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02-09-2003, 06:12 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1954 22' Flying Cloud
1954 25' Cruiser
2005 25' International CCD
Paradise
, Texas
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 407
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floor repair and divorce
I can truthfully say that replacing a section of floor and going through a divorce are much the same. You can't imagine the the surprises that await and you'll never want to do one again.
Annie and I stripped the inside of our "new" Overlander last Saturday to get ready for a fresh interior. Having extensive experience with wooden boats, I probed the floor to look for rot. Naturally there was a soft area under the front window. So I read every thread I could find on how to replace the section. After I had removed the interior skins and drilled out the bottom row of rivets on the exterior I thought - "I'll have this done tomorrow". Well, three days later I'm fitting new belly skins. I ended up having to replace the floor across the front and down the side to the door. Yuk. I thought the hard part was done when I had the insulation back in place, the channel bolted down and was ready to fit the new section of underbelly. The .040 aluminum is not nearly as easy to work with as the original. Anyway, I'm supposed to get pics back tomorrow so I post some. It just feels like I should have more to show for 40 hours work. I've replaced planks and frames on my old Chris Craft with no where near this amount of labor.
I'm going to go soak for a while.
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Paul Mayeux
A&P Vintage Trailer Works, Inc.
AirForums #1565
WBCCI #7162
Heart of Texas Camping Unit
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02-09-2003, 06:31 PM
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Retired Moderator
1992 29' Excella
madison
, Wisconsin
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 4,644
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ouch!
should have named it "trouble in paradise"!
sounds a lot like the time my wife asked me to "paint" the bathroom in our house....
new floor, new toilet(i destroyed the old one with my forehead!) and of course, fresh paint.
john
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02-10-2003, 07:25 AM
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4 Rivet Member
1955 30' Liner Commodore Vanderbilt
Wayne County
, Michigan
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 421
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Explanation please...
Ok John, explain to us how one takes out a toilet with your forehead, this is a new approach that has me curious.
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Jason & Veronica J.
S.E. Michigan
1955 Commodore Vanderbilt 30'
"Hawley"
TAC Member MI-6
2008 Chevy Silverado Ext. Z71 w3.73
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02-10-2003, 07:30 AM
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Still Working
1994 36' Classic 36
North Charleston
, South Carolina
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 1,686
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Twice as nice
I just completed my second floor repair......
It aint so bad, beats the hell out of paying for a new floor, (new Airstream), or paying the RV shop for repairs.
Sometimes ya just gotta do it yourself!
I know the satisfaction that you had upon completion, you know you loved it.
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02-10-2003, 09:10 AM
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4 Rivet Member
1954 22' Flying Cloud
1954 25' Cruiser
2005 25' International CCD
Paradise
, Texas
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 407
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hated it yesteday, love it again today
Yes, a little rest went a long way towards wanting to crawl under the trailer again. It just all looked so simple. (My famous last words) Anyway, here is a snapshot of the progress, this just before I started fitting the belly pan.
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Paul Mayeux
A&P Vintage Trailer Works, Inc.
AirForums #1565
WBCCI #7162
Heart of Texas Camping Unit
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02-10-2003, 03:15 PM
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Retired Moderator
1992 29' Excella
madison
, Wisconsin
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 4,644
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Re: Explanation please...
Quote:
Originally posted by Jabba
Ok John, explain to us how one takes out a toilet with your forehead, this is a new approach that has me curious.
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jason
it works like this:
i had an old fashioned two part toilet, the stool on the floor and the tank on the wall. it was connected by a chrome pipe.
thinking i would save some time i left the tank mounted to the wall and pulled just the stool.
when i was nailing in the new subfloor (remember, all i'm doing is painting the bathroom) the vibration from hammering detached the tank from the wall! i looked up just in time to see the tank hit me in the forehead. needless to say it broke into a zillion parts!
that is how you break a toilet with your forehead!
john
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02-10-2003, 03:31 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1955 30' Liner Commodore Vanderbilt
Wayne County
, Michigan
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 421
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OUCH!!!
Sounds like something they should have put in "Home Improvement" or This Old House Funniest Out takes... I cringe at the thought, I bet you saw stars for a while!
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Jason & Veronica J.
S.E. Michigan
1955 Commodore Vanderbilt 30'
"Hawley"
TAC Member MI-6
2008 Chevy Silverado Ext. Z71 w3.73
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02-11-2003, 08:32 AM
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Rivet Master
1984 29' Sovereign
Savannah
, Missouri
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 3,478
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Wondering
john hd
You're not accused of 'being' HARD HEADED are you now???
Ouch, that had to hurt...
Glad you came thru and, not the other way around...<s>
ciao
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