money in the world to finish this right away, so just working on it paycheck to paycheck.
Lots of plans though for the finished camper, 8' long kitchen counter with a 4' L on the end that comes off, acting as a bar to sit at. LED lighting for low power consumption, propane instant hot water heater, etc. Going to be building the lower kitchen base cabinets myself, probably buy the uppers, unless the lowers turn out extremely nice lol.
So things are starting to look a little better.

Also decided I didnt like the step up, inside the bathroom. Only thing under the floor was the water tank (which was pretty small anyways), so pulled that out and out comes the floor, which led to finding a soft spot where the shower was. Ended up cutting out a large section of floor, replacing the studs and new subfloor, which I layed another layer of OSB on top of also.

Started to run out of OSB towards the end, so used up all my scrap to cover the original subfloor. Wasnt worried about all the seems since I had plans on putting yet another layer of sanded plywood down, to make it nice and smooth for bathroom floor.

Decided to have the entry door 30" wide and at a 40 degree angle, so I can open it all the way back flat against the kitchen wall. This way you can do laundry with the door open and have plenty of space. (going to have a stackable washer and dryer in there).



Finished the framing for the bathroom wall.



ran some new hard line for the propane, which enters in the bathroom for the dryer, and will run to the kitchen with a few outlets for appliances.

And thats about where I'm at so far, just kind of a random project to keep me busy. Being 26 and working 30-35 hours a week, dont have all the money in the world to finish this right away, so just working on it paycheck to paycheck.
Lots of plans though for the finished camper, 8' long kitchen counter with a 4' L on the end that comes off, acting as a bar to sit at. LED lighting for low power consumption, propane instant hot water heater, etc. Going to be building the lower kitchen base cabinets myself, probably buy the uppers, unless the lowers turn out extremely nice lol.
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