Construction Zone

Last October, before I left Mesa Verde, I removed one of the dinettes from my RV. The furnace (it was under the bench seat of the dinette) was removed by a mobile RV tech and he capped off the propane.

This left me with a few challenges to work around. I am building a couch/bed/hinged storage box.

I have a rough sketch of the project, without measurements. I measure and cut one piece of lumber at a time,  fitting it together. I started this more than a month ago and this week have added a few more pieces. It is not really taking long, I have only worked on it about 3 days during this time, maybe an hour each time.  I buy a few pieces of lumber each time I go into town.  I am using a hand saw with a miter box to cut the 1 x 4's.

Originally, I asked my son-in law, Karl, to help me - I did not think I would be able to do this by myself.  I find I am enjoying doing the work myself. I may still need his help with some of it -  I am trying to do as much as possible on my own. I hope he is not upset if I don't need his help.

I could have used another pair of hands
 to attach this long board (72 1/2" long).

Instead, to support it, I set it on a small electric heater

 and a folded up piece of paper - some wood glue and duct tape

to hold the corner before I could add some screws

 I am sure there will be some carpenters laughing

and shaking their head at how I am doing this.

Some of the things to work around

the electric for the outside outlet

the slanted piece of wood is part of the original construction
this is what I found when I removed the dinette bench

there is a little sticker upside down on this piece of wood
it says, LINEFILL and a bunch of numbers
and the date 10/2/2007

This corner is where the furnace was.
The curved area (covered with Reflectix)
is a cut-out on the side of the cabinet over the wheel well.
The vents for the furnace ran under this cabinet. 
I will frame out around this propane pipe
 and make a wall to protect the pipe.


I should have it framed out soon, not sure if I have enough
lumber or if I will need to buy another piece.

Next week I will be going to San Antonio
with Diane and Karl for 3 days,
so it will be awhile before I get around to adding
the plywood top and front.

Lists

I have been doing a pretty good job of clearing out the house, I'm nowhere near done, but have made some progress. Things that I don't want/need are being moved to the garage. I will be having a huge garage sale in the spring. After all of this stuff is out of the house I will begin painting and fixing things up, so that the house will be ready to sell.

HELP:   411:   assistance needed

I need some help with lists for the RV. I remember reading about a list of tools to take in the RV. There were also checklists for setting up and getting ready to leave. I did not bookmark these pages when I read them and I'm hoping that maybe someone can give me some links to these sites.

A small bedroom in my house has some built in cabinets, I am using these to hold things that I am planning to take with me in the RV. I'm hoping that by limiting what I take to these few small cabinets that I won't end up overloading the RV.



My husband had a lot of tools, and I want to make sure I keep the ones that I may need along the way. I don't want to sell or give-away a tool and then have to repurchase it.  Of course, I am not able to do any mechanical/engine work but I am able to do some repairs/maintenance and I am willing to learn how to do more.

Enjoy your day, Teri