Sunday, June 28

To do:
Cut out partitions
Start stripping vinyl off walls
Prep sub floor for installation


Materials to buy:
Fine steel wool
Mineral spirits
Jasco Paint and Epoxy Remove [1.5 gallons]
Savogran Strypeez [1 gallon]
Paper towels

The beautiful new walls that Rob cut and installed for us!

We now have insulated covers for both of the wheel wells.

Our bed frame.

Carolyn cleaning off the excess vulcom off of the vista view window.

All of our excess plywood.

Before...
And after filling in the cracks.
Startiung to tear the vinyl off of the aluminum walls and ceiling.

Yuck. This stuff is toxic.

These gloves ended up melting and we had to get chemical gloves.

I liked this cause it looks like animal skin. It was really cool actually. Carolyn applying the stripper.
Tearing away the vinyl.


Getting the last bits of adhesive off.

And a before shot....

And an after shot! So much better.

After

Directions for getting vinyl wallpaper off walls (found on Airstream Forums)
1) Paint on the Jasco Paint and Epoxy Remove (or Kleanstrip KC-3)
2) Wait 15-20 min then pull back the vinyl.
3) Brush on Savogran Strypeez (we did not find the strypeez to do anything to hep remove adhesive.
4) Wait 5 min then go back over scrubbing in circles with the Strypeez laden paintbrush. You can see the "weave" pattern left by the removed vinyl in the adhesive residue. I just scrub until I cant see the pattern anymore.
5) Wipe off the globs of adhesive soaked strypeez and you will be down to fairly clean aluminum
6) Give it a final wipe with mineral spirits to get anything left.
This all takes a while and is a pain. For the Caravel I think it will end up taking 15-18 hours by the time I'm done....you should also add any time laying unconscious before your wife comes out to revive you and suggests opening a window.

To Do:
Install rest of floor insulation
List pieces for plumbing by holding tank
Rough in rest of PEX plumbing
Vista view window installed back into window frame
Install new gaskets for holding tank ventilation pipes

Measurements:
Measure out floor layout for floor plan- plumbing, electric, walls, cabinets

Rest of floor insulation installed

Previously removed vista view window pane installed back into frame.
(next visit we will install window back onto body of trailer)

Carolyn enjoying her gum.

My Dad taking down measurments to begin construction of cabinets

New ventilation pipe gaskets installed

Carolyn removing old copper fresh water lines.

All the PEX pipe is now installed.
Looks like a nightmare. (More fun than it looks)

Need to clean up these pipes a bit.
We noted parts we will need to make it more efficient and neat.

June 13-14, 2009

To Do:
Install the majority of the floor insulation
Start roughing in PEX plumbing
Continue sealing cracks in underbelly
Clean off gunk from the one removed vista view window frame
Install front three exterior yellow lights



Ruth, Jackson’s mommy, came out and helped this time. We installed lots more insulation. It is all done in the floor except for two more sections. Ruth scraped the caulk off of the window frame and shined it up so it looks brand new. She also installed the new lights on the outside front of the trailer below our caravan number. Jackson riveted the belly pan so it was held up more. We fitted the cardboard cutout shower stall into the bathtub, made adjustments, and sent it back home with Ruth. Neal is making it out of aluminum for us. It will be three enclosing walls that will be welded together so it will fit right over the tub in one piece. We also started fitting the PEX plumbing together for the shower, sink, and washer/dryer.

We replaced these lights

Before...

and After!

The insulation in the very end of the trailer.

We made a pathway for the PEX (plumbing) to the shower.
Our shower set up is almost complete once we get the stall for it.
Insulation around the gray water tank.
Ruth working on the vista view window frame.
Lots of yucky stuff on there.