Showing posts with label Repair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Repair. Show all posts

Monday, August 9, 2010

The Shasta Light Fixtures

The Dinette Light
Very cool, very thick - textured, "nubby" vintage glass.
Another view.  Gas light to be hooked up still above at the center stile between the two slider doors.



Another View
Bed Light
Original to the trailer - Fiberglass shade
Another View
Kitchen Light
Glass globe at kitchen ceiling is also original to the trailer.

Friday, August 6, 2010

Kitchen Cabinets - Before and After

Kitchen Cabinets - Before
Kitchen - During
Close up of the original Formica on the kitchen counter.
It is not perfect, but it is too cool to scrap, so it will be staying.
Upper cabinets reinstalled after the new ceiling wood was installed.
Another view, after shellac at ceiling and end cap by range.
Close up of the kitchen drawers

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

New Ceiling Wood installed


Upper cabinets were removed.
Wood removed at ceiling where vent had leaked.
(Vent / roof repair photos are shown in one of the posts below).
New insulation and wood installed
After uppers reinstalled, close up of new trim and ceiling wood before shellac
During - the last coat of shellac being brushed on ceiling - no trim on the roof vent yet.
Another view - from the front looking to the rear.
...and from the bed looking towards curbside.
Vent reinstalled, new wood with finish applied, original light centered between cabinets.

New Wood Installed at Dinette Area

Overhead cabinet removed, new wood installed at side wall.
Close up of street side front wall where gingerbread scalloped trim is going to go
Front window - new wood on side walls at dinette area
The gingerbread wood is cut and dry fit
Installed, first 2 coats of shellac applied
Dinette seat box with lid - Lids to be sanded and have shellec applied.
Walls will be sanded and a final coat of shellac brushed on.

Sunday, August 1, 2010

The Under Bed & Dinette Storage Areas - New Vintage Flooring Installed

The under bed storage area floor - Before
Not terrible, but rust stains on the old vinyl (left side of picture).
New Sureply underlayment installed

New old stock asphalt tiles installed

Another view

Close up of the tiles
They are a chocolate brown with red and cream striations
Wood rafters for the couch / bed base.
Wood installed.  The top piece pulls out.  The piece under it is stationary.
The curb-side dinette seat box and floor - before.
New old stock asphalt tile installed.
Ditto for the Street-side dinette seat box. This one houses the breaker and the water tank.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

The Rear Window - Before and After

Windows pulled
Silicone Caulk - gobs and GOBS of it...
This is the rear window

Cleaned up - Silicone removed

New rubber seal installed

Rear window - Before

Rear window - Pulled

Rear window reinstalled after new paint

That should take care of it!