After finishing the grey water system - no, I haven't tested it yet; probably should do that huh? - I was left with a freshwater cabinet that resembled this...
That was quite some time ago. Notice the two batteries behind the cabinet wall in front of the fresh water tank. The ones I get will be a little taller, but you get the idea.
Now the covers over this cabinet are a major traffic area of the camper and therefore need ample support and strength to combat the effects of repeated stresses and yet small enough parts to actually fit within the limited space and allow pass-through of all of the systems (waste water, fresh water, propane, 120V cabling, 12V cabling), provide simple to use access to each of these systems as well as remaining portions for various storage locations - and it has to do all this while sitting there looking good! Did I mention it has to come apart? You know - for that whole modular build thing I've been doing all along?
So through custom fitting and engineering, this is what I came up with. Just ignore the three smaller shelf boards on the table front edge; those are for a different project. But note the three aproximately 1" holes. Those are for propane, 120V and 12V. These systems lines/cable will pass through this portion of the camper in an easily disassembled method. Yeah, I kind of have some ideas.
After doing the finish work (well - I didn't get the poly on the bronze framework; that still needs to be done, but I'll get to it), here's how it all came together.
Cleats that will remain permanent mount are shown here before installation...
And in place...
Here's the main support frame...
There is a truss under each drain pipe that fastens to the frame side boards with four screws on each side and those trusses act as the cover door side cleats. For dis-assembly, those eight screws are removed to lay flat the trusses, then seven screws (three front and three back and one on the inside corner jog) are removed and the framework lifts out, allowing the two trusses to then be removed. That then allows the rest of the cabinet to be disassembled (tank replacement, etc.
Another angle...
Cover boards in place, and over on the other side of the dinette.
Main access door open...
Once again - this was all done a little at a time over the summer months. Here recently I've been working on covering the doors with carpet like the dinette floor. I'll show that work in a future post.
