Motorhome Madness

We started working on the coach when we were down in Leigh Creek which was around two  years ago now. I started by stripping out the old toilet down the back as this is where we would like the bedroom to go.

We started pulling things apart and should have know as a past chippy myself, that the job was bigger than we originally thought. As I started taking the loo apart I realised that it had been leaking for quite a while, (how long no one knows)….. not outside,  just under the floor so their were pools of slop and rust under the timber flooring. YUCK!

Clean up time

Some days you think to your self ……why did I start this motorhome project? …… but then, envisioning the big picture …..it’s going to be our permanent home.  The though of not having to pack up a house ever again makes these shitty jobs bearable.

So we started grinding the rust off and sanding the metal back which was a bit like a chemical shit storm in the coach, thank goodness for dust masks!  After the dust had settled and was cleaned up in was time for some painting.

Water proofing the floor

It might be over kill but bugger it,  we though even if the roof leaks we know the floor is not going to rust again. So I used some polyurethane floor paint inside the back floor, with two coats before the flooring went down.

Flooring getting laid

Now the fun bit cutting up the timber to size, we are putting in a flat floor so the old aisle will no longer be there.  We will however  be able to use it as storage in some places and ducting in some other areas. Screwing as well as gluing the floor went down just fine.   We will be having an access point to get into the gearbox under the gas strutted bed.