I can try to send pictures of our front sofa - it looks to be the same. (worst case - by US mail). A PO had it re-done and there is lauan plywood inside the cover under the bottom cushion and on the back cushion as well. The seat and back are attached and have zippers for the lauan and foam to slid into. Nothing moves around and it has kept it's shape. The single "arm" has a very firm foam, shaped to fit the curve of the wall and is attached to a hard back - lauan i would guess. I can measure, make paper templates or what ever would help.
Sue
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The mattress situation.... can memory foam be cut? I've seen the memory foam toppers at Sam's Club & other ads, etc, and wondered if a larger one could be cut in half for twins?? I believe they come in different thickness levels.
suz
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Tammy, silver threads, is making the cover for the sofa for me, I just don't have the time. But I would very much like to see your pictures. She is also doing the curtains, because hers look so much better than mine, plus we have the time factor.
Bob's, in Ocala, has the matresses for less than 100.00 for each bunk and the memory form here would be over 250 for each bunk. We needed the 8 inch because of Terry's injuries, he needed more padding. But believe me when I say all suggestions are welcome and appreciated. Keep thinking, I need all the help I can get. Brain overload can be hazardouos.
Marie
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Looks like you two are going great guns on the new airstream. You will have a sweet unit in no time at all at this rate.
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Looks like you two are going great guns on the new airstream. You will have a sweet unit in no time at all at this rate.
If we have it done when you get down here, you can always help polish it. It would be great practice for polishing yours, and yours would look like a small trailer after that.
If we have it done when you get down here, you can always help polish it. It would be great practice for polishing yours, and yours would look like a small trailer after that.
Funny thing, I was thinking you could help finish polishing mine.....
__________________ "If a man does not have an ideal and try to live up to it, then he becomes a mean, base and sordid creature, no matter how successful." Letter to his son Kermit, quoted in Theodore Roosevelt by Joseph Bucklin Bishop, 1915
Your progress is mindboggling! We can muddle and stew for weeks/months, but you two have hit the floor "running" with this decision for full timing and revamping of "Bertha." You really are an inspiration. I may even iron my old but now clean drapes and get them hung today in Gypsy in honor of the two of you! ~G
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Your progress is mindboggling! We can muddle and stew for weeks/months, but you two have hit the floor "running" with this decision for full timing and revamping of "Bertha." You really are an inspiration. I may even iron my old but now clean drapes and get them hung today in Gypsy in honor of the two of you! ~G
MaxandGeorgia,
Come hang around us for A few weeks and we'll get ya motivated. When we make a decision like the full timing, grab a score card and hang on, we let no grass grow under our feet.
Marie
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I went for lunch and the massage then came home and ripped the smelly carpet off the bathroom walls and floor. Then washed the whole area with bleach water. The smell may be a little better, but I feel better that the nasty stuff is gone. I think it was the original carpet and they used heavy duty staples to put it down.
I pulled the cover off the goucho and got it ready to send out in the am to be used for the pattern for the new one.
Swept and cleaned out the trash from the fridge instalation.
Then I neatened up the house, cooked dinner, the went out and helped Terry came in and did the dishes.
When my sister sees me in the am, she'll kill me. My right shoulder aches and so does my back. Knees always hurt. The massage was great until I got home and proceeded to work. I wonder if I can get another one tomorrow.
Marie
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When people lie to you, and refuse to honor their word, don't regret trying to follow a dream, new adventures and friends await you.
Your progress is mindboggling! We can muddle and stew for weeks/months, but you two have hit the floor "running" with this decision for full timing and revamping of "Bertha." You really are an inspiration. I may even iron my old but now clean drapes and get them hung today in Gypsy in honor of the two of you! ~G
Anyone that knows me, or has the misfortune to have to work with me, knows I am a slavedriver, even to myself, and drag everyone kicking and screaming along with me. (hurry up, and swallow that hamburger, we've got work to do!)
I am by no means running, or even walking fast, but I am moving at a brisk shuffle.
C'mon down, we'll have you polishing your trailer before you know it...
Yesterday I borrowed a small 120 volt mini welder to weld up a stringer that had cracked in the right front wheelwell. Not a problem, Marie helped me lie down on a special pad I had gotten a couple of years ago, and brought the welder over. She plugged it in, and I hooked the ground clamp to the frame of Bertha. For those of you that don't know, arc welders use a circuit of high-amp electricity to generate heat to melt the steel together. Therein was the problem. Marie plugged the welder in, and I donned my gloves and welder's helmet, and flipped the power switch to "on". Bear in mind the other, "welding" end of the welder is still in my hand, and nowhere near the Airstream. When I flipped on the switch, I got a huge shower of spaks from the clamp on the frame, and a small cloud of smoke billowed forth from the interior of the welder. Then silence. The lights had gone out in the garage, and half the house as well. After unplugging the welder, we discovered several breakers tripped in the breaker box, with seemingly no rhyme or reason. I reset the breakers, and everything in the house came back to life. A check of the trailer (plugged in, but on a different circuit) showed the "wrong polarity" light glowing brightly. Yikes!
