Coach layout

[Lance]

Speaking of bathrooms and dunnys, tell/em about your shower setup Alan.

[Mrbolly]

Speaking of bathrooms and dunnys, tell/em about your shower setup Alan.

The shower is one I made as a one piece fibreglass unit with integral base, so there should be no leaks. The shower screen is a curved glass unit with two sliding doors.

[GoinBush]

Sounds fabulous! So many clever people on here.

[bagmaker]

Can I just add a note on bedding? A bed base should be way smaller than the actual mattress so your shins hit the mattress before your feet hit the base. Makes it heaps nicer to walk around but leaves less space for "stuff" underneath. At least 150mm each side.
And T1, gas struts come in some pretty big pressures, there is no way you should need to go to air rams to lift a mattress of any sort.
http://www.gasstrutaustralia.com.au/gas ... gas-struts

[T1 Terry]

Speaking of bathrooms and dunnys, tell/em about your shower setup Alan.

The shower is one I made as a one piece fibreglass unit with integral base, so there should be no leaks. The shower screen is a curved glass unit with two sliding doors.

We bought our curved shower screen on evil bay complete with the base. First time we put it up it didn't fit the base, seller wasn't interested in sorting the issue as per usual but after the major task of removing it and all the Sikaflex that held it to the walls I was able to recover the whole idea with a piece of multi-panel mounted to the wall first and then the shower screen mounted to that.
This was the cardboard bathroom

Bus 2003-03-09 010.JPG

The cardboard build made life so much easier and caused a major redesign and layout compared to how we planned it on graph paper and tape on the floor.

And the completed unit

Bathroom.jpg

[Mrbolly]

Can I just add a note on bedding? A bed base should be way smaller than the actual mattress so your shins hit the mattress before your feet hit the base. Makes it heaps nicer to walk around but leaves less space for "stuff" underneath. At least 150mm each side.
And T1, gas struts come in some pretty big pressures, there is no way you should need to go to air rams to lift a mattress of any sort.
http://www.gasstrutaustralia.com.au/gas ... gas-struts

I got a job lot of 240volt linear actuators the were from hospital beds and also have a wired remote control. So if you need a couple of those T1, you'd be welcome.

[Mrbolly]

Speaking of bathrooms and dunnys, tell/em about your shower setup Alan.

The shower is one I made as a one piece fibreglass unit with integral base, so there should be no leaks. The shower screen is a curved glass unit with two sliding doors.

We bought our curved shower screen on evil bay complete with the base. First time we put it up it didn't fit the base, seller wasn't interested in sorting the issue as per usual but after the major task of removing it and all the Sikaflex that held it to the walls I was able to recover the whole idea with a piece of multi-panel mounted to the wall first and then the shower screen mounted to that.
This was the cardboard bathroom
Bus 2003-03-09 010.JPG

The cardboard build made life so much easier and caused a major redesign and layout compared to how we planned it on graph paper and tape on the floor.

And the completed unit
Bathroom.jpg

Thanks Terry,
I will use your idea in the setout of the bathroom and kitchen ahead of final sizing for kitchen benches/cupboards and the vanity for sure.
I acquired the shower screen and base off evil bay as well and decided not to use the base but used it to make a mould for a one-piece shower cubicle. So the shower screen seals against the cubicle walls and unless something goes terribly wrong, I shouldn't need to worry about leaks.

[Mrbolly]

Can I just add a note on bedding? A bed base should be way smaller than the actual mattress so your shins hit the mattress before your feet hit the base. Makes it heaps nicer to walk around but leaves less space for "stuff" underneath. At least 150mm each side.
And T1, gas struts come in some pretty big pressures, there is no way you should need to go to air rams to lift a mattress of any sort.
http://www.gasstrutaustralia.com.au/gas ... gas-struts

Thanks, good thinking

[T1 Terry]

The gas struts we used were expensive enough due to the length required, to go up to the lift we required meant not only a huge step in price but the pressure when in the down position would stress the bed head excessively as we chose to pivot from the bed head rather than the base.... no need to move pillows etc and have a removable section at the bed head end so there was room for the mattress to fold into. There was already issues with the gas struts we used pushing the bed base away from the wall when it was in the closed position, the pneumatic struts will also pull the bed back into place as it closes because the piston is double acting. We scored them at a good price, ex bank safety shutter rams, just cut them down to length and turned new ends.

[Busman]

You know the same guy as me, got a heap of Westpac ones, they replace even if never used, imagine how much money they could make if they didn't do silly things like that !