Putting it Together IV

Merry Christmas everyone,

Well the weather around here in Wisconsin is amazingly warm for Christmas. It's the day after Christmas and I think it got up to 47 degrees.  So that means I was able to heat the garage enough to work on the camper today and will likely do the same tomorrow.  Anyway, the goal today was to start putting up the interior paneling on the outside walls.  That probably sounds confusing, doesn't it.  If so, take a look at the pictures and maybe that will help. The theory here is that I will finish the inside walls so that I can start building the interior cabinets and fixtures.  After those are ready I can still run the wires where needed and install the insulation because the outside aluminum skin has not been attached yet.

Above is a picture taken from the inside. The openings are for the fridge, furnace water heater and the window which will end up being over the sink.

Above is a picture taken from the outside showing the same wall.

 

Above I have attached the refrigerator enclosure and have temporarily installed the "kitchen" window.  I needed the window installed so that I can calculate the exact height for the Formica counter top that will be installed below the window.

In the back of the camper I have started to calculate the exact location of the dinette which will also convert into a full size bed.

Not sure if I'll get any more done this year, but will post again if more progress is made.

Happy New Year everyone!

Putting it Together III

Over the past few weekends I've been able to finish building the outside stud walls and framed in the bathroom area and shower and even started some of the plumbing. 

It's winter up here now and the garage has heat but is not insulated so when the mercury dips down below 15 or 20 it gets difficult to heat the garage enough to be comfortable.  This will only slow down the progress on the project.  On a couple of the colder days I spent some time indoors testing out the wiring for the tank level meter system that I salvaged out of one of the crashed campers.  I am using the fresh water and gray water tanks from one of the crashed campers and the black water tank from the other crashed camper.  The black water tank did not have a tank level meter system, so I need to find a way to install probes in the black water tank so that I can attach the wiring from the other camper.  I was able to locate on the internet a service manual for the brand of tank meter system that I've got, so the positioning of the probes will be easy to figure out.

There are a few other things I can do indoors such as retrofit a single burner stove for the camper.  We only want one burner since we rarely use an indoor stove when we go camping and also because we have very limited counter space in the new camper.  I cannibalized the side burner off of our stainless steel propane barbeque grill.  It will work wonderfully because it has a hinged lid that fits flush so when we are not using the stove it will double as extra counter space.  The trouble is that the knob to control the flame is at a weird angle, so I'll need to modify this to fit a standard Formica counter top form factor.

Christmas is just around the corner and I'm planning to take a few days off to spend time with the family, but also might squeeze in a day to work on the camper.  It will mostly depend on how cold it gets. So till next time, Merry Christmas!