Tuesday, October 1, 2013


This is my RV. It's a '92 Cobra Sierra. As you can see it needs a lot of work and I've posted some of what we've done so far but there is so much more to do. Yes I realize for what we are sinking in this one we could have bought a nicer one but we didn't have the funds at the time. The most important thing to me is that as long as I have this RV I can never be homeless. This is the day we got it. Right after we pulled it in and hadn't even set it up yet.


This is my RV a month later and all ready for Halloween but as I posted earlier I love the holidays. As you can see I had to put my plants outside. When we had a home I had the living room and kitchen full of plants but when moving I had to down size to 1/4th the plants. My husband hung me some plant hooks on the corner of the RV for my hanging baskets and then caulked around them to make sure they didn't cause a leak. The rest are on shelves found in the garbage and one is on an upside down tote. Don't ask me what I'm going to do with them when it gets cold.

Here is a list of the repairs we have done so far:
Seal leaks in the roof and add two coats of Kool Seal
Caulk around all the windows
Install a window AC to replace the broken roof until
Repair the door locks that wouldn't latch
install lattice on the bottom of the screen doors to stop potential pet damage to them
Place the RV on blocks and level it
Clean out sewage tank that had been stuffed with garbage by former owner
Repair water damage to the wall and floor to the side of the main door
Replace the toilet with a eco friendly household kind
Remove the rusted out hot water heater, furnace, and stove
Remove the cabinet for the fridge to make room for small household fridge
Rip out old flooring and replace it with peel and stick tile (all but back room)
Install temporary curtains until I can make some
Remove nasty broken built in sofa
Cut down sofa and make it into a love seat to fit the RV
Plus some small storage ideas

Still to do to the RV:
Install inline water heater
Place tile in back room
Gut the back room to make better use of it for storage
Buy and install an awning
build a small deck off the ground with pallets to place deep freezer on
Build shelving in back room and closet
Place new closet rod in the back room
Repair small amount of water damage to the wall in the back room and in the roof in the shower area
Put in larger sky light in the shower area so my husband can fit in the shower
Replace shower wand
Install TV bracket for TV in the bedroom

This is things we have to do off the top of my head I'm not sure how much more we need to do. I guess it's like a home and can be an endless list.

1 comment:

  1. Please ignore the stuff outside the RV. We haven't installed the mop and broom holder on the back of the RV yet.

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