'71 Starcraft Wanderstar- "The Hilton"

hilandfrog wrote:
"...Two things that I forgot were receptacles dedicated for a refrigerator and a microwave..."

This is why I like reading others postings:)

While I haven't started on wiring yet, reading your postings reminded me to make plans for the Fantastic fan wires and an outside GFCI.


I like the look of those used cabinets... I guess the weight would be the thing holding me back?



We're getting ready for a little ski trip to CO, leaving later today, back next week.
I'm already wanting to tinker w/ Diddums but there are things to be done before I can leave.

I expect when I get back you'll be slapping in Luan walls and getting ready for cabinets:D


Repo

Hey, you're on the road, good deal! Yeah, even with pre-planning, I forgot a few things. The other wrinkle is where in the process do I add something that is a necesity? Trying to be as efficient about the total process means that I have to keep a lot of mental-plates spinning. For instance: I will need to add a blackwater tank vent since I vacated the original. It will be more efficient to do this when the luan is on the ceiling because I can cut the hole through all of the material instead of trying to locate the hole in four layers of material.

I'm still on the fence about the salvaged cabinets. If anything, I may build another face frame and use a set of leaded glass cabinet doors that I have. It would kind of keep to the vintage western look I'm after.

One of the detriments to cabinets with solid doors is that they become a cold-sink, I've found. This can be just an inconvenience or it can become a real pain. If your fresh water tank is inboard (like mine), enclosing it in cabinetry without a heat source may lead to very cold water or even freeze-up. I've camped in subzero conditions where all of the liquid foodstuff that was packed into a compartment turned into ice. These closed compartments also tend to keep the interior space colder, I've found. I did find a solution to this, recently. At a visit to a textile outlet, I found a plastic wall covering material that looked very sturdy and would make for a good surface for inboard compartment fronts. It has a weave that should let heated air pass through into the compartments and still look attractive. I can build frames for this material and staple it onto the back of the frame. This should allow to eliminate some of the cold spots, eliminate the weight of a solid door or front, and be easy to build. We'll see.

I have about half or better of the ceiling polystyrene board in place. It is slow-going, there are 8-10 pieces in each cavity and there are 15 rafter cavities. That is 120-150 pieces of pink board in the ceiling. The good news is that my utility knife skills are getting really good and the Hilton is getting very quiet.:D