hey everybody Eric here from nomadic fanatic hope you guys are doing well today Robert
here from King's Auto Shop hope you guys are doing well today anything else um no enjoy
the video okay [Music] [Applause]
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hi guys thanks for joining me here on the channel uh every once in a while I have an
idea to change something drastic in my life uh lifting the Smart car was one of those
things yeah next next project is uh well it's gonna sound kind of familiar because it's
something I've done in a very similar RV except we're going to learn from the mistakes the
last time and do things a little bit differently here so let me flip the camera around and
show you show you the issue okay it's gonna be awesome it is going to be better okie-dopey
I know you love the table but this four-person dinette here inside the RV usually it is just
my catch-all I throw stuff on the seat I got stuff down here I do not use this dinette
guys I I sit here in this chair right here and I watch TV that's what I do the kitties
have nowhere to snuggle they try to climb up here in my lap and there's there's nowhere
to hold them up here every time I get up I gotta move them Opie just wants to cuddle
there's Tara there in the dash she just wants to cuddle too this dinette is really cramping
my style so um I'm gonna do what I did last time and rip it out of here so similar to
last time it's all got to come out uh it's not an easy process because there's stuff
under these you may have an RV where that's just storage under there and you can throw
all your camping gear into there for me I'll show you under this cushion here is my 24
gallon water tank I know that's not a lot but it fills almost the entire space with
about two inches to spare on top so that's gonna get have to get changed then under this
one here you can see the fuse box right there so we've got all the power components and
everything going the inverter and the solar stuff there's the furnace wires there's the
the furnace is under there and the water pump is between all that as well so that's not
a storage compartment for us so how are we going to do this oh well let me tell you how
we're gonna do it we're gonna take a water tank and we're gonna turn it this way I'm
gonna take the breaker box and we're going to put it in the middle the furnace will be
here and then we're gonna water pump maybe behind under the fridge water pump's probably
gonna go under the fridge okay and then redo all the wiring and the plumbing and then rip
this false floor out and then we're going to build a brand new couch awesome over the
whole thing so if we go back in time maybe five or six years ago Yoda which was also
a Tioga 24d on the Chevy Chassis I Did It My Way in fact I actually opened up that dinette
cushion right there looked at the wire and it went not touching this okay actually I'll
I'll show you a little clip here this is what we actually did and as you can see I just
used it for storage I put a little chest box on there for video game supplies and controllers
but I didn't want to mess with the wiring and everything so I didn't know how to do
it however I did grab the water tank that was here and I extended it this way with an
80 gallon water tank and I cut off access to the front now if you see this video right
here Jax and I really loved this even though it did cut things off we didn't have a good
place to watch TV so essentially what we're going to be doing here is deleting this putting
the couch against the wall the TV also gets deleted then if I move over here this seat
gets deleted as well and the new TV goes here that that's our plan and I'm really excited
about this first step it's all in progress so we ain't started nothing yet we're just
gonna have to see how how she rolls Bud sometimes she don't roll I hope she rolls she's Gonna
Roll by the way I did add some new LED lights around the door frame here every it seems
like every couple months I add a little bit more green to the RV and got all these lights
green and now we've got lights around here looks pretty cool I'm happy with yeah some
of those bulbs are going out let's start demolition this will be fun this will be fun demolition
I'll get the Sawzall all right break her up all right well I don't know if you can tell
it's it's dark outside and at this point Robert and I are just kind of doing some demolition
here doing it a little differently than last time because we need to save all this you
know this is the control box is all the power this is the stuff that I was afraid to touch
and you can see it it is it looks messy to me and it and it still scares me and that's
why Robert's here to like redo it he's gonna like reset it up and extend cables and put
it over there behind the new couch flip the water tank also so that all of this will be
back there but right now we're just we're just kind of messing around listen to some
tunes I just can't play them while I'm recording and Roberts Robert's just ripping it apart
and it's a good feeling because I want this carpet out also guys I'm really looking forward
to adding linoleum here instead
they only went that far and I wonder what that whole area is anyway we've got water
lines another DC wire over there yeah just just throw it and then we don't need those
we don't need those I'm gonna go ahead and call it quits for tonight on this uh I do
have a shopping list for tomorrow morning I'm gonna go get some supplies to start working
on this to extend the water tank wire coming on Amazon and we're gonna pick up some wood
I've sealed up that compartment so the kitties don't get back there overnight tonight and
the furnace vents are off right now and yeah I'm gonna go take a nice long hot shower for
as long as I can because we got to empty this anyway to turn it around so yeah that's the
progress Opie what'd you find oh it's one of those buzzing moths and get it Opie man
let me outside knock I'll get it Dad I'll get it Dad I know you will where's Tara she
doesn't like all the noise huh Terra bear you don't you don't like all this crazy noise
I'm so sorry honey I'm sorry we're done for the night okay yeah my sweet girl we're done
for tonight okay all right well we got Opie over there doing most of the work and Robert
just sniffing around over there water Tank's empty and propped up trying to get the last
little bit out of there we're gonna get that flipped around and kind of see how everything
might fit in here that's exciting Opie are you excited about having a couch with Dad
yeah Terra bear what do you think about everything just gonna sleep through all the work okay
Robert since he can do everything and he's a certified electrician I'm certified everything
that's right he may be able to just splice off the fuse box and give me a brand new circuit
