We sealed the shower walls with a PVC textured shower board from a box store and 100% silicone sealer. Here are a couple of shots before the hall wall went on:




We put a coat of polyurethane on the walls before mounting them, then put 2 more coats while in place. Here are...

This rainy day picture of "the shop" made the streamer look shiny! Okay...not exactly like some of your fix it jobs out there - but at least I have a glimpse of what it might be at some point in the future!

I'm not sure how others just removed the bottom panels. Mine seem to be layered/overlapped with the top panels by at least a foot (kind of a waste!). And then those are underneath the top/ceiling panels. I can kind of bend them - but can't get to the rivets behind them...So I'm going with the real complete gut and removing all - including the ceiling. And now I've been inspired by some pretty cool renovations I've seen on-line...! Here are some panel pics for your enjoyment - though they probably...

Well - I'm finally getting closer to the bones of this beast. In these pictures you can see the kitchen is gutted - and a picture of the old heater that was disconnected awhile ago. Not sure if it works - or ever worked - but some more critters made good use of it's interior! I unscrewed the vent from the outside and with the gap started leaking water on the interior - highlighting the importance of those seems! ...here's my dog Cinque ("Chinkway") who didn't want to hang outside during...

Our latest update from the road, in full color video. Features a tip to Jackson Center.

Wow I don't even have an Airstream yet and I already want a bigger one. I read a bunch of posts today and made some beef stew. I listened to my bf work around the house all day, while I napped and watched Kyle get up to 5th place. I am glad Denny won, he's cute! Eric likes Jeff, but Jeff is a loser.

Eric just walked by and looked at my avatar picture and figures you all are thinking I am the chick in the middle, nope. I am in the foreground.

This seems sort of lame...

We finished the painting sometime last week and put all of the ceiling lights, outlet covers, AC cover, wing window trim, end cap tambours, etc. back on. Below is some picts of the paint inside:

The front end:


The rear (bath plastics are in the way but...):

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Was able to install my new Fantastic Fan as well as the new polycarbonate skylight to replace the rotted one at the midship opening. I used the existing flat bars that the original double hulled skylight was riveted to. It lays right on them and then I mixed a good batch of JB Weld and glued it to it. I have found that paint mixing sticks work well when spreading and working Vulkem around roof penetrations.

Plan on installing a remote switch in the original style light cover for the...

Great, most of you already know what crappy writing skills I have. Now hopefully they will have a greater audience! This wee box better have spell check.

So, since I don't have an Airstream to brag about yet, I will just talk about myself.

I go to school, I know I am old but I never got the chance to go before.

I want to go to Cal.

I live with my boyfriend/fiance. We have a cat named Archimedes (yes there is spell check, sweet). He was...

So, drilling out rivets is actually really simple. What I've learned is that its easier to just let the drill to the work versus pushing hard thinking you need to "get that rivet". Let the drill to the work. Once in a while the rivet will spin (i.e. it's loose) and you simply have to angle the drill to catch an edge of the rivet.

One annoying thing is that the tops of the rivets end up collecting on the drill bit (anyone have any ideas on this?). See left picture. To...

With the Globie sitting in the driveway and the Por15 drying, something compelled me to see what happened when I connected the Airstream to the house with the big black cord. I had had the battery and connections to the tow vehicle replaced, and the battery powered the lights and fans, but I was curious about the Univolt and the whole line voltage system. I got a fire extinguisher close by, opened up the connection on the back of the trailer, and connected the cable. I plugged in the other...

Did anyone see Alien/Aliens? These wasp cocoons were behind the refrigerator and scared the Dickens (or some other author) out of me! I tested one to see if one of those head snappers would pop out... luckily they had migrated to someone else's mother ship already.

And of course, there was the token left overs from years of mouse and rat parties under the refrigerator (I think this is where the teenagers
hung out).

Here are some pics before removing the panels between the bedroom and kitchen and after. Notice that the kitchen shelves were suspended on this panel - but that everything else held up by itself (someone had asked about this). Also the overhead bins are supported by the panel - but could be supported by other means if you wanted a "more open feel".

I was careful to document how the plumbing was done in order to reinstall. However, about now I have fessed up to the nagging Gremlin on my shoulder and am going for the complete gut!

The stink from the mouse and pack rat smell hasn't gone away since the rugs were removed. It is just soaked into the wood. Sanding would probably only be a surficial treatment - and some of the wood is rotten anyway...

Here's the gutted and documentation pics...1) water hosing and pressure...

So back to the grind of getting to the floorboards. The bathroom had to come out as reluctant as I was to go here... meanwhile, there was a little nagging gremlin tapping me on the shoulder ("Come on...just gut the thing! You know that's where you are headed.").

The plastic strips cracked on removal... the key to getting it out was behind these strips. You don't have to remove the "rear ceiling cap" to get everything out luckily. This thing was fragile and...