Here in the Galley, we chose a single handle faucet. Often (I asked the cook), when you are doing food prep, or kitchen water work, you are holding an object in one hand, and operating the faucet with the other. Short spurts! The luxuries of unlimited water do not exist in RVs. In the old days when water was piped INTO the house, they installed single "hose bibs" off the wall above the basin, and then Wow! Hot Water Too! Bam! Another hose bib. Look honey! Two hose bibs! Hot - Cold! Cold - Hot!
(Man, that's a lot of exclamation points)
Anyway, we don't understand why RV manufactures continue to put dual valve faucets in new RVs; doesn't make sense. Cheaper I think. We also chose a quality Moen faucet, smaller scale, but traditional look. It also has a sprayer that I MAY install later if I can find the right space (pull out hose from below the cabinet - couldn't get a pull-out sprayer and single handle, without getting too huge). But we also want to do under-counter soap and lotion pumps, so real estate is getting tight, especially with the gray water plumbing vent directly below.
Notice also the countertop caulking along edges is done.
Now underneath, since I was drilling faucet holes, I could choose to make the stud holes smaller than what is pre-drilled from the countertop makers, so I adapted some flat fender washers for fastening, instead of the contraption hardware which came with the faucet. And you might note how I had to cut part of the mounting stud short over the vent pipe.
The three hoses in middle are: one for hot, one for cold, and one for a mix to connect with the hand-held sprayer. The hot and cold will connect directly to standard shut-off valves as part of a couple of pipe manifolds next to the water heater (future work in Chapter 8. Fresh Water).
Here's a side view of the shortened stud.
And a front view with the drain work and drawers back in place.
Now with the galley sink and faucet to this stage I looked up at this wall cabinet hole, originally housing an electrical outlet.
Our opinion? It's positioned poorly. Any kitchen countertop appliances would be better served with an outlet on the bottom surface of the cabinet, in the same corner. And that's what we plan. So we had to come up with a different idea for this big ugly hole.
Enter our "long-held" matchstick holder, that used to live on the wall by our home wood stove. Since our home remodel, it has lived on a storage shelf. But - it started life in my Dad's 1972 12' truck camper! When I parted that out, it went temporarily into our 1960 canned ham remodel, until we sold it. Some pieces like this, didn't go with the sell.
A little rust reformer (because I didn't have any satin or flat black and this stuff will not only reform the vaguely rusted right surface, but also leaves a nice flat-black primer surface), - and then set it off to dry.
Meanwhile - I can't have matches falling into the cabinet through the hole. Now there's better ways to do repairs, but duck tape does surprisingly well. I've had a piece on the inside panel of my Willys Jeep cowl where someone drilled a 1" hole for a radio antennae, and it's been there since 2005! Still holds, sticky (no longer sticky) side up (I sharpy-blacked the top side). On the house remodel, I swung an entry door opposite and moved the porch light to the other side. Placed three lengths of duck tape across the hole (temporary fix, you know for wasps and stuff) and then when we painted, just painted over the tape. The darn thing is still like that! 10 years later! (No, my work is not TYPICALLY like that).
And this ain't duck tape, it's Gorilla Tape. With an interesting connection to Lil' Queeny.
This is the last of the same roll in my "tool kit" when we traveled to Oregon in Spring, 2014 to pick up Lil' Queeny. Hard to believe we're going on three years with this build! We used a great deal of the roll to hold rear tie-down chains away from the truck paint.
So I placed a couple of lengths like this on the big ugly hole...
Then put on the match stick holder.
Handy to the galley, away from the flames of the stove, accessible from the entry door for campfire building purpose. Charming!
Oh, and one more thing in the Greatroom too. Where to place the original magazine rack? Can't NOT use it! But wall space is sparce, and it has to be functionally placed and usable, but out of the way of your head and hair. Dinette corners are often unused spaces, at least for adults (our legs and stuff don't fit well). So we put it next to DW's side where she can access her naturalist books and stuff while I do computer work on the opposite side.
Yeah, that's the ticket!
