My 40' Tiffin Phaeton QTH

[Jim]

Nice Job @BGMAC !

 

[Jim]

I'm leaning toward a dinette very much like this one. It would fit my coach well.

 

[BGMAC]

I'm leaning toward a dinette very much like this one. It would fit my coach well.

cool, but there not cheap. The lowest I found like mine was about $1800

Here is one that we looked at for just a second.

 

[Jim]

cool, but there not cheap. The lowest I found like mine was about $1800

Here is one that we looked at for just a second.

lol, didn't like that one, huh?

I want to know how you did your floor? Did you do the work yourself?

 

[BGMAC]

lol, didn't like that one, huh?

I want to know how you did your floor? Did you do the work yourself?

Yes. Pulled the old vinyl rolled floor out. Replaced any wood that was damaged and put the new plank type flooring in. It goes in pieces.
Where I though there was too much distance between the frame I use angle aluminum on the bottom for reinforcement. Originally the thought the foam would help support the wood. But over time it will collapse.

 

[Jim]

That's a lot of work @BGMAC. Believe me, I know! I had a 35' Thor Windsport with the same layout as yours. I removed the old vinyl and carpet, then installed plank flooring and trimmed it out. In the end, it was very nice. But as you know, it's a whole lot of work. I would still have it today but living in a mountainous area, I found a diesel fit my needs a little better than the V-10.

Silly question, but where do you eat?

 

[BGMAC]

WOW!!! @Jim that looks fantastic! Yes it is quite a bit of work, but in reality I think we like working on things as much as using them. I’m a retired enlisted guy and while in service we never had much money. We always had to buy fixer uppers at a good price and fix them up to use it. Whether it was furniture, cars or the house we lived in, but it was fun times too. Twila and I have still have the same mindset today I guess. We tend to work and build our own stuff, It just takes us a little longer nowadays.

 

[Jim]

OK, back to our regularly scheduled program.

When you buy a used motor home, every salesperson will tell you , "This motor home has been well cared for and loved by its previous owner..." What this actually means is, "The tires and batteries need to be replaced, the roof is questionable, and you can expect to do a lot of TLC".

I've already replaced the tires and batteries, so now I'm working on some of that TLC. And today's TLC meant tearing out the old carpet in the bedroom and getting ready to install new carpet on Wednesday. (Weather permitting of course.)

If you ever get the opportunity to pull the carpet out of a motor home bedroom, don't. In fact, run the other way as fast a possible. It's a bear and I'm not kidding. Some of the carpet is glued and some of it is stapled. Seperating the carpet from the glued areas is a nightmare and in the areas where it's been stapled means pulling out millions of sharp, nasty little staples And there are lots of small, hard to get in areas that will simply ruin your day. I'm about 3/4 of the way through and really not looking forward to tomorrow.

But here are a couple of today's photos.

 

[sheridany]

I am in awe of your skills and ambition...Going to be nice when its done and you will be proud of the accomplishment and your checkbook will thank you.

 

[BGMAC]

I know about those staples!!! We took the carpet out of the bedroom and put the hardwood in.

 

[Jim]

Got the bedroom carpet finished up today.

There were a gazillion corners, angles and tough-to-get-at places to deal with. And the irony of it is there is only about 40' of floor space that you actually see and walk on, the rest is on the sides of the bed pedestal, between the bed pedestal and the wall, around the closets, etc.

But it's done now and no matter where you look, the carpet looks great!

 

[Akdare]

It looks amazing...very professional job...I wouldn’t be able to move after that...

 

[BGMAC]

That looks fantastic!!!!

 

[BGMAC]

That looks fantastic!!!!

 

[NWIP]

Great job, time to take it out and get dirty?

 

[Jim]

Today we took a piece of commercial indoor/outdoor carpet and cut it to fit the high-traffic entrance area of the coach.

We made a template out of some cardboard and newspaper, used that to trace around the carpet, and then cut the carpet with a utility knife. Next time I go to town I'll take it to the carpet store to have the edges bound.

Once completed and installed, it should trap a lot of the dust and dirt that tends to find its way in on the dogs feet and the bottom of our shoes. And when it gets dirty, we can take it out and clean it.

 

[Jim]

Dropped off yesterdays carpet to have it bound. Meanwhile, we removed the drivers side couch and dinette and getting ready to install new carpet on that area.

I know the coach is 10 years old, but darn, how does carpet get that dirty underneath the couch? It's not like anyone's walking on it under there !

 

[BGMAC]

Yes, it crazy, but it will look good when your done. Not only that it will smell much like a new motor home.

 

[Jim]

More carpet for the Phaeton, this time in the salon area. Decided to make a break from the standard, single color carpet that most motor homes seem to have.

So yeah, it's different.

 

[Jim]

I was never a fan of the color that Tiffin painted the trim that goes around the instrument panel. It was a yellowish gold mess. So today's touch of improvement was to change it to something more in keeping with the rest of the dash, which is a soft beige color.

Ordinarily, i would have removed the trim piece to paint it, but the manner in which the carbon fiber background is attached, it would have been a miserable job. So I opted to mask it off instead.

Easy, peazy...