Hello All,Me and my wife are really starting to use the 24 foot RV more and more these days, and are beginning to understand that it would be alot better to remove the dinette seat and install a couch or a set of recliners in its place. The dinette is not comfortable nor really used much at this point. I looked under the benches in the dinette seats and see our fresh water tank is on one side and the converter and fuse panel is on the other, can it still be done (installing a couch or recliners) in this same area?Thanks all for your helpRick

It would be difficult, but not impossible, to move the water tank and electrical. Lots of work is involved to move all that equipment. You probably do not have room for it elsewhere in your rig. Could you just remove the table and reconfigure to a u-shaped sitting arrangement incorporating the benches already there?

Do you have anything in the area across from the dinette? there was a couch in mine on that side which I removed and installed two recliners Not much work and a lot more comfortable

Hello All,I have a small chair accross the dinette unit, I thought I saw a couch somewhere where there is room behind it for a water tank, I could also do like the previous poster said, just make a U-Shaped couchThanks all,Rick

Saw just such a project a few years ago on this forum. Perhaps if you do a forum search you can find the thread. My old TT had the fresh water tank in a "box" and the sofa sat on top. It was great because in cold weather camping, the interior of the trailer kept the water supply from freezing.I'm with you on the dinette. The Phoenix Cruisers have the option of a sofa that converts into lounge chairs and a removable table that seats in the floor for meals.

For a quick and dirty answer, how about just setting the dinette up in "bed" mode? Then add a couple of bolsters like these as needed to make it more like a sofa:JC Penny bolstersThey don't sell covers for those, you have to make your own or find a sewing person to make some washable slip covers. Pretty simple though. We did that but on the opposite side of a mini MH. We kept the dinette but built a box "bed" where there was a sofa we didn't care for. Then the bolsters make it usable as a sofa during the day time.

Dinete to reclining chairs? Anyone done this before?

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magnusfide
Explorer II
Jun 08, 2013
Saw just such a project a few years ago on this forum. Perhaps if you do a forum search you can find the thread.

My old TT had the fresh water tank in a "box" and the sofa sat on top. It was great because in cold weather camping, the interior of the trailer kept the water supply from freezing.

I'm with you on the dinette. The Phoenix Cruisers have the option of a sofa that converts into lounge chairs and a removable table that seats in the floor for meals.
Momboy007
Explorer
Jun 08, 2013
Hello All,
I have a small chair accross the dinette unit, I thought I saw a couch somewhere where there is room behind it for a water tank, I could also do like the previous poster said, just make a U-Shaped couch

Thanks all,
Rick
clydedoerr
Explorer
Jun 08, 2013
Do you have anything in the area across from the dinette? there was a couch in mine on that side which I removed and installed two recliners Not much work and a lot more comfortable
JRandall
Explorer
Jun 08, 2013
It would be difficult, but not impossible, to move the water tank and electrical. Lots of work is involved to move all that equipment. You probably do not have room for it elsewhere in your rig. Could you just remove the table and reconfigure to a u-shaped sitting arrangement incorporating the benches already there?

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Dinete to reclining chairs? Anyone done this before?

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