| Closet Cabinet [message #168944] |
Tue, 08 May 2012 15:19  |
glacierfl
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Hello,
I thought I saw some information not too long ago about someone rebuilding the closet cabinet? What I would like to do is remove the panel in the back bedroom and replace with oak? Or is it made like the refrigerator cabinet (not easy to get apart)?
Thanks in advance.
Steve & Debbie
Monticello, FL
77 Palm Beach :- Aurora
EX G4WDT
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| Re: Closet Cabinet [message #168951 is a reply to message #168944] |
Tue, 08 May 2012 15:47  |
GeorgeRud
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Location: Chicago, IL
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I think they were rebuilding a refrigerator cabinet, not the closet.
You can easily replace the back section of the bath module as it simply unbolts, but the closet is one piece if I remember correctly.
George Rudawsky
Chicago, IL
75 Palm Beach
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| Re: Closet Cabinet [message #168956 is a reply to message #168951] |
Tue, 08 May 2012 16:38 |
glacierfl
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Hello George,
Yes, we are some of the ones rebuilding the refrigerator cabinet and now want to expand to the closet. We got the wall off by the bathroom (bedroom side) and was hoping the closet wall on the bedroom side would be just as easy. So far, we have found nothing to be easy. There is always some type of workaround that needs to be done. If we only knew. Maybe we would have spent money on one that didn't need fixing up. But what fun would that be? I guess a sense of accomplishment is needed in all of us. Otherwise we would not be doing it.
Inch by inch, step by step, slowly we turn......
Any ideas, plans or anything would be greatly appreciated.
cheers and beers
Steve & Debbie
Monticello, FL
77 Palm Beach :- Aurora
EX G4WDT
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| Re: Closet Cabinet [message #168957 is a reply to message #168956] |
Tue, 08 May 2012 16:48 |
zhagrieb
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Location: Portland Oregon
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I'm pretty sure these interiors were prebuilt and slipped through the big hole in the back. Some stuff comes apart, some doesn't. Saber saw and big hammer are necessary.
Glenn
Glenn Giere, Portland OR, K7GAG
'73 "Moby the Motorhome" 26'
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| Re: Closet Cabinet [message #168984 is a reply to message #168944] |
Tue, 08 May 2012 20:28 |
1275gtsport
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Registered: September 2009
Location: Rothesay NB
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Hey Steve
How rotten is the "wardrobe module" mine was in very sorry shape and has barely held together long enough to make a template from.
Indeed the module was brought in the big hole in back and there is just no way to take it out though the door in one piece. I took all the screws out of the face. the trim screws are at an angle. this allowed me to take the front (including the big closet door) out in one step then it is easy to unscrew the closet hinges. without the toe kick the "frame" will just slip out the door corner to corner.
then the uprights came out easily because the screws just pulled out of the particle board. except for the curved part of the back of the closet that part broke.
I took it apart from the kitchen in hoping to save the bedroom wall. not sure if you could just take the bedroom wall out.
all of the screws in the back are hidden and were put in from the "outside".
Unless the wood is rotten they will cause damage coming out.
Adam Raeburn
Rothesay, NB
1976 Austin Mini
1977 GMC Palm Beach
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Once you replace everything that is attached to something else. It will all be fixed.
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| Re: Closet Cabinet [message #169009 is a reply to message #168944] |
Tue, 08 May 2012 23:57 |
Adrien G.
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Registered: May 2008
Location: Burns Flat, OK 73624
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Steve,
You ask >" What I would like to do is remove the panel in the back bedroom and replace with oak? Or is it made like the refrigerator cabinet (not easy to get apart)?"<
The best way to take the closet module apart is to disconnect it from the wall and floor (at the belt line, under the closet floor panel and the front wall on kitchen side), drag it in the middle (the hall) and up to the couch-dinnet area, or where there space to lay it down. Remove all the doors and drawers and lay it face down, proceed to unscrew and brake the glue bond on the individual pieces.
Make sketches with dimensions and pictures for references. Save the pieces until your done making the new ones. The face frame is real wood and can be reused. The center partition is the most challenging.
Like the fridge module, I made the new pieces and assembled outside the coach with some screws and clamps, then varnish and reassemble the module inside and reverse the beginning process.
With the module out, that's a time to insulate the wall, make sure the wheel house is well fastened and sealed and then insulate. If the gen house is accessible check it also. Mine where lose and not well sealed. Also whatever electrical, water, or drain upgrades or repairs you want.
Redoing the inside is a lot of work, but I like the challenge and the satisfaction of the accomplishment that comes with it.
Hope this helps.
Adrien & Jenny Genesoto
75 Glenbrook (26-3) Mods LS3.70 FD / Reaction Sys / 80mm Front&Intermidiate / Hydroboost / 16" Tires / Frame Rebuild / Interior Rebuild
Yuba City,Ca. Text 530-nine-3-three-3-nine-nine-6
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