Okay, it's late, it's dark, and I'm tired. So, after much of the proverbial cursing and gnashing of teeth, I decided to call it a noght, and we'd try again tomorrow.
By the cold light of day, it turned out every fuse (including that big 50 amp ground fuse) had been blown, and one of the wires to the fuse panel had been burned off. When I break 'em, I do a good job! A trip to Napa netted me a box of new fuses, including 2 of the big 50 amp ones. I installed all the fuses, stripped and reinstalled the burned off wire, hooked the battery back up, and thoroughly tested all the 12v stuff before plugging in the trailer again (that red light on the side of the trailer made me very cautious). Everything sprang back to life, including the new converter I installed yesterday.
All these repairs left me with the original problem, which was the craxcked stringer. I went to a newfound friend's shop that exclusively repairs and rebuilds trailers, and asked him to weld it back up for me. 30 minutes and $37 later, it was a done deal. Makes me wonder why I bothered trying to fix it myself...
Later this afternoon, we went over to Ace Hardware (I really should buy stock in this place), and picked up all the brass fittings and adapters needed to hook the water to our water heater. It seems that the new ones don't come with the fittings, most people are replacing an existing unit, so they don't need the parts. We got home, I got out the liquid teflon tape, and started assembling parts. Of course, the guy that helped us (new guy) sold us the wrong size adapter, so in the morning, it's off to Ace again.
I installed the "newsed" converter I got from a fellow forums member yesterday, and forgot to mention it in the previous post. So far, it is working as intended, a good thing.
I think after the upcoming trip for Memorial Day, we are going to slow down on the rehab of the trailer. I liquidated my toy train collection in order to finance the new trailer, and proceeds from the sale of Goliath will help get it roadworthy. There are a few things we will want to do "down the road", like remove the front awning and replace it with a rock guard (anyone have a spare sitting around?), aluminum wheels (for appearance, the steel wheels work fine), or hubcaps, LED clearance lights, draining the aquarium in the left wing window, new blue rub rail inserts, new ivory interior inserts, and repair of the fresh water tank (leaks somewhere undetermined). A major issue that I will be addressing is the sag in the frame. It is behind the reinforcement plates, and ahead of the holding tanks. Either I or someone I can "volunteer" will need to remove the belly pan and see what repairs are needed. The sag, again, is about the thickness of my index finger across the nail. Not bad, yet, but I am aware of it, and it bugs me. Also, the sooner it gets fixed, the less further damage will occur.
Gosh, Terry and Marie, I am overwhelmed at the intensity of your lives right now. Heck, David and I stood for what seemed like eternity a couple nights ago and figured out just where we wanted the first seam in the tile floor. Of course, we are not on quite as short a time table as you all. I did notice in your pictures that the floor rot was in exactly the same place as in our Sovereign.
I'm happy Marie that you actually have a gaucho left in your Sovereign. Ours was missing. We still haven't figured out for sure what we will be sitting on, much less who will cover it. I did find a place called foamorder.com that seemed to be the cheapest for custom cuts of foam. They also wrap it in dacron for a more "sofa like" quality.
Please know that you are always welcome here in the Heartland. We'll feed you full of great Kansas City barbeque.
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67 Sovereign, double bed, rear bath-"Moby"
2005 Dodge Ram 2500 Hemi, Quad Cab-"Ahab"
"Living in the belly of the whale is cool"
.......draining the aquarium in the left wing window..... water tank (leaks somewhere undetermined). A major issue that I will be addressing is the sag in the frame. It is behind the reinforcement plates, and ahead of the holding tanks. Either I or someone I can "volunteer" will need to remove the belly pan and see what repairs are needed. The sag, again, is about the thickness of my index finger across the nail. Not bad, yet, but I am aware of it, and it bugs me. Also, the sooner it gets fixed, the less further damage will occur.
Terry, how are going to repair that window? Pleeeeze let us know. Everything I read says not to take them apart, but I can't figure any other way to do it. Frame issues: Take a look at my Full Monty thread to see how I did it. Basically, I had a small amout of sag, so I had some steel inserts made to go back there to reinforce the frame. Water leak: I bet you find it is associated with the fresh water inlet or the pipe from the inlet to the tank. Maybe one of the smaller pipes around the inlet side of the tank (just a guess based on what I've read and encountered on mine).
Jim
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Can somebody remind Susan that I really do want bagpipes for Christmas?
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