Today - the galley window install -and the left, rear sofa side-window install and wood framing repair.
Wood framing repair? Yeah. I guess. I mean it's fixin' the lifted veneer caused by the water damage, not really the framing. Like we did over at the back wall window. But this one had more places; three of the four edges if I remember correctly. Hey it's been a few days! Can't expect me to have total recall! That's why I like pictures. ;)
But first, here's that galley window. You recall we had it out days ago to remove the inside galley paneling and re-framing the systems wall.
But it'd just been hanging there by four screws and duct tape, after prepping the edge days ago. It came out and went to the bench.
Here you can see (the closest corner) where in past someone banged and bent the upper forward window corner. I straightened it a bit before reinstalling.
And flipped over for prep, and then the butyl.
That's a little better.
Then the left rear side-window by the sofa came out. This is the wall which got nailed by the tractor bucket, and received the lion's share of downward water trickle from the main tear on the roof edge at the swoop of the loop.
Let's examine the lifted veneer, and the warped edge of the paneling at some edges.
Rearward edge.
Rearward and lower.
Upper forward.
Upper, forward, and lower.
Gravity helped the glue go in on the lower edge, here at the rear.
And here forward.
But once it was in there and I got my clamps system in place, it needed drying time. So while this dried, I went and helped DW with some more garden prep, hauling off sod removed for an extended wild flower garden.
The back edge was tougher; had to dab and jab the glue back in there with a putty knife. I poured glue in a plastic jar cap and dipped the knife repeatedly.
Then it was off to help DW with the driveway edging on the new wildflower garden while this dried.
The top edge was fun. It brought back fond memories of brushing poly onto Lil' Queeny's ceiling panels a few years ago. It took months for the poly to wear off my forearms and elbows.
But got the clamps in place, and went off to till the new garden area.
During clamping.
And after.
The gluing and firming up of the window edge by securely prepping the paneling edge really helped here. I also pressed more glue into the raised surface grain in portions of that wall and the clamps pulled it all in real good too. The only raised portions are the two horizontal lines of bump. The other visual areas are all flat now. Huge improvement!
And during this end process I sanded glued surfaces and re-stained the immediate area.
Here's the forward portions close to the galley cabinet/counter rear edge.
Then the window went in.
During these last few days the weather was quite unsettled. I had been in a "one day at a time" mindset, in that I didn't have the luxury of opening up the wall without being able to close it up before nightfall, and/or before the next wayward thunderstorm disrupted my work.
But there was a slight change in forecast. Tomorrow we start to report on the roof edge repair. And that first day was a driven day! Meaning I was driven, all day, and don't get in my way!
The day after that, summer arrived and took off some pressure. But, (spoiler alert), roof repairs go well, and the roof lines MIGHT be zipped up today or tomorrow (in real time). That would make four days of roof repairs to report on. And reporting may well take more days than four. That's okay. We have some other obligations coming up that will keep me from working on the camper. But I'll continue daily morning-reports - as long as the pictures hold out.
