Today: The broom closet, galley waste can and recycle center.
Do you have a broom closet? We have a closet in our home where we keep the broom, but it's not where the waste can is found.
Growing up though, we had a broom closet. Of course that's where we kept the broom, and everything else was found in there too. Trash can, fly-swatter, vacuum cleaner, cleaning rags - everything!
Nowadays, our trash can and recycle center is separate from the broom. But in a space as small as Lil' Queeny - combined areas. Kinda.
The last post in this thread was about building the galley waste receptacle, on the swing out door, below the water heater. That was back in April. So between then and now, I got some finish on that can.
Made out of scrap wood, it first got some sanding, and then stain.
Next day, a first coat of poly...
And then a second.
For a garbage can, I figured two coats were enough.
Once dry, back on went the mounting screws and spacers (faucet washers), which simply allow a plastic liner to slip over its top.
And hung it back up.
This is "take out the trash day" mode. Easily accessed from outside the camper.
This is "in use" mode.
And this is "out of sight - out of mind" mode.
DW had some smaller than kitchen bags in the house for waste cans in bedrooms, baths, etc. so I grabbed one. Hmmmm, might fit. Has ties - not bad. And much better than those leaky shopping bags that have holes in their bottoms.
Hey, perfect fit and sizing! Depending on trip length, we'll keep a stock of these under the swing out - in the bottom of the cabinet.
Or shall we say - in the broom closet.
And how do we fit a broom in THAT closet? Telescoping. DW bought this back ago for our TT. I stole it for Lil' Queeny.
Note the handle clamp there in the foreground. Well... here.
I found that in a coffee can labeled "Brackets - Small".
But to get it on a surface that worked, I needed a spacer. Enter extra 1x oak in the scrap pile.
That spaces it away from the side wall behind the water pipe, but back far enough to clear the swinging waste can door.
Wide angle wonk. It's level. :)
And now we can securely store the broom out of the way, but easy to find.
The floor and entry door threshold will be a sweeping ramp, but we'll also keep a small dust pan in the cabinet. I believe there's plenty of space on the opposing side wall from the broom.
But what's this about a recycle center? Well - that's in the spot we originally planned for two waste cans before battery placement changed those plans for us. Under here.
I used to have strength to crush cans by hand, nowadays I work smarter not harder.
That's a can crusher. This is "in use" mode.
Of course, you first need to shake the last little bits of liquid out before crushing and stowing cans. No smells, and no beer flies.
Then they go in shopping sacks. Two here on hooks. One on top of the battery box (shorter and wider storage), and one to the side (taller, but narrow). And you can put other re-cycleables in here too: paper, plastic, etc.
When bags (trash or recycle) are full, of course they're taken out to the closest dumpster or recycle places (which are starting to pop up more and more).
If we're still in the wilderness, we will store these outside, in the left front wheel well storage behind door #1.
