Sherush
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Hi everyone... I know people like to see renovation photos so this will be long, enjoy.
We bought my sister-in-law's 2005 Nik Nak Taylor Coach in October and have been renovating the inside ever since. What I will not bother to show is all the plumbing work and electical work we did to make more storage and also we installed a new quiet pump and moved it's location.
Here are three photos taken today (it has been in our driveway now for a week) so you can see the outside - we also installed 3 new Maxxi Air II Vents on the roof this morning
Here is a before shot of the old sink area
Here is a new shot of the renovated sink area we installed an 18" round 8" deep sink and a cover for the stove
I found there wasn't enough counter space so my husband built me a removable extension counter that can be taken done in seconds when we need to eat. Here it is
I then ask if he could do something for me for all the cleaning supply bottles and also maybe a place we could hang rain coats if they are wet and towels to dry if it is raining outside and this is what he did for me on the inside bathroom door and bathroom wall.
I then asked him if he could do something under the sink to hold all my stuff for cooking and laddles and stuff, and this is what he did for me
Then I told him the closet was useless and if he could turn it into a pantry and this is what he did for me
Like a woman it never ends.... I then said, we need to turn the thermostate to digital and we need a multi DC plug in, and I needed cup holders mounted on the wall so we had a place to put drinks when we watch a movie, so this is what he did for me.
Then I said we needed a place to mount a TV for easy watching and a DVD player shelf and this is what he did.
Then I said sometimes I would love to listen to music so this is what he did:
Then I said what about all our fall camping we need a rug to keep our feet warm and this is what he installed:
Then last Saturday we were going to sleep in the trailer in our driveway for the first time - we watched a DVD inside the trailer first and that is when we realized we needed cupholders and also I told hubby I loved him so much I didn't want to sleep separately and asked him if he could figure a way to making the double bed to king size bed and this is what he did for me (best of all it takes under a minute to put the back of the dinnette seat on and have a place to eat)
Yesterday, November 28th we replaced the hitch jack from 1000 lb Atwood (which was bent and would not retract) with a 3000 lb Bull Dog.
Here is a photo showing the new TV Antenna and Maxx Air II vents installed last weekend.
I love this trailer as it now has everything I could ever want inside and it is light enough to tow with a Caravan!!! and fit into our driveway. We will be doing the roof with Eternabond (hopefully before snow arrives or next spring. Thank you so much my love, happily married since 1991 because hubby listens to me!
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John H
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Ahhhhhhh,,, Togetherness: Ain't life sweet ?
And then, Make sure that Caravan has the factory trailer towing package or equivalent A trany heat gage would be wise also, Have fun.
John H
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Sherush
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Our van has the extra coolant and has been towing a heavier Coleman pop up trailer than this hard body. On top of that we have we have weight distribution system with sway bar for safety too.
This trailer doesn't seem to drop the back of our van down at all like the Coleman pop up did.
On top of that Taylor Coach is Ontario made and people with them are use to hearing comments in the parks (how can you tow that with that vehicle? or wow never seen a van towing a trailer that big). They are made so even a V6 car can tow them.
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You can't take the Fisherman out of this Camper
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Quote "happily married since 1991 because hubby listens to me!" Unquote. And you think it's all because he listens to you?? I got news for you! He not only listens,... he is downright good with his hands!! What a super job!! What's he gonna do now that all his jobs are done?? Can you lend him out?? 
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Sherush
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You can't take the Fisherman out of this Camper wrote:Quote "happily married since 1991 because hubby listens to me!" Unquote. And you think it's all because he listens to you?? I got news for you! He not only listens,... he is downright good with his hands!! What a super job!! What's he gonna do now that all his jobs are done?? Can you lend him out??
Yup I am always proud of everything he does, he is very capable
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cachingcampers
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Taylor Coach is a great little rig for a couple and it would seem you even made it better.
I see you mentioned fall camping, some great information about fall/winter camping and the improvements required can be found 4 Season Camping tips
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StanleyandIris
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What a great DH you have! And such a cute TT. I have never seen one of those.
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Sherush
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Update we slept in the trailer for first time in our driveway, the king size bed was great.... only one problem happened, our German Shepherd who tried to sleep on the couch at the end of the bed, fell off.... so next he got up on our bed and kept waking me up with all his movements so the next morning, hubby made another mod... he pull the couch out some and added 10 inches of foam so now Jesse can't fall off and then maybe we can get a full night sleep. So we will have to test again another night.
Also that day we installed a TV antenna and did all the wiring inside which works great. I have posted the photo in the long list of pictures above.
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