01-29-2022, 05:21 PM
The roof looks like it was assembled in big pieces and then put up - there are No screws coming from the upper-most 1/4” plywood that holds it all to the ceiling ‘joists’(?). I have a video showing how it all came down and have been referring to that to make sure I didn’t miss anything. So now I am headed to Beaumont, TX to pick up my wife and stay with my parents for a week. I loaded everything into the coach that I will need and hope I brought everything I need. I am debating about buying a ‘real’ Milwaukee 1/4” crown stapler like upholsterers use or will my existing Milwaukee 12V 3/8” crown stapler work ok for this - it’s worth the $$$ to make sure the ceiling does not sag but my wife disagrees lol. I’m going to try to staple a long piece to the plywood as a test and see how it holds up. Right now the coach looks like a disaster area but it is nice and quiet (hardly any squeaks!) going down the road since the sidewall pieces always squeaked but now I know how to fix it! I am definitely going to be pulling the windows, resealing them and replacing all the plywood on the sidewalls! That will be ‘easy’ to do… I’ll be done with this in about 3 years… :-(
Karen & Adrian Abshire
1998 2 slide 45' Newell Coach 498
Prior: 1985 Foretravel ORED 35, 1988 38' Foretravel U280, 2000 Foretravel 42' U320, 1990 Bluebird Wanderlodge WB40