New Page 1 Welcome Specifications Rants N Raves Trip Reports Modifications Product Reviews Links Coming Attractions Trailer Tips Site FAQ Exterior/Body/Chassis. Exterior/Body/Chassis. Installed 3" casters on rear.
Replaced door seal. Replaced door latch.
- How to Insulate Under Laminate Floors. The underside and core of laminate floor planks have a high sensitivity to moisture. To resolve this issue, you must prepare.
- Bill Esler, Editorial Director, Woodworking Network Bill is responsible for overall content at WoodworkingNetwork.com, FDMC and Closets magazines and related.
Re- mounted rear baggage door. Installed grab bar. Replaced jack with electric.
Fixed corner leak. Corner leak, Round 2. Repaired door. holder. Fixed front storage trunk water leak. Interior/Cabinets/Furnishings.
Installed wall- mounted baskets. Replaced sliding sofa decks with.
With the recent economic hardships, buying discontinued or closeout flooring is becoming more and more common. What customers must take into consideration when buying. Wilsonart Laminate Flooring is a high pressure laminate (HPL) that is manufactured at 1400 PSI of.
MDO plywood panels. Replaced side storage. Fabricated cutting. Fabricated pull- out for dishes. Installed wall- to- wall carpeting.
Depending on which type of floor you are buying to match closeout or discontinued flooring, there are different factors that need to be taken into consideration.
Replaced metal table slide with. Fabricated. under- sofa drawers. Electrical. Installed. Optima Blue- top 1. Trip- Lite 1. 00. Installed dual 1.
Converted power cord to. Installed battery disconnect. Moved TV receptacle to drawer. Installed True. Charge 2. Fabricated quad battery. Installed Blue Sea battery switches, Re- installed.
STOP!! Look no further for your laminated flooring needs. Liquidators.tv sell first quality overruns, closeouts, end of run, end of bolt and discontinued lines of. Build Like A Pro Built-ins Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily.
Tripp- Lite 1. Kw inverter. Plumbing. Replaced kitchen faucet. Installed water heater drain valve. Fabricated gray water vacuum. Replaced factory water tank. Installed internal water. Fabricated water tank filler.
Fabricated drain hose support. Installed internal water. Reconfigured gray. Heating/Cooking/LPGInstalled hookup for propane. Mounted A/C in window. Repaired Norcold. N3. 00 refrigerator.
Misc. Installed front- mounted. Installed 3. 0- amp. Fabricated sliding jack foot.
Fabricated hitch mirror. Added dual Optima. Blue- top 1. 2- v. Trip- Lite 1. 00. All are mounted on.
MDO that fits under rear sofa. Update. Moved batteries to quad rack on tongue, Re- installed inverter. Added. wall- mounted baskets over kitchen counter.
To provide some. badly- needed casual storage, I mounted a couple of wire- mesh. They make a perfect place to attach. The plastic wall clips with the integrated. If I feel they are in danger of pulling out I'll.
Added dual 1. 2- v. The wife & I like to read in bed &. I ordered. a couple of. Osram. Copilot halogen lamps on flexible stalks from.
Performance Unlimited Motoring Accessories and mounted them on. LH sidewall just above the hinge line. Luckily, Chalet. I just tapped in to.
Added. hookup for propane burner. I like to do most of my cooking. K BTU crab cooker for several.
Normally I connect it to a small 1. LP. tank, but since I conveniently have a pair of 2. I figured "hmmm.. CW sold me a Longer. Flow Kit which is basically a tee for the LP line off one of. I replumbed it to.
I already had the stove can be up to. The burner was given longer legs (hate stooping when creating. Now I can boil 6 qts. Replaced sliding. MDO plywood panels.
The factory supplied. Works OK, but. it's difficult to access the storage area underneath because you had to lift the. The four new panels are 1/2". MDO connected by full- length piano hinges. The front two.
The fourth panel is sized to hold the. No problems thus. I also added a. swing- out center support to eliminate deflection in the front. I weigh 2. 25 lbs!
Replaced side. storage compartment covers. The factory covers were flimsy. Someone. could easily break one by sitting/standing or at least scratch. I made some 1/2" MDO panels (Ok, so I like MDO!).
Found some neat. spring- loaded hinges at HD & used a brass flush ring to. Covered with Wilsonart laminate that I found to be. Replaced. kitchen faucet. The factory faucet was a.
But that makes it virtually. So I found a 4". OC laundry sink faucet at HD with a higher, longer, easily- removable spout. The requirement of removing the spout before folding down the. I. made up some labels for the wall locks to remind me - so far so. Added. 3". casters to rear bumper. To prevent dragging on our steep.
I bolted these on the rear frame rails. It's. I may have to move them back onto the. I'm resisting because I'd have to turn the mounting.
Plus now. they're somewhat hidden. I bought some 4" fixed. HD (they didn't have swivel in that size) but need.
If that doesn't work I may. Update 1. 0/0. 5: I. Also the rubber wheels are clearly. I bought a axle flip kit, so I guess.
Added. front- mounted receiver hitch. We. park our Chalet in a graveled area about 1. To say backing a trailer uphill. S" curve, and into a fairly narrow slot is. A couple of years. I welded a front hitch on my garden tractor to use for. So I. figured "if it worked once.." and looked into a front.
