I'm currently in the being process of remodeling my camper. What a mess. We plan on living in it for awhile and due to so much rot I've ripped everything out and going with a new floor plan that works better for us. I want to put the kitchen in the slide. Now i've got a few ideas on how to plumb the drain using flex pipe but now I'm stuck on how to cover the cut out on the bottom of the slide from being exposed. I'm wondering if some of you that have your sink in the slide could show some pics of it or good explanation of how they did it. Thank you in advance for any help.
Need help with slide plumbing
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We have our kitchen in the slide. Here are two photos to help you get started. The first one was taken with the slide in and when it was almost finished. The second was taken with the slide out and while it was under construction so there's a lot of "stuff" relating to its unfinished state. At least you can see where the sink is located. We have two deep sinks which are great and I would recommend. In addition to the convection/microwave over the range, we also have a propane oven. I really like the way they recessed it so the handles and knobs are flush with the countertop.
The biggest problem with a kitchen in the slide is handling the gas and water lines because they have to coil somewhere. The picture taker was facing the rear of the coach. The kitchen is L shaped when the slide is out. On the rear wall of the kitchen there is a cupboard and half of it is accessible when the slide is in so it's usable all the time. Under the cupboard is a shelf. Under the shelf is a two-shelf pull-out pantry that pulls out toward the refrigerator which is on the passenger side. You might be able to see the handle on the pull-out. What you cannot see is behind the pantry (toward the driver side) where the gas and water lines coil. It's hidden by a nicely designed wooden roll-up section that looks like vertical strips in the photo.
The tricky part is those coils that are hidden. After a couple of years we had a water leak because the coil attachment gave way. Jerry replaced the mechanism with something he found on the internet and it's worked well. It's actually the same type of mechanism that you find on gas pumps. At the gas pump handle it rotates where it connects to the hose. He found one of those rotating mechanisms. He's looking for a write up or some photos which might help you. It was not an easy job but we're happy with the results. Luckily we found the leak before there was any damage. One of us will post them later if we can find them.
The biggest problem with a kitchen in the slide is handling the gas and water lines because they have to coil somewhere. The picture taker was facing the rear of the coach. The kitchen is L shaped when the slide is out. On the rear wall of the kitchen there is a cupboard and half of it is accessible when the slide is in so it's usable all the time. Under the cupboard is a shelf. Under the shelf is a two-shelf pull-out pantry that pulls out toward the refrigerator which is on the passenger side. You might be able to see the handle on the pull-out. What you cannot see is behind the pantry (toward the driver side) where the gas and water lines coil. It's hidden by a nicely designed wooden roll-up section that looks like vertical strips in the photo.
The tricky part is those coils that are hidden. After a couple of years we had a water leak because the coil attachment gave way. Jerry replaced the mechanism with something he found on the internet and it's worked well. It's actually the same type of mechanism that you find on gas pumps. At the gas pump handle it rotates where it connects to the hose. He found one of those rotating mechanisms. He's looking for a write up or some photos which might help you. It was not an easy job but we're happy with the results. Luckily we found the leak before there was any damage. One of us will post them later if we can find them.
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Jerry found the discussion called Sink Drain Pipe Broken from back in July 2005 under Tech Talk. Hope it helps you.
http://www.rvforum.net/SMF_forum/index.php?topic=1647.msg14660#msg14660
ArdraF
http://www.rvforum.net/SMF_forum/index.php?topic=1647.msg14660#msg14660
ArdraF
Thanks for the pics. I know that the drain can exit the side if the sink is located on the corner, from what little I've seen. But, there are models that have the sink in the middle with no cabinets beside the slide and when extended the slide is flush with the wall with nothing touching it. As I've been looking at floor plans I've also noticed that the base cabinets are only on half the slide possibly concealing the drain in the floor. Now if they are shallow slides, 12 to 16 inch, a larger base would cover the drain in the floor and not need a space cut in the floor of the slide so when it moves in it doesn't strike the drain in the floor. An example is the Apex 288BHS. I have a deep slide around 40 inches of floor space. I plan on 24 in base cabinets with an area built behind it for outside storage. The sink will be in the center of it. I can cut a space out of the floor so when it retracts it doesn't strike the drain but not sure on how to cover that opening in the floor. I thought of putting an acordoen style door in the floor so as it moves in and out it will be covered and not bind, but hey, I'm open to ideas. I will also be running the has line there also.
Gary RV_Wizard
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One way or the other, the plumbing and gas lines usually exit the end of the slide rather than going down into the floor. I don't recall ever seeing a galley slide that did not butt up against a fixed wall on one end or the other, and the flex lines went out that end. Usually at floor level, but out the end. The designs are usually quite simple.
