ScottMills
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I started remodeling our coach this past weekend...
In the works: Paint over old wall paper.. Replace carpet with Laminate flooring. Repair interior sidewall water damage. Build base for jackknife sofa with drawers (instead of just shoving stuff under it). Rebuilding dinette. Minor re-wiring and fixing a mouse hole in the wall. I'm also resealing the entire coach..
I'm posting pics of what has been done so far..
Notes/Problems/Etc:
Laminate flooring in kitchen area was glued to floor... I used the end of a crowbar to strip it off (wear eye protection!). There are one or two small spots I'm going to fill before putting the new laminate on. I'm also going to lightly sand this area to try to strip the old adhesive off since this area is very sticky.
The hardest area to work on so far has been the area behind the dog box. Stripping the carpet off of this box without destroying it has been a royal pain.
After pulling up the carpet under the drivers seat, I decided to replace the floor there. The drivers area floor is separate from the rest of the coach, so pulling this board out and replacing it won't be a problem. It has water damage from a leak under the drivers side mirror. The passenger side floor has similar damage, but it's isolated to one small spot so I'm going to apply "git rot" there, sand it and be done with that side...
More about this water damage: Soon after we bought this coach we discovered leaks on both the drivers and passenger sides. Looks like water came in through the mirrors and worked its way to the floor.. No telling how long that leak had been there. I repaired the drivers side with FRP paneling six months ago and that's worked fine until now. I noticed when pulling carpet, however, that the FRP panel is loose in several places. Mainly along the bottom (it seems to be sticking to the insulation just fine.. but not the metal frame. I think I may just put pop rivets along the bottom of the panel and see how that works). Since I have to repair the passengers side too, though.. I'm considering other options. There's a possibility I may full the FRP panel off the drivers side and use paneling on both sides.. since my wife wants to paint over the old wall paper in the entire coach, I'm thinking if I go this route we can make it look better than the FRP panel (which, as my 17yo pointed out, looks like the wall of a bathroom. LOL).
I'm also trying to decide the best way to cover the steps. When I first started planning this my original thought was to glue laminate around the stairwell and on top of the steps, trim it out and that would be fine. But, my battery box is under the top step so I need to figure out the best way to do it to allow that step to open for access to my batteries. So, I'm still trying to figure out the best way to do that without leaving a big gap to allow the step to open.
I'll post pics, ideas, questions, etc as I go along during this project. It will pretty much consume most of my free time for the next month or so..
In the works: Paint over old wall paper.. Replace carpet with Laminate flooring. Repair interior sidewall water damage. Build base for jackknife sofa with drawers (instead of just shoving stuff under it). Rebuilding dinette. Minor re-wiring and fixing a mouse hole in the wall. I'm also resealing the entire coach..
I'm posting pics of what has been done so far..
Notes/Problems/Etc:
Laminate flooring in kitchen area was glued to floor... I used the end of a crowbar to strip it off (wear eye protection!). There are one or two small spots I'm going to fill before putting the new laminate on. I'm also going to lightly sand this area to try to strip the old adhesive off since this area is very sticky.
The hardest area to work on so far has been the area behind the dog box. Stripping the carpet off of this box without destroying it has been a royal pain.
After pulling up the carpet under the drivers seat, I decided to replace the floor there. The drivers area floor is separate from the rest of the coach, so pulling this board out and replacing it won't be a problem. It has water damage from a leak under the drivers side mirror. The passenger side floor has similar damage, but it's isolated to one small spot so I'm going to apply "git rot" there, sand it and be done with that side...
More about this water damage: Soon after we bought this coach we discovered leaks on both the drivers and passenger sides. Looks like water came in through the mirrors and worked its way to the floor.. No telling how long that leak had been there. I repaired the drivers side with FRP paneling six months ago and that's worked fine until now. I noticed when pulling carpet, however, that the FRP panel is loose in several places. Mainly along the bottom (it seems to be sticking to the insulation just fine.. but not the metal frame. I think I may just put pop rivets along the bottom of the panel and see how that works). Since I have to repair the passengers side too, though.. I'm considering other options. There's a possibility I may full the FRP panel off the drivers side and use paneling on both sides.. since my wife wants to paint over the old wall paper in the entire coach, I'm thinking if I go this route we can make it look better than the FRP panel (which, as my 17yo pointed out, looks like the wall of a bathroom. LOL).
I'm also trying to decide the best way to cover the steps. When I first started planning this my original thought was to glue laminate around the stairwell and on top of the steps, trim it out and that would be fine. But, my battery box is under the top step so I need to figure out the best way to do it to allow that step to open for access to my batteries. So, I'm still trying to figure out the best way to do that without leaving a big gap to allow the step to open.
I'll post pics, ideas, questions, etc as I go along during this project. It will pretty much consume most of my free time for the next month or so..
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