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Post by barefootonthefarm on Feb 3, 2017 5:24:35 GMT -8
Very nice. I love the look!
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Post by barefootonthefarm on Feb 1, 2017 16:23:33 GMT -8
@dad Rambles- thanks for the explanation on the fresh air and e haunt and keeping them separate. I think I can make that work in my closet fairly easily. I really want to have something that works and is fairly unobtrusive. msgoehring. Hah, I've heard there is a contingent that thinks all 'do,es should be chopped! Not here. I love how it looks. I will take another look at ,y stove, but I know I'm missing one grate, the chrome is really rusty and last time I checked it smelled of mouse pee. I like the climate right units, but don't like having so,etching sitting outside and especially having to load and unloadit. I camp alone pretty often. It will definitely be something to look at if the closet option doesn't work. I so appreciate everyone's, help. I've been spending all my free time reading posts and learning more. This is our second renovation, but this Shasta was quite a bit further gone than the Yellowstone.
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Post by barefootonthefarm on Feb 1, 2017 5:48:10 GMT -8
Thanks, I've seen that post, and like the drawer slides idea a lot. I'd really like to have the ac on the street side so I don't have the hot exhaust blowing on me when I'm sitting outside under the awning. That means putting it under the dinette, which I'm worried about blowing cold air on the floor instead of up where we need it, this is an Astrodome, so we have that upper bunk area. We could also build a cabinet up high alongside the kitchen cabinets, but that would mean we lose the wall sconce, or putting in a new cook top instead of the old stove/oven combo, which is pretty trashed anyway, and putting the ac below where the stove top is. This last option would at least get the ac more centrally located in the trailer and somewhat off the floor. It also would add an exterior vent in a place that wouldn't look so obvious, and keep me cooled while I make coffee, lol.
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Post by barefootonthefarm on Jan 31, 2017 14:28:22 GMT -8
I watched all four of mobiltec's videos of installing a window unit in the Deville. It's a sweet set up. I'm wondering about fresh air intake though. I thought a wi Dow u it needed to draw air from outside to avoid a negative pressure situation?
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Post by barefootonthefarm on Jan 31, 2017 4:35:30 GMT -8
Thanks vikx. That is what i was hoping to hear. I don't want a roof air, but I need to know I've got something that will work better than what I've rigged up in my Yellowstone. This forum is so very helpful. I really appreciate being able to read everyone's posts. Melissa
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Post by barefootonthefarm on Jan 30, 2017 18:03:49 GMT -8
Has anyone successfully used a portable at unit to cool their camper in hot humid weather? I camp at the lake a lot in the summer. It may be 95 and 80% humidity in a semi shaded site. I really need to know the ad is going to work.
We are in the thick of our restore now and have the roof off so could beef up the ceiling for a roof air, but the interior part of the unit would be just a couple inches from my head in the "kitchen". We have a closet that looks like it could be modified for a portable unit and vent the air intake and exhaust out the side of the camper. Do they generate a lot of heat so their cooling is negated? Price isn't my biggest concern, though there is a budget of course, I just want something thT will work in the hot humid weather.
My little Yellowstone I carry a window unit, prop it up in the baggage door, run a fan from under the bed. It's a pain.
oh this camper is a 63 Shasta Astrodome.
Melissa
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Post by barefootonthefarm on Jun 10, 2015 5:35:41 GMT -8
Www.schallerhardwood.comSchaller hardwood Marionville, Mo St. Louis, Mo Poplar Grove, Mo Tulsa, Ok Springdale, Arkansas I purchased June 2015 22$/ 4x8sheet. Their inventory is low and they haven't reordered. I suggest those in the Midwest call to inquire to their main location. Perhaps they will get more on order for those of us in the Midwest. They did transfer what I needed between store so I could pick up at the one closest to me.
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Post by barefootonthefarm on Jun 1, 2015 9:50:09 GMT -8
We finally found 1/8" at a lumberyard in Springfield. They are gathering enough from one of their other stores and will let me know when they have it. You are correct mobiltec. I don't ink 1/4" would have made the front curve without cracking. We used it on the front and back of the 64 Yellowstone, but this is a much tighter radius.
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Post by barefootonthefarm on May 28, 2015 10:46:15 GMT -8
Most of the ceiling framing will be replaced as both ends were rotted, and the ceiling boards are bowed. The side walls are intact except under the front side windows.
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Post by barefootonthefarm on May 28, 2015 6:33:37 GMT -8
my Shasta astrodome needs most of the interior panels replaced. I've spent the last two days trying to source 1/8" plywood which is what was originally used as far as I can tell. I can get 1/8" bendable birch special order, or I can get 1/4" (7/32 actual) birch from Home Depot. If I have to use the 1/4 from HD, am I going to find out my skins don't fit when I put them back on? Should I use 1/8" bendable on the ceilings, and 1/4 on the walls maybe? Or go ahead and use 1/4 on everything and rip 1/8" off the ceiling trusses to account for the difference?
edited to add that I have checked all the local cabinet makers and specialty lumber yards. I'm in mo. I called Schaller in Springfield, they carry the 1/8" but don't have enough and not sure when they will have more, plus that's a 8 hour round trip.
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Post by barefootonthefarm on May 27, 2015 9:50:27 GMT -8
I just bought 50 yards of 1/2" ivory double fold bias tape off amazon for $13. I'll get some cord to put in it and it should be easy to sew up. My panels will be pre finished before we put them up, so the shellac shouldn't be a problem. Crossing my fingers this works.
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Post by barefootonthefarm on May 26, 2015 19:03:57 GMT -8
I'm going to see what I can come up with. Lots more I'd rather spend that money on.
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Post by barefootonthefarm on May 26, 2015 18:13:19 GMT -8
Ok, sorry, I didn't read far enough up. Mine does seem to be a fabric with a cord inside. I sew so it would be fairly easy and way cheaper to make some. I just hate cutting bias strips! no bias needed on the vinyl. I'll have to see what I can find.
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Post by barefootonthefarm on May 26, 2015 18:09:40 GMT -8
Susie, Vikx, Did you put a cord inside of the vinyl like you would do with upholstery?
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Post by barefootonthefarm on May 25, 2015 17:27:13 GMT -8
Susie, What will you use to make your Welting?
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