It's a girl!!!

[InsideOut]

Today is Birdy's two year adoption birthday! Thought we'd be done with the restoration by now...but, oh well ~

The end is in sight though...I spent the weekend finishing more cabinets and re-building/installing the last vintage light, installing door tracks on the uppers and stripping/polishing cabinet hinges (48!) & other hardware in between coats. Meanwhile, Mr.InsideOut straightened, cleaned & installed wall track, removed/polished vents and the roof areas around them, then reinstalled the vents. Pretty productive for two-and-a-half days ~

Thanks for stopping by Roger, it's always fun to have encouraging visitors!

Also, Monday the ShowerMate arrived (haven't unpacked it yet)...and tuesday we will be ordering up the stainless steel shower pan & surround and the 9mm birch plywood for the dinette. I think this next weekend, the clean "finishing" will go on hold and we'll be in the dirty "build mode" (closet & dinette) again in the garage and install the wall panels in the shower, then possibly the kitchen cabinets & start the install on the plumbing and the water heater.

Shari

[toastie]

Originally Posted by InsideOut

Today is Birdy's two year adoption birthday! Thought we'd be done with the restoration by now...but, oh well ~

The end is in sight though...I spent the weekend finishing more cabinets and re-building/installing the last vintage light, installing door tracks on the uppers and stripping/polishing cabinet hinges (48!) & other hardware in between coats. Meanwhile, Mr.InsideOut straightened, cleaned & installed wall track, removed/polished vents and the roof areas around them, then reinstalled the vents. Pretty productive for two-and-a-half days ~

Thanks for stopping by Roger, it's always fun to have encouraging visitors!

Also, Monday the ShowerMate arrived (haven't unpacked it yet)...and tuesday we will be ordering up the stainless steel shower pan & surround and the 9mm birch plywood for the dinette. I think this next weekend, the clean "finishing" will go on hold and we'll be in the dirty "build mode" (closet & dinette) again in the garage and install the wall panels in the shower, then possibly the kitchen cabinets & start the install on the plumbing and the water heater.

Shari

Where did you get this great looking vent, it looks brands new.......toastie

[InsideOut]

Originally Posted by toastie

Where did you get this great looking vent, it looks brands new.......toastie

It's the original 1956 vent - just polished. Cute as a button, huh!?

Shari

[toastie]

Originally Posted by InsideOut

It's the original 1956 vent - just polished. Cute as a button, huh!?

Shari

I'm on a mission to find one of those.........toastie

[toastie]

Originally Posted by InsideOut

It's the original 1956 vent - just polished. Cute as a button, huh!?

Shari

What is the outside dia. of the cap, it looks like I'm going to have to make one.............thanks

toastie

[flyfshr]

Those polished vents are GORGEOUS! Something about freshly polished vintage aluminum just speaks to me. The rest is quite beautiful as well. Can't wait to see her in person. I'm trying to make arrangements to attend the Resto Rally next month where I could get a sneak peak.

Brad
FF

[Sugarfoot]

Everything looks awesome! It's hard to believe two years have gone by. I remember when Birdy still had those ugly flowers all over her insides. She's come a long way.

[InsideOut]

Last night we tested and got the heater going...seemed like a pretty appropriate task, considering the "flurries" we had yesterday. It fired right up, now I have something else to clean-up.

I don't know about an "inspiration" Steve...I just know we are figuring out things as we go along - and most aren't a scary as we thought!

And we've been lucky ~

Shari

[reggiemon]

Hi Shari,
The wood work is looking great. I'm looking forward to your shower & water heater installation.
What type of heater do you have? Is it the old in the floor one?

[InsideOut]

Originally Posted by reggiemon

Hi Shari,
The wood work is looking great. I'm looking forward to your shower & water heater installation.
What type of heater do you have? Is it the old in the floor one?

Thanks! I finished the last coat on the second side of the bathroom panels last night - we are planning on installing them this weekend so we can take the final measurements for the stainless steel showerpan & black tank surround and order them on Monday.

The heater is a Panel Ray "in-wall" type - it's located on the end panel of the closet next to the door. the oblong vent on the roof is the exhaust for the heater. I found this picture from our website...



I'll take additional pictures & post them as I am working on it and after it's re-installed.

Shari

[InsideOut]

Originally Posted by InsideOut

...the oblong vent on the roof is the exhaust for the heater.

OOopppps, I mis-stated.

The ROUND vent to the rear of the door is for the heater - the oblong one in front of the door is for the fridge.

Shari

[reggiemon]

Ok, I was wondering. My heater is in the floor with a grate.
I'm envious of the refrig. My door looks identical. The PO adapted it to a new electric unit. Darn it. Refrig vent is an oblong one like yours but galvanized.

[InsideOut]

I think the difference between the ducted floor heaters and ours is that you may have a thermostat...ours doesn't, it's either "on" or "off" and set manually. It has various levels - just no automatic thermostat - it's a dial that just adjusts the height of the flame.

Sorry 'bout your fridge, but at least you have the door and it sounds like the PO was conscientious about the vintage aesthetic. If ours didn't work, we would have tried to get it fixed first, but if that didn't pan out we would have adapted the door "somehow" to a new fridge too.

Shari

[InsideOut]

I'm going to have to go out & measure it...after we clear a path to the garage/& trailers! It's a bit chilly out - only 20* - haven't been outside yet this morning.

Shari