New cupboards for the caravan
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325758)
Rockingham, Australia
March 21, 2018 9:25pm CST
In about six weeks we’ll be hooking up the caravan and heading east from our home in Western Australia to visit our son in Melbourne, Victoria. From there we’re going on to spend three weeks in Tasmania.
While we were overseas last year we stored the caravan under a lean-to next to our big shed. Unfortunately the caravan was too high to fit completely under and the back part was exposed to the rain over winter. When we got home we discovered water had seeped behind some cupboards in the bathroom and rotted the material there.
So we’ve decided to replace those cupboards and we’re going in to town to get the materials we need. We want a waterproof sheeting to put on the back wall and hopefully we’ll also find some timber to match the remaining cupboards.
I’m adding a ‘before’ photo. We've removed the old cupboards and you can see the discoloured back wall. Hopefully within a week or two there will be a much better looking ‘after’ photo. I love working with wood. In particular, I love the smell of sawn timber.
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@xFiacre (12597)
• Ireland
22 Mar 18
@judyev smell of sawn timber is much preferable to damp, rotted timber. I mistook a furniture shop in India for a café once and when I sat down at a table and no-one came to serve me it was the smell of sawn timber that alerted me to the fact that the tables and chairs were being made out the back.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
22 Mar 18
I like working with wood too.
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@snowy22315 (169966)
• United States
22 Mar 18
I hope your cabinet project is all you have hoped for!
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@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
22 Mar 18
That is going to be a fun project. We need to do the same but for our actual house haha
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Mar 18
@DesirousDreamer Oh, that's a shame. Leaks cause a lot more problems what with staining and allowing mould to grow.
@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
23 Mar 18
@JudyEv our main problem is, my dad never cocked our ceiling and we didn't know that so we have a lot of leaks and nothing to fix it with.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
22 Mar 18
You have to get everything shipshape for your upcoming adventure.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
22 Mar 18
That is a lot of work but interesting specially since you have plans to go on yet another adventure.
I have been to Melbourne as part of the Australia tour and got to see the Penguin March but missed out on the 12 apostles as we were tired having gone to the Philips Island the previous evening but spent a nice day in the beautiful hotel and did a bit of sight seeing around catching a tram.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
23 Mar 18
@JudyEv When the group returned from that trip they told us ours was a good decision as most of them spent their time sleeping in the bus (lol)
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Mar 18
@allknowing We are going to travel that road probably on the way back home after we've been to Tasmania.
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
28 Mar 18
I would love to work with woods also... I can’t wait to see the after photo..
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Mar 18
Thanks. We got a lot of information and will probably buy what we need next week.
@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Mar 18
Sounds like you have a great DIY project on your hands! I hope everything turns out great! I know you'll make it look stunningly beautiful
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Mar 18
@JudyEv With my bad eyesight I don't think you have anything to worry about! lol
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
5 May 18
I'm so far behind. I hope it went well!
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