Changing Out Jackknife Sofa for Two Reclining Chairs T-286SR

[vanhakke]

Jon,

I'm with you 100%. Once there's a problem, it bears watching over time.
It was pretty upsetting to come in and see all that water, and we sure don't
want to have to go through that again.

General has our service records, so they know what's been done. Before
our next long trip, we'll swing by and have them do an inspection and/or
adjustment to the slider.

As with everything, they are a compromise. Its great to have to extra
room, but it comes at a cost, eh?

I'll also check for those holes you mentioned. The main service tech
at Birch Run seems like a thorough and dedicated guy. He claims that all he
had to do was double up on the seal thickness. Anyway, I'll go under there
and check it myself, and have them give it a once over as well. Our next
trip will probably 6- or 7,000 miles. Don't need any trouble on a trip of that
length. (While the trailer is in the barn would be a good time to crawl under
there and look. Concrete beats wet dirt any day!)

Dennis

[JohnB]

Originally Posted by vanhakke

JohnB: my apologies. Will you please insert "Cindy" anywhere I might
have typed "Cathy". Sorry.

Dennis

Dennis, no worries. I knew what you meant.

Since Marie is a handy craft person too, have her see this post if she has not already. Which reminds me, Cindy has some new stuff already done and I'm behind on posting....oh boy

Dear Wife Mods - T2499 and T310SR- Lot's of pic's

Thanks

John

[vanhakke]

John,

Wow! Cindy has been a busy girl! That was quite a presentation that
you guys put on. She's got all kinds of ideas that we never thought of.

We were just talking last time about how to keep morning sun from
coming in the bedroom door's window. The curtain on rod is the obvious
solution, but it never even occured to us! And would be so easy to do.
Once again, thank both of your for the good ideas.

But a question: what do the ceiling vent covers do? Are they for
insulation, or to keep out light? We've never seen that before. (But, there
again, we haven't seen much!)

One of these days, I'll be putting up a post about how best to run
more electric into the far end of the slider room. I'll be doing that pretty
soon.

More later. Dennis

[JohnB]

Originally Posted by vanhakke

John,


But a question: what do the ceiling vent covers do? Are they for
insulation, or to keep out light? We've never seen that before. (But, there
again, we haven't seen much!)

Dennis

Thanks Dennis, I'll pass the kind comments onto Cindy. I'm sure she would like to see Maire's quilting projects too.

The vent cushion. Yes, it is there for light reduction, heat loss and cool loss in the summer. Since we winter camp there is one lot of heat that goes out the vent plastic and the shower dome.

And it acts to keep the sun out of the camper when in non use fading every thing the sun rays do.

Yes, seeing every ones little things they do is a great part of SOC. We all take away different things from the pics.

John

[hoffmavl]

Hi Dennis,
We did the same thing back in March 08, removed the jack knife and part of the dinette table and added a Flair sleep sofa w/ air mattress, below is the link of the steps we did in the removal. Since March we have completely removed the dinette and replaced w/ a free standing table, I have to dig up the pic. and post.
Looks good.
http://www.sunlineclub.com/forums/f63/slide-room-8859-3.html#post68639

[vanhakke]

Hello, Hoffmavl,

Thanks for the reply, the post, and the link. I went over there (to your post)
and you were giving me deja vu, or were you giving ME deja vu?
The work that you and I did was extremely similar, but you did take it
further in the removal of the dinette wall. DW and I discussed what you
had done, but decided that we liked the storage under the dinette bench.

However, it seems that every project that gets posted has at least one new
idea for me. In this case, its using finish trim strips to cover up the screw
holes. Excellant idea! I was thinking of just using caulk, but cherry-wood,
in our case. So, I'll be using your idea instead.

We were also interested, in your photos, that you have 110 v. receptacle
on the slider wall, at the far end. We have none there, and now that the
chairs are intalled, there is certainly a need for a plug-in there. Did yours
come from the factory that way, or did you install it? If you installed it,
how hard was it to run the wires behind the wall? A tough project, I'm
guessing. My plan is to just attach conduit to the surface of the wall.

The finsihed project looks very savvy and professional. Good job.

Will look for your other posts.

Thanks, Dennis.

[hoffmavl]

Dennis,
I'm glad you like what we have done, there is more, I just need to get the pictures posted. As far as the outlet I can't take credit for that, Sunline had that already installed, in fact I have 2 outlets one on the end wall, the other is under the dinette table, if I had to run the electric I would cut a small strip in the wall just above the floor. Look at the 2 pictures; I hope I made some since in trying to elaborate on this project. Remember this is what I would do, you have to do what you feel comfortable in doing.
Vaughn

[juudede]

Thanks for the idea and the instructions. We removed the sofa from our 264SR and absolutely love the results. Given that the TV is above the refrigerator, these recliners sure make TV viewing much easier on the neck. We also removed our bedroom doors this season, much more open and easier to move around the bed. Thanks for all the ideas. Always looking for more.

[hoffmavl]

juudede,
I'm glad you like the idea from what we have done to our unit; I didn't think anyone was ever going to see those pictures, being I did this mod several years ago. We also removed our doors and hung a shower rod up and hung currents up for privacy, also mounted a flat screen TV on the wall behind those sliding doors and looks great.
thx again Vaughn