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I bought my 1976 31" Sovereign International on June 24, 2010 about two miles from my home.




It's going to be a work in progress. I'll uncover, discover, and recover. It has some old leaks. I suspect the TV antenna and the skylights. I believe the leakage is minimal but I'll see.



We began by removing the living area builtins.


sofa out






Both sofas out along with the mickey mouse corner table and the finger pinch table.


Before removing the rotted floor sections under the window and by the door, I'll remove those nice blue floor tiles.

They appear to be original because the floor is like new under the tiles and the tiles go under the builtins. They come up like they were never glued with a heat gun.

The whole tile comes up in one piece. Unfortunately the glue stays down and stays sticky. Some comes up with Krud Kutter.




I removed the drapes. The end caps come off and there's a screw in the bottom track to remove and the drapes just run out the end.

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2" Premium Flexible Heat Duct

Posted 07-12-2011 at 03:15 PM by Splitrock (1976 31' Sovereign)
Updated 10-29-2013 at 08:27 PM by Splitrock

I'm pretty happy.

One of the items I needed to complete my heat ducts was the 2 inch flexible heat duct.

I found it at:

Flexible Ducting / Uninsulated Flex / 2" x 25' Premium Flexible Heat Duct 25' Piece - SLP - DW Inc.


2" x 25' 2" Premium Flexible Heat Duct 25' Piece - SLP - 25 ft.

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Floor covering, Plumbing, Refrigerator

Posted 07-11-2011 at 08:23 PM by Splitrock (1976 31' Sovereign)

June was a productive month. I got the Allure floor installed, pex plumbing installed, the refrigerator wires pulled, refrigerator baffle made and installed, refrigerator installed, and have started fitting the new cabinet panels.


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I installed a shut off on both ends of the city water supply line. I air tested at 40# but still have to water test.

The black hose is the vent fan hose.
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Dent repair using load jacks

Posted 04-29-2011 at 04:17 PM by Splitrock (1976 31' Sovereign)

Today I removed the inside end cap to expose the rear panel dent that came with the trailer. It wasn't near as bad of a job as I had imagined. I got it down by myself with no problems.

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I'll take advantage of the opportunity to reseal the inside seams and rivets that I've exposed.

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Below, the dent is visible.

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I have had the good fortune to have a truck...
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Finishing wall panels

Posted 04-25-2011 at 06:12 PM by Splitrock (1976 31' Sovereign)

Today was stain and lacquer day for the bathroom wall panels. I need them finished and installed before I can install the laminate floor.

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The panels are 1/4" yellow birch. I used the removed wall panels as templates and then trial fit the new panels.

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The finish is Gemini Gem Glo 117 Harvest and Gemini Gem Glo 707 clear stain base equal parts. It's some nice stain to work with.

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Spring 2011 - painted floor

Posted 04-23-2011 at 03:05 PM by Splitrock (1976 31' Sovereign)

Today was the second work day of the trailer repair season. Day one I removed loose tools and parts from the floor and vacuumed in preparation of painting. Today I shook up my Kilz Original and painted the floor.

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First I cut in the edges, then I rolled the center. I just poured the paint on the floor and rolled it out. It took one and one half gallons.

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Cut . . . and roll

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