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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1049 |
Topic: Sam's Club Mattress Posted: 16 Apr 2016 at 6:48pm |
stephenh; im scared!!! seriously. hogone
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Jon & Pam
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Leo B
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Posted: 16 Apr 2016 at 8:06pm |
Take a deep breath and go for it
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6327 |
Posted: 16 Apr 2016 at 9:34pm |
So was I. I did it anyway. You can do it too.
Take the door off and support it on a couple of sawhorses. That will help greatly. To remove, take the door off the hinges, leaving the hinges and screen attached. Be careful and place some protective padding on the wheel well or you will end up scratching it like I did. At least I could get a little paint and touch it up. You get to benefit from my mistake, as you will be able to avoid doing likewise. Get some help when you remove and reinstall it. When you put the window in, have the outside of the door facing down. Support the door and window from underneath. That will help when you go to start the screws. I found that a power drill/driver worked best for starting and driving the screws. When the thread catches, it will draw the two parts together and compress the rubber seal. That will make it watertight. The hardest paret for me was getting the screws started. I am just glad that lots of extras were included. |
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1049 |
Posted: 20 Apr 2016 at 6:19am |
mattress arrives today!!! curious, does anyone put anything down first/under the mattress; or lay it right on the wood? hogone
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Jon & Pam
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StephenH
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Posted: 20 Apr 2016 at 12:33pm |
The original mattress is right on the wood. While you have the old mattress out, you could do something like seal the wood with a polyurethane finish and/or cover the wood with some sort of contact adhesive plastic, but what you do is your option.
Have you gotten up the nerve to install the door window yet? |
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1049 |
Posted: 20 Apr 2016 at 1:31pm |
I was actually thinking about putting a polyurethane down, but I think I'll pass. Ya, the old one was right on the wood. I might just throw an old sheet down first. Neg on the window. Have been busy the past few weekends, so maybe this Sunday!!!! My jigsaw is several years old, but still works. hopefully it will have plenty of power. definitely going to buy a good blade. ill keep you updated. hogone
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Jon & Pam
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StephenH
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Posted: 20 Apr 2016 at 2:36pm |
The jigsaw will probably be fine with a new blade. You are only cutting through a thin layer of fiberglass reinforced plastic, a thick layer of polystyrene foam, and another thin layer of fiberglass reinforced plastic. Just go slow and keep the dust blown or vacuumed out of the way so you can see your cutting line. I used a battery powered Porter Cable jigsaw to cut mine.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1049 |
Posted: 20 Apr 2016 at 5:58pm |
oh boy, you got me all nervous again. just took mattress out of box, gonna haul it in and watch it explode!!!!!! hogone
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Jon & Pam
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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1049 |
Posted: 20 Apr 2016 at 7:33pm |
oops took a little nap. hogone
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Jon & Pam
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6327 |
Posted: 20 Apr 2016 at 9:04pm |
On the new mattress?
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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