More Upholstery

I did warn you. I really have the bug now for upholstering things.  Today it was the dash the seat belt covers and one of the seat boxes before I ran out of lining carpet. More is on order.  I have also done most the sliding door, but I haven't finished that yet so will wait to show it.

The lining carpet I have found very easy to work with. I have found working (gluing) a small area at a time the best way. Sharp Stanley knife and scissors are a must.

When the new delivery comes I will do the head lining and make some cards to make lids for the seat boxes.

Been Busy Upholstering

I think I have found a new calling.  Upholstering.  I did a bit a while back.  That was fairly easy as it was all flat.  Today I started on the cab.

I started small with the corner pillars.

Flushed with confidence at the results I went in for the rest of it.

Again this is something I have never done before but I am really pleased with the results.  I need to order some more carpet now as I have the side door to do and some odd bits in the main area, and I am going to to the top of the dash as well.  In fact I think I am going to upholster everything in sight now I have this new talent :-)

Caravanstore Fitted

I fitted my Caravanstore  today.  From start to finish took about 3/4 of an hour.

Start

Masking tape used to set the line, then taped in place
to drill pilot holes

A dab of sealant behind the screws

 Track fitted

Carvanstore loaded into the rail

2 minutes to erect

Other jobs done today were lots of little things.  The principle one being the waste plumbing.

I have also secured the water tanks, done some final trimming in aluminum angle of the garage doors and other areas in the garage, finally screwed in the upper rear marker lights, trimmed the mattress to shape, and adjusted the handbrake, although I think a new cable might be needed.  I have also ordered my Walnut dash kit.

Been For A Short Trip Today

Been on a short test run today.  We took the dogs to a show and ended up entering a few classes.  Having never done one before we were well pleased to get 2 2nd and 1 3rd rosette.

The point of the trip today was to see how the dogs were in the MH and also to see if the magnetic catches would hold.   I am pleased to say dogs and doors held up fine.

Before we went out I was able to put 2 new locks on the battery tray locker  and put the Euroliner hub cap and extended valve on the R/O/S wheel.

First outing photo

Nearly There

Had a busy few days doing odds and sods.

I am really pleased with the finish around the sliding door gear and central locking connector.

The rear A/C control is now mounted here

I have mounted the rear speakers and 2 of the 4 rear A/C vents in the over cab doors. The other lower 2 are in the side panels.

The speakers are the larger black bits

I haven't been able to do a final fix on the parts I upholstered as I have been waiting for the new vents for the rear A/C.  I got these in the end from Propex.  Once I removed their modification they were exactly the same as were originally fitted. Again I am please with how these have come out.

I have hung all the doors now and adjusted them up.  Here are some pictures of the interior.

 
I now have things like door stays, magnetic catches, tittivating the cab, and sorting out the TV equipment etc. to do, installing the inverter installing the ceiling trim in over the bed and a bit of wiring to tidy up.  In fact the list goes on but its all minor finishing touches now.

The memory foam mattress came yesterday.  I think it has finally finished expanding.  They come vacuum packed you see, so are about 1/3 the size when delivered.  Once  I'm sure its finished expanding I will cut it to shape.

I think the plan is to take the MH out Sunday to the country park where we walk the dogs.

Carpet Fitted

Preparing For The Carpet To Be Fitted

I have the carpet being fitted tomorrow so it was a case of getting all the plinths and other vertical panels fitted.

The plinth under the sink unit I have made removable as this is useful storage space for seldom used things.

I have also extended and re-upholstered the side panel trims.

The gap that they bridge each side

Here showing the original ali trim
extended by hardboard with
new covering going on

Fitted

I have also re-made the trim to cover the gap between the cab and the rest of the body. Again I used the original ali trim that was part of the ambulance, extended with hardboard and re-upholstered.

Before upholstering testing the template

Ready for installation

Bed Slats

When it was fashionable to have a Futon back in the 90's, in case you needed to put extra guests up on, we went with the fashion, even went to the 'Mecca of Futon' Ikea to get the must have model.

Having never used it, it got moved to this house 7 years ago and stored "just in case".  

Today was the day it found a use.  

Before in 3 nice sections which I retained

After

Now if only I could find the mattress part.  The futon slats fitted perfectly length ways and needed just a minor bit of trimming to fit width ways.

Another Use For A Hot Tub

The area above the sliding door was always going to be a difficult area to finish nicely.  It goes in all different directions.  What was needed was a something bendy to take up the shape but solid.

MDF of course.  Bendy when wet, solid when dry.

So how to wet it?  Well 2 hours in the hot tub at 40C did the trick.

Once its fully dried out and set it will be covered with the wall lining.

Other bits done today.  The front of the ambulance had a very wasteful 45 degree panel each side  which had to go. 

 It can bee seen here

 

This also went most of the way to the ceiling and so was in the way of the top cupboards, and also it was going all over the place with angles and would have been difficult to cover with wall covering.

Much neater and easier to cover now

I am finally beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

It's Been A Day Of Shiny Deliveries.

While I was away last week I caught up on some ordering.

So today the deliverys were shiny.

The Euroliner stainless steel wheel trims arrived as did the 6 mushroom vents I have ordered for the boat project.

Excitedly I got on with fitting the wheel trims.  The vents will be in a week or 2.

Before

After

IMO the price of these are eyewateringly OTT but they do look good.  I also fitted some valve extenders to the inner wheels.

I also fitted a new Radio ariel today. Of course the cable was too short so I needed to patch a 1m bit in.  I also ran the cable for the rear speakers whle the head lining was out.

I cleaned the head lining before the winter, but somehow the roof leaked, I suspect it was snow being driven in the vent on the roof.  This will be done away with shortly.  So I need to clean the headlining again.

Finally today I refitted the Morco water heater.  When I fitted it I used the surrounding square edges to line it up.  While this was geometrically right, it didn't look right and it was annoying me. So a small amount of "by eye" adjustment was done.  I have also put some extra screws in it to try and stop it rattling when on the move.