[T2] Removed Westfalia's plywood subfloor

[T2] Removed Westfalia's plywood subfloor

accessys at smart.net accessys at smart.net
Sat Sep 14 19:11:02 MST 2013


for the moulding I have had good luck with Outwater plastics
www.outwater.com

Bob


On Sat, 14 Sep 2013, J Stafford wrote:

> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 18:02:29 -0700 (PDT)
> From: J Stafford <sunbus at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "type2 at type2.com" <type2 at type2.com>
> Subject: [T2] Removed Westfalia's plywood subfloor
> 
> Good afternoon,
>
>
> To replace the old plywood floor, I sourced 5' x 5' x 12mm birch plywood in
> an unfinished state.  Trimmed to fit, then primed and painted 5 sides with leftover
>
> house paint.  The 6th side will be painted with glue and the reused linoleum.
> And to replace the long interior panel behind the driver, 4' x 8' x 4mm birch ply
> sheet.  Only one side is finished, from the same lumberyard
>
> http://www.kelly-wright.com/index.html
> The Westfalia plywood furniture is showing some age.  It appears to have been
> assembled without glue in the joints held together with wire staple fasteners.  No
> nails, no screws.  I'm cleaning, glueing and wire brad nailing it back together
> where it has begun to fall apart.
>
> Alot of filthy grime had made it's way up through the hole in the floor for the sink
> drain pipe.  The ice box/sink combo bottom piece was a mess.  Found some of the
> Dempster Hwy in there.  The rubber shield to cover up the hole underneath will be
> recreated and installed.
>
>
> Questions:
>
> Should any wood finish be applied to the unfinished side of the new interior panel?
>
> Or to the 40-year-old plywood furniture?
>
> Looking to replace shrunken and/or missing Westfalia white T-molding; any ideas?
>
> The left side of the bus has no insulation at this time. Shall I attempt to duplicate the
> type/amount of stock insulation? 
>
> I would have looked toward the Type2 archive for advice, but it's not available
> at this time.  Perhaps I am looking in the wrong place/URL.  Have a nice weekend,
>
> -Jack  '73 Westfalia
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