Tundra. I discovered a plethora of options and. Hidden Hitch because it was A) cheapest, B). C) had the best installation.
Internet?). Makes spotting the trailer a snap! Added. 3. 0- amp. I wanted a permanent place to. CW offers similar. I decided to buy mine from HD because I.
Mounting the box &. I briefly thought about slipping the wire in. I glued the conduit together, but that's a no- no because. Besides.. it's only about. Wrong. Even with plenty of pulling lube I had. The shop. vac did a nice job of sucking the pull string through once I. Added. water heater drain valve.
The. forecasted temp dropped to the mid- 2. I. reluctantly winterized the Chalet (guess I had dreams of camping. After crawling along on my hands & knees in.
I needed a socket to remove the plastic drain plug. I got the distinct feeling there must be a better way! I. It. just squeaked by the gas connection & clears the access door by.
Now I can at least drain the. I'll keep an eye open for galvanic corrosion. I'm hoping the Teflon. Made. cutting board/stove cover.
Since we bought the trailer I've. After all, it's the most. So I ripped some 3/4" square Maple strips &. Then I had a. thought: if I added some sides that fit down around the cover it.
I hurtled around those. I could flip it over and use it as.
Sometimes I amaze myself..) I milled some. Cherry into thin strips for the sides & added a couple hand- holes so you.
Replaced. door seal. As I mentioned in Rants. N Raves the door weather stripping execution left a little. Not only did the upper half of the door not. I noticed the rubber.
This in turn caused the. Does a nice. job of ripping what little hair I have left off the top of my. I did a little research on the net & found Austin. Hardware & Supply who sells Trim- Seal®.
I bought 2. 0' of the #3. This stuff mechanically clips onto an edge instead relying on. Added. pull- out for dishes. One of the downsides to getting (ahem). Perhaps the real. Because we. store our dishware & glasses in the lowermost cabinet under.
I built a modified drawer out of (what else). MDO that would clear the wheel well and mounted it on. Now it's easy to reach. Replaced. door latch. Also as mentioned in Rants.
N Raves, the door lock looked like it was straight out the. From day one I felt that big ugly silver knob. Chalet really detracted from the. I did a little research. Fastec white flush lock from. Dyer's. RV which is almost perfect for this application. (I. Chalet's is about 1- 1/8"; but a little foam.
Really not bad to. Remove the old lock &. Lay out the holes for the. Protect the Filon with some masking tape so. Cut the holes in the face. Install the new lock.
Seal. with foam tape & white silicone caulk. Mark, drill, & mount the.
I bought a commercial SS. HD & enlarged the opening to fit the strike. Note: The is a much more secure method to. A few good. pulls (by a human or hungry wildlife) could easily bend or. It pretty much covered. I can find some Polar. White paint. that matches.
Got to say it looks. I can finally lock the. Update. Added some pix of the completed installation with strike plate. Update. 4/8/0. 6Corrected dead URL to Dyer's RV. Re- mounted. rear baggage door.
As discovered in Rants. N Raves my rear baggage door started peeling off the side of. Now what? I was faced with several options: Do nothing & take the. Chalet back to the dealer to fix it under warranty. This is probably the legally- correct choice since it won't. I'm leaving for a trip in.
Also I'm. afraid the repairs would consist mainly of pumping the gap. Make the trip down to the.
Same downside as #1 plus I get to drive 6. Fill the gap with caulk. Remove the door &. To me the last choice was the. I went ahead & peeled the door all the way. As I thought, there was a perfectly molded impression. Filon skin and not a.
Maybe it had a. light coating of oil?) I peeled off the. I laid down. a fat bead of latex/silicone caulk & stuck the door back into. The next day I popped off the.
Damn.. the. silicone remnants are just too slick for anything to. I scraped off the caulking & cleaned everything. Then I reapplied. Another day later: almost the. Down, but. not beaten I repeated the messy cleaning process and then marked. My. ace in the hole was an assortment of SS screws & bolts and. I picked up at HD the night before "just in.
More silicone caulk and then I bolted the door. Looks OK - I would have preferred. I'll wager it would have failed. I expect the front baggage door will need. Added. sliding jack foot. From the need to add rear casters above. Another. problem this causes is dragging of the jack post when I ease the.
Chalet down the drive. I tried using the factory- supplied. I. picked up one of these flat BAL. CW which worked much better due to the low. I had some 3/4" UHMW plastic left over. I cut a piece to fit, beveled the edges. I also had to slot the pin holes a little so I could slip. Now it slides along.
I didn't even realize it touched. Update 8/0. 4: When I. Added. grab bar. We've had a few older visitors that really could. Hell, I could even use a hand once in awhile, so. Camping World catalog and picked one. Very well made with.
Somehow I muddled through & decided to. SS flathead machine screws & locking nuts to.
Not too. bad looking when it's folded in & sure nice when you climb. Added. hitch mirror. Despite the use of radios, furious hand. It brings back not- so- fond. Dad yelled obscenities. Mom over the same topic, which fortunately I've pretty much.
I've clenched my teeth. To eliminate this potential marriage- breaker. I decided to take things into my own hands & fabricated a. I could use to help align the ball &.