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Posted By: billyray50 on 01/15/17 07:05am

Nice job on floor.

Posted By: d3500ram on 01/15/17 03:26pm

Ugh! cleared another 12" of snow off the roof.

Posted By: K Mac on 01/15/17 07:10pm

Took tarp and snow off for the second time this week this morning. I put a tarp on before each snow as it's much easier to get the snow off the tarp, than off the cover. I can keep the tarp more taught than I can the cover. The a/c makes a great "ridge" adding in the snow removal. Retired and too much time. Lol

Posted By: K Mac on 01/15/17 07:29pm

Work too much, new floor: I'm just curious to know how much room there is under slides when you retract it , so that it won't scrape your new floor.

Posted By: work2much on 01/15/17 08:08pm

K Mac wrote:

Work too much, new floor: I'm just curious to know how much room there is under slides when you retract it , so that it won't scrape your new floor.

The slide is above the new floor and slides over the carpet step up to the dinette. At some point I am going to replace the carpet with the same flooring. Since it's thinner than the carpet it should have ample clearance. I just need to work out termination details for the flooring at the step.

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Posted By: mkasner on 01/15/17 08:53pm

How much more weight did the flooring add? I looked at doing that to our 861 floor and found the planks to be rather heavy

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Posted By: work2much on 01/15/17 09:26pm

mkasner wrote:

How much more weight did the flooring add? I looked at doing that to our 861 floor and found the planks to be rather heavy

Yes, it's heavy. It took almost exactly 2 boxes. About 70 pounds. The toilet also added about 10 pounds.

Posted By: work2much on 01/17/17 04:00pm

In todays edition of "This Old Fox"

A new Fantastic Fan!

Model 2250. The camper came with a powered fan but the years and sun had taken their toll. The fan lid no longer went up and down smoothly. The Dometic 2250 has a thermostat so it will cycle to help keep the camper a constant temp.

Removing the old one went pretty smoothly and I managed to get it loose without damaging the original roof.

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Installed on roof. Still need to add eternabond tape after dicor hardens.

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Inside stock wiring was plenty long. Easy connection.

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And the finished product. The garnish ring was too deep. Designed for a roof that was over 4 Inches thick. The AF1150 is only 3 inches and had to be cut down. I used a skill saw with a new 40 tooth carbide blade. It was a bit dicey not to crack it.

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Posted By: billyray50 on 01/17/17 04:12pm

Nice job on fan.

Posted By: Bedlam on 01/17/17 05:15pm

A vent cover that allows it to be always open and shades it from the sun would help you. I'm not sure how much shade it would cast on the solar install.

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