{"id":1583,"date":"2016-04-18T16:03:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T00:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/?p=1583"},"modified":"2016-05-05T16:45:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T00:45:41","slug":"1583","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perlgurl.net\/blog\/?p=1583","title":{"rendered":"RV upgrades – sleeping accommodations, safety and fixing a window"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent most of the weekend on a project to turn the table\/bed into a full-sized grownup bed instead of one for short people \/ children. As it was, it was barely 5’7″ and I’m nearly 5’8″ so for me to sleep there I would have had to curl up and not stretch out and I did not like that idea at all.<\/p>\n

So we cut the back support of the seat closest to the steps, put in a piano hinge, a support leg on a hinge and now we just need to install a slide lock to keep the back up when we want to use it as a table. \u00c2\u00a0I’m not sure these photos do justice to what we accomplished, but I’m taking the RV out for my first overnight this weekend and I’ll get better ACTION photos then \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

These are in-between photos. I still have some touch up to do to the paint on the back since that plywood splintered like crazy, but I want to be sure this will work out the way I hope and plan to test it this weekend.<\/p>\n

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I also got a CO alarm, fire alarm, fire extinguisher and a thermometer\/humidity gauge installed. I’m wondering how cold it will be in Denali this weekend and if we need to use the furnace.<\/p>\n

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Oh! And I fixed the window that was flapping open which had been taped shut with the metal ducting tape that cuts you. \u00c2\u00a0All the sticky had come off and I found the original bracket that was just missing the screw to hold it in place so now this window stays shut when I drive!<\/p>\n

I’ve got some cleanup to do to get the sticky residue off and need to replace the screen, but we are still in the 20-30F temps at night so it’s not a rush to get that screen replaced just yet.<\/p>\n

No more flapping window! \u00c2\u00a0 This is the before pic. \u00c2\u00a0I forgot to get an after pic and the RV is at the shop getting a tuneup before I take her out this weekend so the after pic will have to wait \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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First photo here the bed before, at just 5’7.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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The back of the seat with the modifications.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The leg support.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The bed with the extra 11 inches to stretch out (feet only on this end) fully extended. Turns out the cushions tend to slide under movement from a person sleeping so I need to glue some drawer liner to the wood to prevent the slippage.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fire extinguisher, smoke detector and CO2 detector, plus a thermostat.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Window with broken bracket which was taped closed but the tape had come loose so the window flaps. I fixed it though!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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