Well I got to the overhead bunk floor this past weekend, not done yet but I did remove the old floor and made a new one. I have to find some help to get the new one installed.
See all the screws that have rusted and backed out, When I was taking this apart there was only 3 or 4 screws actualy holding everything together and by that I mean van body squared and secured with the camper. I pulled one screw out on the left side and the camper seperated about a inch and when I started to pull floor away on the right side the camper racked itself to to right, good lord I though this thing was going to fold over lol I rushed to prop it up with 2x4's and ran a few ratchet strap from the right to the left. Then I tried to figure out why it did that:S I found that the right side corner that attaches the van body to camper only had two screws holding it together and of coarse I should have known better and should have cross-braced the van and camper body oh and not to mention I have nothing installed on the left side corner. I think it will be ok I'll just have to get creative to rack the van and camper bodies back square when I get the bunk floor in.
The old and rotten.
Laying some new frame, didn't get any pictures of the completed frame with the insulation installed, I was tring to beat the glue curing.
This is the finsished side that faces out, ugly but with some paint you won't know it onced looked like this. Would have been super sweet to have had new metal.
Inside side of floor, left the extra material there to give more strength until I get it installed, figured it wouldn't hurt!
LOL I walked around on this floor tring to get it compressed enough and these were the heaviest things I could find around the garage, it worked the floor is very strong and has very little flex.
Well that's where I'm at so far, hoping to get the floor back in and van and camper bodies all squared and secured this weekend, I hope this damn thing don't fall over til then!
See all the screws that have rusted and backed out, When I was taking this apart there was only 3 or 4 screws actualy holding everything together and by that I mean van body squared and secured with the camper. I pulled one screw out on the left side and the camper seperated about a inch and when I started to pull floor away on the right side the camper racked itself to to right, good lord I though this thing was going to fold over lol I rushed to prop it up with 2x4's and ran a few ratchet strap from the right to the left. Then I tried to figure out why it did that:S I found that the right side corner that attaches the van body to camper only had two screws holding it together and of coarse I should have known better and should have cross-braced the van and camper body oh and not to mention I have nothing installed on the left side corner. I think it will be ok I'll just have to get creative to rack the van and camper bodies back square when I get the bunk floor in.
The old and rotten.
Laying some new frame, didn't get any pictures of the completed frame with the insulation installed, I was tring to beat the glue curing.
This is the finsished side that faces out, ugly but with some paint you won't know it onced looked like this. Would have been super sweet to have had new metal.
Inside side of floor, left the extra material there to give more strength until I get it installed, figured it wouldn't hurt!
LOL I walked around on this floor tring to get it compressed enough and these were the heaviest things I could find around the garage, it worked the floor is very strong and has very little flex.
Well that's where I'm at so far, hoping to get the floor back in and van and camper bodies all squared and secured this weekend, I hope this damn thing don't fall over til then!
Here is some progress on the left wall.
Started at the rear in the bathroom wall wich is the shower, used some fake tile board. Looks good however I know the key to this stuff being used is absolutly NO water leaks inside or out.
This was a fun panel to cut, I actualy cut the angles perfect the first time but shorted the width buy 2", oops what's the saying? messure once cut twice or was it messure once, cut then drive back to the hardware store and try to perfect the cut? lol
I can't paint a picture on how hard it was to get these panels hung without any help. Wall is starting to get stronger.
From the inside.
Got the floor bolted back down to the frame and drilled the holes for the LP lines and electrical. When I removed the plastic gromet from the LP line I found the line was almost rusted through where is sat in the gromet my MH has steel LP lines, I will inspect the other two lines for damage and replace them as needed with copper.
Left wheel well box, I salvaged this and replaced a few pieces of wood on it.
Look close at this picture I pulled about a thousand staples and some carpet and tack strips, I was at it for a bit!
Another shot of the electrical spilling everywhere, I swear it's growning in size everytime I see it.
I think at this point I've decided I'm going to start the repairs to the overhead bunk area because I'd like to have as much wall in as I can before installing the genset as I'm worried it's wieght is going to pull down on the side and I don't want to rack the panels I have already installed, well I guess I could support the box from the underside until the wall is done. There really is not much supporting this heavy thing I'm sure all combinded it's enough and I have no idea how the factory installed as it don't look like it would be easy at all to put in at a later date when it's all done, compartment opening is large enought but I think there would be some sore backs and a lot of scraped up parts on the way in. Any body ever done this maybe have a good idea? I cut the junk wall away and used a engine hoist and the floor lifted up a lot after I got it out. hummm.
Well that's all I got for now. When I do get to the outside panels and siding I plan to move the MH from the cove it's at now and would love to get a shot of the over picture, you can't even take in the size of the project in person where it sits.
Started at the rear in the bathroom wall wich is the shower, used some fake tile board. Looks good however I know the key to this stuff being used is absolutly NO water leaks inside or out.
This was a fun panel to cut, I actualy cut the angles perfect the first time but shorted the width buy 2", oops what's the saying? messure once cut twice or was it messure once, cut then drive back to the hardware store and try to perfect the cut? lol
I can't paint a picture on how hard it was to get these panels hung without any help. Wall is starting to get stronger.
From the inside.
Got the floor bolted back down to the frame and drilled the holes for the LP lines and electrical. When I removed the plastic gromet from the LP line I found the line was almost rusted through where is sat in the gromet my MH has steel LP lines, I will inspect the other two lines for damage and replace them as needed with copper.