put some Romex and some outlets at each end of the couch or one end of the couch or something
so yeah we'll see all right making some good progress here guys I know this is probably
looks really bad but I think it's important to show you how this goes I have a lot of
people when they see the final product they're always like wow Eric that's so much better
I've done this several times so got the water tank switched around the other direction we're
going to be utilizing this backspace to put the new speaker that's full of cat hair then
we got it modified auto back there all the lines have been rerouted Robert put in a new
fill hose here from the outer also a new vent hose half inch there also new PEX lines crimped
that go across the water pump has been moved to this location it was right here so water
pump there going there to the winterization stuff last step Robert's going to be doing
some wiring to move the entire fuse box to sit right here in front of the water pump
I will admit this is a lot tougher than I thought it was going to be and the funny part
is I've already done this before how did I not forget that I was parked at a Walmart
parking lot for a week it took a week Robert and I are kicking butt he's been helping me
pull all the carpet and padding out no more carpet I cut a line right here where the linoleum
ends but there's a lot of cleanup a lot of Staples to pull out from the carpet there's
I'm standing on sticky stuff from where the linoleum went and the carpet was over and
right now Robert's going to get something to cut the bolts to get this chair out of
here so that we can finish or see it we'll get lucky and they'll come out with a socket
I doubt it but it's worth a shot see those bolts on the floor eventually this whole thing
has to come out but yeah the chair is really kind of in the way right now as far as this
is what I've seen underneath oh those two front ones I didn't see those I seen I think
I didn't see him
maybe I could see him all right the chairs out and that really opened up the room still
got to get this uh frame out which if you remember in Yoda I didn't remove it I just
built a platform to hold the litter box
we're gonna we're gonna try and impact drill gun and see if we can get lucky because you
can't get at all the bolts underneath there's a layer of something so what do you think
Opie we got that big clunky chair out that only one person fits in and you can't sit
in my lap when I'm in it because there's no room she go Robert was able to get under there
a little tricky between the propane tank we do have these two bolts to cut off I'm gonna
get the rest of the Staples out clear the surface tonight and then tomorrow as part
of this video we'll go shopping for a new floor all right we're here at Home Depot finally
looking at the peel and stick laminate flooring options I did bring a a sample of the linoleum
that's in the rest of the art this would be like the kitchen and the bathroom so now I
got to decide do we want to transition to a darker color that hides some of the dirt
and cat hair like something much much darker or do we want to try to match it and have
a nice little transition so because I was looking at this white Maple which looks like
like planks and uh I mean that wouldn't be a terrible transition from the kitchen to
the living room or do we want to do something much much darker in the living room change
you know I don't know I'm not an interior designer see what they got in stock first
all right we found new Step molding uh Robert the electrician is going to add me some outlets
near the couch so we're getting a double 15 amp breaker because we got room for just that
in the fuse box and the water tank needs a one-quarter inch plug in the top well we got
back just in time can you guys hear the hail it is storming outside in Missouri look at
the hood hail yikes Tara yeah Robert's uh starting on the flooring in here which I'm
really excited about it's gonna look really good it's going together really nice in here
what happened to your finger
I'm sure yeah knives are sharp by the way the stuff we're using we got at Home Depot
uh same stuff I made a video on maybe five six years ago traffic Master peel and stick
uh 12 inch by 12 inch squares and they go down pretty easy they're pretty easy to cut
and kind of make your Corners we've got molding to go around the edge and everything but you
know really when you look at them up close there are some that we can't use that were
they had at Home Depot that say you have to keep it between 62 and 78 degrees and it's
just not possible in an RV with climate changes and freezing and heating so this is uh what
we're using I think it's about 60 bucks a case for 30 tiles or 30 square feet so I bought
two just in case we need more later stuff and uh it's gonna totally change this watching
some Simpsons too in the background heck yeah thanks Robert this is going really good it's
looking real good all right how's that look Opie I am really really liking the gray color
it it surprisingly matches a lot in here I do apologize for the mess but you know again
hear my vision here so I've been kind of prepping the floor while Robert's been putting down
the panels and everything making the cuts along everything and then Robert rewired the
control box so we actually uh had a hole coming up right here from under here and here and
the water was under there and he has now rerouted everything over here this is where the couch
is going to be okay so the furnace is going to have two ports coming out the edge of the
couch right there the armrests with hopefully some uh outlets and USB cords in order to
access this I'll show you actually the Old Furnace grate is going to be on the front
of the couch here so that you can still access the fuse box by taking out four easy screws
there and giving air to the furnace to use it um so yeah the the dream is coming alive
this is going to be one custom Party Zone here in the front that is going to make so
much more sense of course I got the chair there just for now but that won't be there
it'll be a TV and maybe a little entertainment center or something you like that idea Opie
more more snuggled room on the couch yeah tear bear I haven't forgotten about you girlfriend
we're gonna take care of the girl you're gonna nuzzle everything all right sweet girl oh
right it's a weird sitting in a camping chair here in the corner corner of my RV this is
coming along nicely this is about as fast as I could have dreamed this all coming together
and it's going to be done right the first time which is so cool ah remodeling an RV
sucks but guys please stay with me give me a couple more days we'll get back we'll get
this cleaned up we're gonna build this custom cap please it's gonna be awesome stay tuned
guys we'll see in a couple days so bye [Music] thank you [Music]