Monday, March 30, 2020

Bedroom Wainscot and Insulation

I took down the sheet metal in the transition between the windows and the ceiling in one place to inspect. Trinda would like wood trim there instead. I can't decide. Not that removing the toilet area and starting over on it would make a difference in the decision. But it does delay any more work that would reach that area.

I insulated the walls with 1" foam insulation because I need all the room I can get to walk over the wheel well and beside the bed. I'm still planning a nice looking window sill, whatever that is ...

And probably a shelf for storage above the back window.

Port side bedroom wainscot and nightstand

I didn't accomplish much the past few days, but here it is. I had to edit out hours of sitting and staring at the walls,trying to figure out how to do the next steps.

I ask Steven to help with parts of it today.


Thursday, March 26, 2020

Seventh Week: A Brick Wall

Some visible progress for a change. I started with the starboard forward wall and wheel well but didn't make much progress. Guy and I insulated them with R-8 fireproof bats. Today I finally got the 115 volt outlets and wiring in and put up the "brick wall" paneling. I have yet to install the cedar trim on top. It is just balanced there now.

Starboard side from front looking back


Starboard side aft looking forward

I have not shown a picture of our new mattress on the bed frame so here it is.

Our new queen mattress, still in the wrapper.

And I have been working on the area for the toilet and closet. It will be a composting toilet. There will be a closet and shelves beside it.

Starboard side aft of the wall and emergency exit

Also, the time-lapse camera is still running part time. The battery died for a few hours when I didn't notice.

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Sixth Week: Toilet Started

(Week 6 of actual work, here may have been a week or so lost to the Coronavirus...)

Here is a time-lapse video of a couple days at Wyndi's. Lots of thinking and designing and not much work.

I made a time-lapse camera from an ESP32-CAM and mounted on the front bulkhead of the bus, looking back.

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Fifth week: Nightstands and Wheel Well Covers

I finished the nightstands and stained them a light walnut. It soaked in more than I thought so it may take more ...

One for each side of the bed
Also insulated the rear wheel well covers and boxed them in. They are in kind of an  unfortunate place. We will have to step up and walk around to the sides of the bed.

I also started insulating the walls. In the back we need all the room possible to walk beside the bed. So the plan is one inch of foam insulation beside the bed.  Then wainscot up to the middle of the window, just to where the top of the window opens downward.