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| There were a few leaks in our New Zealand bus while we were away. It didn't rain till the end of our time in NZ. So it was a bit last minute finding out where the leaks were. Here is Nigel painting the seams with thick roof paint. |
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Nigel fixing a chimney leak. He has to get inventive when we don't have a ladder!
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| We tried to find a photo of the original Kitchen. But, no luck. Imagine if you will a kitchen made of chip board, covered with fake wood sticky paper, no windows, no water tanks, and broken drawers. That picture in your mind, is what we started with. The first step towards a new kitchen is, rip out everything! We found the window behind the wall. Installation was put into the walls. Plumping and electrical got sorted out. |
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| Next step is to put up the new walls. You can see our old drawers here too. |
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| We covered everything with enamel paint on. Nigel reused the old frame to make the new frame. |
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| New Drawers! The paint can says to wait ten days for paint to properly cure. Rachel intends to follow the rules.... |
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| The oven is back and the new drawers are in. The drawer hardware is from IKEA. |
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| The doors are installed. We still want to make a new counter top. Nigel has plexiglas and mosaic ideas in mind, with some lighting of course. The window has a brand new seal around it. The old one almost fell out when Nigel took the wall off! |
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| Everything is usable. We are still going to add doors under the stove and a cupboard above the stove. |
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| NZ Serenity when Nigel was still a bachelor. |
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| Starting a new project...a month before the wedding |
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| Chopping the back half off. |
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| little help from my friends |
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| lot of help from my friends |
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| Nigel is still living in the bus at this stage...at all stages actually. |
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| always rains in the middle of a project |
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| Mason the welding master |
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| the back wall was rusty and fell off, guess we will replace that. |
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| This is how it looked when the bride moved in. Nice sun roof! |
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| Water tight! And we have a double decker. |
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| We had some complaints about the paint job. Dont know why! |
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| filling in the few holes |
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| our neighbor called it a visual symphony |
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| You cant make a silk purse out of a sows ear |
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| on with the paint, bumps and all. |
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| Camouflaged, no one will ever notice the bus now! |
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| the inside got a makeover too |
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| new floors |
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| home sweet home |
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