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Old 10-18-2020, 10:18 PM   #1401
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Ain't it interesting how new challenges pop up as you repurpose old parts?


I like te idea of plastic-weld of the edge strips. I know cabinet shops do this regularly when installing new countertops.

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Old 10-19-2020, 05:42 PM   #1402
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The bottom middle post here is 2X instead of 1X and cheated towards the outside because I'm mounting my bed in this corner. The bed is steel and pretty heavy, so I need something more robust to support it, but I didn't want the whole inside corner to be 2X instead of insulation as it is now.
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Old 10-19-2020, 11:01 PM   #1403
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Just found one of these for $90: https://www.etrailer.com/RV-Vents-an...00A04301K.html. It was "used, like new" from Amazon and is in damaged packaging. I'm not really ready to use this yet (the shower is a long ways off) but since I'm about to insulate and panel the ceiling, I need to install the fan first so this is going to be the one.
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Old 10-19-2020, 11:19 PM   #1404
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Lucky you! I ordered a Maxxfan a month ago and it's still on backorder.
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Old 10-20-2020, 03:14 PM   #1405
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Old 10-20-2020, 11:30 PM   #1406
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Are you planning to insulate the door as well?
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Are you planning to insulate the door as well?
Yes, in a removable sort of way, although I'm not exactly sure how yet. Either a couple of XPS foam panels that cover the door, or maybe a large sort of curtain thing made out of rock wool or fiberglass. My bed frame is going to project in front of the door by a few inches, so I have to install it first before I can figure out how to insulate the door.

If I could do it all over again, I would probably attach insulation to the back door itself, similar to how I did the bulkhead wall door.
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Old 10-21-2020, 11:49 AM   #1408
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I think you’re on the right track. I’ve struggled myself with the rear door setup. Especially banging my head on the frame.
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Old 10-21-2020, 02:40 PM   #1409
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With the way the door swings out, I am thinking it is difficult to get a good insulation seal unless you have an insert as you are planning. You might also consider a second insert for the window for both privacy and insulation value.
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Old 10-21-2020, 03:36 PM   #1410
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Demo complete ... after a mere 21 months

Took my pancake compressor and my air hammer over to the bus and knocked out all the remaining ceiling rivets and removed the last scraps of my ceiling panels. My pancake compressor does indeed suck for this, and I was only able to knock out about 4 or 5 rivets at a time then I had to wait for a minute or so for the compressor to build the pressure back up. But even with that, not too bad - took about two and half hours for four full ribs worth of rivets. With a decent compressor I think an entire ceiling might take an hour.

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Attempting to cut out my ceiling panels when I first got the bus was my biggest mistake so far. Lots of wasted effort and all my windows have little flecks of steel embedded in them since I didn't think to cover them as I was cutting the panels; they're not really noticeable but it still sucks.

Now I just have to figure out how I'm going to attach my furring strips to the hat channel, going to do some experiments tomorrow. I'm thinking about strips of 16 ga. steel screwed into the back of the furring strip and then plug-welded to the rib. Self-tapping screws would probably be simpler, but I'm getting to the point with arthritis where excessive amounts of vibration from drilling (especially into steel) causes me a lot of hand pain, so the welding approach would be easier and less painful.
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Old 10-21-2020, 04:00 PM   #1411
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With the way the door swings out, I am thinking it is difficult to get a good insulation seal unless you have an insert as you are planning. You might also consider a second insert for the window for both privacy and insulation value.
You mean an insert within the insert? Insertception?
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Old 10-21-2020, 05:12 PM   #1412
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Nice ob on the ceiling removal! Yes, once you get the hang of popping them rivets off, you'll find out it is all not that bad. I had my ceiling completely taken down in 2 hours working on my own.
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Old 10-21-2020, 09:54 PM   #1413
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Just found one of these for $90: https://www.etrailer.com/RV-Vents-an...00A04301K.html. It was "used, like new" from Amazon and is in damaged packaging. I'm not really ready to use this yet (the shower is a long ways off) but since I'm about to insulate and panel the ceiling, I need to install the fan first so this is going to be the one.
Hmm, I just noticed that the product info says this:

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Note: Not for use above tubs, showers, or range cooking surfaces.
I was planning on installing this Maxxair fan vent above my shower, naturally. Since it fits a standard 14"x14" opening, I suppose I could just install it and wait for it to die from the excessive humidity, and then replace it.
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Old 10-22-2020, 12:21 AM   #1414
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You mean an insert within the insert? Insertception?
LOL ... well, more like an insert (foam insulation block) for the bottom portion andone for the window. The bottom insert would be more like the walls in decor stye and the window insert anything you like, even a painting on the inside ... or a painting of a fireplace!


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Old 10-22-2020, 01:09 AM   #1415
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Hmm, I just noticed that the product info says this:



I was planning on installing this Maxxair fan vent above my shower, naturally. Since it fits a standard 14"x14" opening, I suppose I could just install it and wait for it to die from the excessive humidity, and then replace it.

Try not to use it when you shower
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LOL ... well, more like an insert (foam insulation block) for the bottom portion andone for the window. The bottom insert would be more like the walls in decor stye and the window insert anything you like, even a painting on the inside ... or a painting of a fireplace!


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This is the finest ASCII blueprint I have ever seen! And it's actually what I had in mind. The bottom half will be semi-permanent and blend with the wall as best I can manage it (but still be easily removable for loading stuff in through the back), and then the top half will be more temporary and only go up in really cold weather.
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Transmission question

I've always felt that my transmission (a 2000-series) seems to upshift pretty early, although I've never counted the gear changes. Now that I have my Bluefire plugged in I can see exactly when they change. It seems that my transmission shifts into 5th gear (its top gear) at 30 mph. Is this normal? Is the shift point dependent on how far the gas pedal is pressed? Is this something that's tweakable in some way?
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Try not to use it when you shower
Well, the whole point of it is to vent my shower while I'm showering.

I'm at least glad I only bought one, since I was considering getting another one to use as a range vent.
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Well, the whole point of it is to vent my shower while I'm showering.

I'm at least glad I only bought one, since I was considering getting another one to use as a range vent.

Just leave it open, but don't turn it on.
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Scrap piece to figure out the bevel angle of the two front-to-back ceiling beams.

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I had a remarkably difficult time cutting these two pieces. My table saw can only cut pieces of 20" or less and these were slightly wider. I ended up having to do everything with a circular saw, including the bevels, but it worked out fine.

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More violence and anger, and it's in.

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Made a template for the pieces that will go above each window post, so I'm going to need 22 of these altogether. I made this with a hand saw and a flap disc; fortunately my brother has a band saw I can use for the remainder.

I'm thinking I will attach these by screwing strips of sheet into the back, then bending these strips against the sides of the ribs and plug-welding them. Maybe not, though, now that I realize how easy these Teks screws go into the hat channel.

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Built a sort of template with a 4' wide strip of the underlayment I'm going to use for the ceiling, with furring strips screwed on every 16".

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This lets me figure out exactly where the furring strips need to be attached.

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These things are so great I can't believe it. They go into the hat channel so easily and they seem to hold quite firmly. The hell with thermal bridging, I love them, so much easier than what I had in mind originally.

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Measured out a cross-beam that I can use with a square to get the centerline on the ceiling. So simple, I really should have used this for my bulkhead wall.

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First two furring strips up. I have 10 gaps-between-ribs to cover in my living space, and an 8' piece of plywood will cover three of them, so I'm putting the single gap in the back and starting on that so I can figure out what I'm doing. I'm going to break the furring strips along with the plywood, so that they'll expand and contract together. I'll add a thin strip of trim over each of the seams.

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