TwilightLane Cubbie Build

[TwilightLane]

Now on to fitting in that floor to the subhatch. I forgot to take a picture of it, but I laid a bead of caulk on that silver metal strap. Then coaxed the floor into place. (I had dry-fit it earlier to make sureit would fit.) It was pretty snug and I certainly had to encourage it with a mallet.





Once it was seated where I wanted it, caulk all around.

[TwilightLane]

As I'd hoped, the caulk filled in around the edge of the board.


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[TwilightLane]

I had pre-drilled holes in that metal strap. I had planned to use more of those same self-tapping metal screws to attach the board. But that didnt really work. They pierced the sheeting but didnt really hold the wood.

[TwilightLane]

I scrounged up some little wood screws from my odds n ends jar and filled in the gaps. That seemed to work.

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I also had problems with the board getting pushed out as I tried to drill into it. I had to rig some boards to wedge the floor in place. Looks like a mess but worked well.


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You know what they say about necessity being the mother of invention...

[TwilightLane]

It ain't pretty but I think that ought to be water-resistant. There are a couple of stripes of construction adhesive cross-ways in the overlap of the sheeting. THen I used a putty knife to fill in the slight gap. I stripped caulk all the way around.

[TwilightLane]

That is a final look, all caulked and ready.



You can see the heads of the wood screws I drove in to meet those angle brackets. It worked well but I now have about a half inch of thread sticking out the bottom of the board. I don't like that, but we'll see what I can come up with.

[TwilightLane]

Here are those jagged screw tips I was worrying about.


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Yeah, I got to fix that.

[TwilightLane]

I dug around in my jar and found some screws that I thought would work. Much better result.



And inside:


There is just barely a tip of the screw coming out of a couple of holes. I think I can patch w caulk or adhesive or something.

[TwilightLane]

One last thing to make the hatch more or less water resistant. There are still some openings in the metal cross piece. Example here:


Gotta fill em. A big wad of caulk did the trick.


I don't know why, but that really cracks me up.

[NebraskaTeachr]

Your build is really coming along. It is always so satisfying to get to each step and see it accomplished. You are making me wish I was doing another build.

Looks Great

Tim

[Darren]

Lookin good Rob and thanks for the photos. I've been following along since you started.

Do you have a target date for getting on the road?

[H-Balm]

I can't believe I have never thought of doing that.
Man, I feel dumb! It's so obvious!
Thanks.... I'm storing that in the memory bank.

I love the journal. I am learning much. You do a fine job of describing the images.

[H-Balm]

I can't believe I have never thought of doing that.
Man, I feel dumb! It's so obvious!
Thanks.... I'm storing that in the memory bank.

I love the journal. I am learning much. You do a fine job of describing the images.

[TwilightLane]

Thanks guys! I'm standing on the shoulders of giants. I'm doing what I've read about here, but trying to represent it visually. And to be extra diligent documenting as many details as I can.

I'm hoping to get done ASAP. At least by this fall, if not earlier. I've made a lot of progress recently, but the next couple of weeks are going to be super busy at work so it may be a while fore I get too much done. We'll see how it goes.

I'm not a summer/ heat person so I'm not too interested in warm weather camping. I don't plan to even bother w an AC unit - if it's that warm I'll just stay home! As a I don't think I'll have this done before it heats up, I'm taking my time.

Victor - stop by sometime if you want to see the thing firsthand.