Left wheel well box, I salvaged this and replaced a few pieces of wood on it.
Look close at this picture I pulled about a thousand staples and some carpet and tack strips, I was at it for a bit!
Another shot of the electrical spilling everywhere, I swear it's growning in size everytime I see it.
I think at this point I've decided I'm going to start the repairs to the overhead bunk area because I'd like to have as much wall in as I can before installing the genset as I'm worried it's wieght is going to pull down on the side and I don't want to rack the panels I have already installed, well I guess I could support the box from the underside until the wall is done. There really is not much supporting this heavy thing I'm sure all combinded it's enough and I have no idea how the factory installed as it don't look like it would be easy at all to put in at a later date when it's all done, compartment opening is large enought but I think there would be some sore backs and a lot of scraped up parts on the way in. Any body ever done this maybe have a good idea? I cut the junk wall away and used a engine hoist and the floor lifted up a lot after I got it out. hummm.
Well that's all I got for now. When I do get to the outside panels and siding I plan to move the MH from the cove it's at now and would love to get a shot of the over picture, you can't even take in the size of the project in person where it sits.
Well I got the floor all finished finaly! It was a rough job and not one part of this MH is square.. lol Check it out!
I originaly not going to do anything in this area but my perfection got the best of me and after clearing out the carpet under the inverter and moving plumbing and wiring around found it to be in rough shape so I tore it up and layed new floor.
I painfully removed the wiring and plumbing, I labled the best I could I'm sure it's going to be fun putting all this back together ๐
Got it all ready for some freash lumber, I was able to peal the wood free from the original foam, that make me happy I didn't want to buy another sheet of foam for a little section. The wood here for the most part turned to dust.
New wood layed down, I decided to install underlayment through the whole motor home to give a nice even freash surface and to stiffin up the floor, it worked!! but again hard to install as I had to go under and around things I didn't remove and nothing was square.
Bathroom floor, plan on laying vinyl floor in here even under the tub for that matter I'm going to lay vinyl in and under all cabnits and storage areas.
See what I mean, look at the wedge I had to put in next to the kitchen counter, lol wait tell you see the closet it's shaped like a piece of pie.
Well that's all for now.... moving onto the left wall starting at the bathroom and working my way forward since I need to install the inside paneling from the outside since I didn't remove this area's cabnets. I figure I will do the whole wall like this that way I can install any suports I need such as for the table mount cabnets etc.
Stay tuned!
I originaly not going to do anything in this area but my perfection got the best of me and after clearing out the carpet under the inverter and moving plumbing and wiring around found it to be in rough shape so I tore it up and layed new floor.
I painfully removed the wiring and plumbing, I labled the best I could I'm sure it's going to be fun putting all this back together ๐
Got it all ready for some freash lumber, I was able to peal the wood free from the original foam, that make me happy I didn't want to buy another sheet of foam for a little section. The wood here for the most part turned to dust.
New wood layed down, I decided to install underlayment through the whole motor home to give a nice even freash surface and to stiffin up the floor, it worked!! but again hard to install as I had to go under and around things I didn't remove and nothing was square.
Bathroom floor, plan on laying vinyl floor in here even under the tub for that matter I'm going to lay vinyl in and under all cabnits and storage areas.
See what I mean, look at the wedge I had to put in next to the kitchen counter, lol wait tell you see the closet it's shaped like a piece of pie.
Well that's all for now.... moving onto the left wall starting at the bathroom and working my way forward since I need to install the inside paneling from the outside since I didn't remove this area's cabnets. I figure I will do the whole wall like this that way I can install any suports I need such as for the table mount cabnets etc.
Stay tuned!
Got some work done on the left wal yesterday, Then got excited and kicked down the rest of the left wall wich was really ony being held up by the closet that's screwed to the wall.
Notice I installed the genset tub. I left the top of that fram open until I put the genset back in, using a engine hoist :)an I'd like to get some wall sheeting up so the genset wieght don't pull down the wall.
This is from the outside into bathroom were the tub sits, I may have to do some floor work, for sure need to cleen up the rats nest of wiring.
This if from the outside looking into/ under closet next to tub, this is where all the wiring, water pump and breaker panel is, what a big mess. I think I will have to do some floor work here, may just do a cover up. I will clean this wiring up, there is about 200 ft of extra that can be removed, i.e. the control panel harness etc.
From the inside where the tub sits.
Left wall, to bad I can't get back far enough to give the "big picture"
Well I need to do some more repairs to the floor and have to hang interior first two panel a the back (bathroom and closet) before I can frame any section of that wall as I have no plans removing that section.
Well that's all for now, maybe next Memorial day I'll be in my RV???
Notice I installed the genset tub. I left the top of that fram open until I put the genset back in, using a engine hoist :)an I'd like to get some wall sheeting up so the genset wieght don't pull down the wall.
This is from the outside into bathroom were the tub sits, I may have to do some floor work, for sure need to cleen up the rats nest of wiring.
This if from the outside looking into/ under closet next to tub, this is where all the wiring, water pump and breaker panel is, what a big mess. I think I will have to do some floor work here, may just do a cover up. I will clean this wiring up, there is about 200 ft of extra that can be removed, i.e. the control panel harness etc.
From the inside where the tub sits.
Left wall, to bad I can't get back far enough to give the "big picture"
Well I need to do some more repairs to the floor and have to hang interior first two panel a the back (bathroom and closet) before I can frame any section of that wall as I have no plans removing that section.
Well that's all for now, maybe next Memorial day I'll be in my RV???
