Loopy
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I got my idea from C.B.'s post and added a few ideas of my own.
He used wood for the end stops. I didn't want something that was prone to rotting so I used a short piece of 1/2" PVC and two caps. I just made the pipe short enough that the screws on the outside clear the ends of the fence post cover going in and out. I also wanted mine to be hinged so I purchased two small hinges to attach to the top of the end cap. I put a 1" spacer between the fence post cover and the frame on the sealed end so that the excess water would run to that end then drilled 3 holes at teh bottom of the cap for it to drain out.
To attach it I purchased a piece of all thread and two mending plates, all available at your local Lowe's. I used 8 small washers and 8 lock nuts to hold it there.
Inventory list to build sewer hose storage:
1 - 4x4x100" Post Jacket cut to length
2 - End caps (located with the fence jacket)
1 - Raingo 10' white "U" shaped gutter cut to length
1 - 1/2" diameter piece of PVC
4 - 1/2" PVC end caps
2 - Brass hinges, something like this should work
1 - bag of Mini bungee cords
1 - 3' piece of 1/4" all thread (cut to length)
2 - 6" mending plates
8 - 1/4" washers
8 - Nylon thread lock nuts
For the 1" spacer at the low end I used a piece of a 1"x2" PVC baluster between the frame and the storage compartment.
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Campin'Deb
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Thanks again Loopy! You've got a great set up.
Loopy wrote:The wall that I have the TV mounted to has a support in it from the factory since that's where the original TV was mounted. The upper half of the wall is one big solid piece of wood. If you don't have this in your trailer you can still find two studs and at worst mount a board on the exterior of the wall from one stud to the other and mount it to that. The TV mount I used actually had all teh screws in one vertical row so even if I hadn't had the support in the wall I could have mounted it directly to one stud.
As far as the clock shelf goes, there weren't any studs in that corner that I could attach to so I just used the plastic wall anchors since I knew we wouldn't be putting enormous amounts of weight on it.
I used 1" screws with the plastic wall anchors.
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Loopy
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My pleasure and thank you!
I'm always looking for new ideas though so everyone keep em coming!
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JBarca
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Loopy
Those are some nice mods.
Where did you get these fridge screens? Are they store brand or did you make them? I have the HW heater and the furnace, but never saw the fridge vent sold in stores, yet.
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PS. I like the sewer hose holder. Neat
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Loopy
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RVWholesalers is where I found them, it took some digging though because they don't have them listed with the rest of the Mud Dauber screens. The company makes two different models, the R300 (Norcold) and the R600 (Dometic).
The only ones I found at RVWholesalers was the R300 for the Norcold ones. RVWholesalers says they are for all fridge vent covers but if you go directly to the Mud Dauber website and click on screens and then R300 it shows that it's for the Norcold specifically and the R600 shows for the Dometic, so be careful.
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cheezy26_81
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i made the same thing using metal screen from home depot and a hot glue gun. metal screen $7.00 hot glue gun the DW had for crafts.
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Loopy
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While I appreciate your ingenuity (see my sewer hose storage), these screens have a nice frame on the edges as to not catch on or snag anything and they are fit perfectly for the opening.
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Loopy
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Well, I picked up my Jayco branded counter top extension (flip up TV shelf) today.
I thought for sure when I called my dealer for a price on this they were going to bend me over. Believe it or not I got the 15 3/4" X 15 3/4" piece of counter and both hinges for around $40. It's a small price to pay for an extra piece of real estate and not having to build something myself.
Pictures will follow once I get it installed.
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SoLoved77
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RollingRockTX wrote:
Our sat set up.
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How does that sat. setup work? Do you just put it flat on the ground or do you attach it to the trailer?? We just got sat. to go camping with. Swore we'd never have it since the DH works for the cable company and gets a deep discount. We wanted to take the dish off the side of the house and take it with us since we will NEVER use it at home. Is this feasible?
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RollingRockTX
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SoLoved77 wrote:RollingRockTX wrote:
Our sat set up.
How does that sat. setup work? Do you just put it flat on the ground or do you attach it to the trailer?? We just got sat. to go camping with. Swore we'd never have it since the DH works for the cable company and gets a deep discount. We wanted to take the dish off the side of the house and take it with us since we will NEVER use it at home. Is this feasible?
Yuppers, just set on the ground and use your signal finder and a compass and you are good to go.
Found the plans here
Found the plans here and an explanation of how it works like this.
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