September 19, 2009

The kitchen really progressed this week. The upper cabinets are all framed in and the TV cabinet has been started.

This is looking back from the living room into the kitchen area.

September 19, 2009

Work on the bathroom is continuing. The vanity needs 3 drawers and a cabinet door built.
We have to pick out some flooring and get it laid so we can install the toilet.




We have the tile for the shower. We're just waiting for the tile guy to come and install it.


This is looking into the bathroom from the bedroom.

September 19, 2009

Work continues in the bedroom. Kate has already been installed above where the head of the bed will be. The slide-out frame has been covered with wood and we've started painting the walls.

We're waiting for the mirror sliding doors for the closet.


The pocket door has been installed. The laundry centre needs a big drawer on the bottom and the rest of the cabinet needs doors.

The TV cabinet is framed. It just needs some doors on the lower part.

August 31, 2009 continued.

The kitchen/living room ceilings have the tin installed. The refrigerator is being installed. The propane heater has been installed in the end of the kitchen cabinets.




The 2 door Dometic refrigerator.


The hall closet beside the refrigerator.



The lower kitchen cabinets have been started. The hand painted Mexican sink has been installed.

August 31, 2009

A corner cabinet for the bedroom has been built. The TV will go in the top opening. There will be an open area then doors to close in the lower 2 shelves.

The washer/drier has been installed on one side of the bedroom closet. There will be doors built to enclose the washer & cabinet above. A large drawer (for dirty clothes) will be built below the washer. (Note, the toilet will go in the bathroom when it is ready.)

The bathroom vanity has been started and the hand painted Mexican sink has been installed in the vanity.

This little room will have the vanity and toilet. The shower & dressing room will be separate.

Aug. 18, 2009 - The tin ceiling has been installed in the bedroom.

Aug. 18, 2009 - The shower has been roughed in and the toilet room lighting has been installed.

July 12 , 2009 - Noel putting wall sizing on the walls in preparation for wallpaper.




Aug. 10, 2009 - The walls in the living room slide have been prepped for wallpaper.



Aug. 13, 2009 - Wallpaper put on the walls in the living room & kitchen and the wainscotting has been completed in the living room slide-out.

May 8, 2009 - The bedroom has been insulated with Roxul Insulation & has been strapped.



July 12, 2009 - 1/4" plywood has been put on the walls & ceiling of the bedroom and the plywood has been painted with primer in preparation for wallpaper.



July 12, 2009 - The holding tanks have been installed and the plumbing roughed in. The interior walls for the bathroom and kitchen have been built. The refrigerator space and kitchen closet have been built. Some of the 1/4" plywood has been put on the walls. The kitchen/livingroom ceilings have been strapped. The lower kitchen cabinets have been roughed in.

The Work Begins

We arrived home at the beginning of April to snow! Nothing could be done until it warmed up.

April 20, 2009 - We decided to start at the back and work forward. This is the garage compartment. The floor has been strapped & filled with vermiculite insulation.

April 22, 2009 - The walls and celing of the garage have been insulated with rigid foam insulation & strapped.

April 22, 2009 - Starting to strap the walls in the bedroom.

Finally - Our New Shell Comes Home

Having delayed our departure for the sunny south, we were finally able to go pick up the new coach shell on Nov. 9th. What a thrill to finally get it home. We spent the next day admiring it and showing it off to friends & family. Then it got put away in our shed for the winter.

Almost Ready To Bring Home

By the end of October, we were getting worried that the shell wouldn't be done before we headed south for the winter. We went down to the shop on November 1st to see how things were going and to "light a fire" under Chuck (the owner of Cobra) to make sure the coach would be ready to bring home before the 10th of November.

The Next Step

Our next step was to find a company that could build the shell with 2 slide-outs. Our plans to have the same company who built the shell on our 2002 coach do our new coach fell through when their shop got too busy to schedule our project. (If we had received the truck in February when we were supposed to, this shop could have built the shell.)

Luckily, we discovered Cobra Motorhomes & Trailers Inc. in Ontario, NY. We had them install a slide-out in our 2002 coach and were happy with the work so contracted them to build the shellof the new coach.

The Beginning

April 17, 2008

This was the day that Noel had eagerly anticipated for almost a year.

This was the day that we thought would never arrive after learning that the Volvo factory had gone on strike in early January, just days before this truck was scheduled to start down the assembly line!

This was the day that we finally picked up our brand, new, beautiful 2009 Volvo truck.

This was the day we finally

took our perfectly good, brand new truck home.

Within days we had started tearing it apart so that we could re-make it into a Custom Coach!