Driver Chair Removal

Sunday morning was spent doing a multitude of things -one of which was removing the driver seat chair.
I remembered to get a few photos along the way this time.

You may not be able to tell just how tight this hardware was sealed to each other...

...but trust me- removing the four bolts was not an easy job (especially when I had to crawl underneath  and found all the cobwebs!)

Here is a view from the top.

Laminate Has Been Ordered...

I placed the order this AM for the FORMICA brand laminate sheeting. I only ordered the 36" width since we don't need anything wider than that for the front area.


It is supposed to be here in 7 days-which means we will see it in 10 or 11 days.
I will keep you all updated as to the progress.

Glaringly Obvious Problem-

Yes- We have a "obviously glaring " problem when the sun is on west side of the coach in the afternoon.



There are 2 solutions that we can think of:
      1. Replace the curtains but that may still not fix the problem
      2. Put window awnings on the street side of the coach.

I am sure that we will eventually do both!

Formica-Wallpaper Match

You saw from my last post that we have run into "wall-siding" issues. We will replace the "wall" but it looks like will replace it with a Formica panel.
Here is a photo of the Formica chip next to the "wallpaper".


-And here is a close-up:

Finally here is a photo of the two blended together-

I think we made a great choice!

Ruh-Roh...

There are things that may go un-noticed until you remove other things.  This turned out to be a big thing in this case.
We decided to pull the "paper" off just to see what was underneath and this is what we found-

It looks like we may be able to peel back to 2 layers in order to do the repair.

We have decided to put a formica sheet up instead of the same wood product.

...And So It Begins...

- yep, more carpet removal! This time it is in the front cabin area.
 
We started by ripping out some of the carpeting & padding-


I then had to crawl in the wheel well so that I could help loosen & remove the chair base bolts.
It is not an easy task to remove the chair base when they have sprayed undercoating on two of the four screws!

Cabin Color Scheme Is Complete

We went out looking for the carpeting to be used on the doghouse today. This carpet will also be used around the bed in the bedroom area. This is the online carpet sample-


-and here is the photo of a leather swatch & the carpet swatch lying on top of the flooring-

(The photo taken at home does make the carpet look like it is purple- it is not!)