Who needs a shower?

Well, we have been working on the airstream, but we have run into some problems. First, the copper piping that comes into the airstream from city water had not been properly drained. This means that water froze and busted the copper piping that was there. It looked like this...

Mid way through the fix....

So...Here is the new piping almost fully set up.

Once we got it fixed we hooked it up. Thats when THIS happened....

Not sure you can tell, that is water dripping out the screw holes. Not very fun. We aren't sure why there is water dripping out from the undercarriage where the Grey and Black water tanks are.

There was also all kinds of crazy leaks at the sink where all the connections are. Also, the shower knobs were pouring water. Since the walls were in terrible shape, we decided to take out the shower. Here it almost fully ripped out.

And here we are. No shower. I could just keep it out, make a huge bedroom, and be stinky. Or....we could put it back in. I still haven't decided....

The walls are going to be that flexible shower wall material. You know the kind with the bumpy stuff on it? This way it can follow the curve of airstream and be water tight. We will put the pan back in and caulk it up. It shouldn't be too big a deal. Since we are replacing all the water lines, we will leave it out till the end. Then, cut new wood for the walls, line them, and put it back in with the shower pan. We will only put it back in once we try the plumbing and make sure that the water leak coming out from the undercarriage isn't coming from a connection to the grey water tank. If thats the case, we need to rip up the floor boards under the shower to get to the tank.

Sigh...3 days in a row I feel like I just went backwards rather than taking steps forward. I was hoping to move into the shuttle on June 6th, but it won't be happening at this pace.

But..Here is some derby love to make all the bad thoughts go away.... (photo credit to Thorpland Photography)

Everyone, meet Inara.

Hello all. It has been ages. But school is finally winding down and I can actually get some work done on the shuttle. That's what I've been calling the Airstream. Inara, and for some reason, the shuttle just came. Anyhow...

Lets see... We have done a ton of stuff to it. First, we ripped up those floors, and my dad put down some new ones in the bedroom. But when we pulled off that wall panel, we found the leak.

It came from a dent on the outside which was in an earlier post. We pounded it out and sealed it up with a spray paint that is water proof. That is the black stuff you see.

The dent looks way better now, don't you thinks? (Refer to earlier posts for before pictures. I can't do everything for you now, can I?)

See? Isn't it pretty? We used silicon calk to fill in the gaps and will be putting the trim back on. I we did well, as we left it open for a long time to see if it would leak. Once we determined it was fixed we covered the frame (after we put the insulation in, of course).  But we found.....ANOTHER leak at the front of the shuttle. Where the couch should be. so we did the same thing and fixed it too. All that new lighter wood is fresh fixed floors. No more leaks.

Also, notice that we removed the entertainment center? 

And then we noticed that the wall by the fridge needed to come out. So...that came out.

Then, the cabinets in the kitchen were all cracked, so those came out too.

Also, there was a leak by the bedroom wall where the toilet is. We took that out. too, and that was a VERY good decision.

I need to fix that, as who wants to keep the toilet visible to the bedroom? NOT me...

We also took that nasty wasp nest out from the light fixture in the bedroom. So...Now a picture from my last derby bout. Just for the fun.