First, I took LOTS more pictures of where everything is inside, so that after I get everything out, I will know how to put it back together. I just went round and round the interior, taking pictures from lots of different angles.
Here is another view of the tree damage on the street side. The ceiling is caved in, the wall has a hole (between the bunk rail and the top) that was patched with some sort of white stuff, and the wall is cracked below the window. My hubby already took out the light fixture, leaving the box exposed on the wall.
Note the white and gold speckled contact paper that used to cover the ceiling. Yuck.
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Alright, it's time to get going. I determined that the bunk needed to come out and the bench seats needed to be removed first. Here we go!
First my husband helped me get the bunk out. He unscrewed the piano hinge on the bottom side at the back of the bunk. Once that was out, we were able to lower it down and fold it up to get it out the door. It is sooooo heavy. That was definitely a two person job.
Once that was out, I took out the loose boards covering the benches. A couple of them just had plywood sitting on top, so anything that wasn't nailed down, I tossed out. Then I started demo-ing the bench seats. Basically, I just unscrewed any screw that I could find that wasn't stripped. I got things loosened up a bit. Some of them weren't coming out though, and some things had been screwed in from the outside of the frame in. That's where I used the multi-tool. I was able to guide the blade between the benches and the floor and the benches and the wall and cut through the screws that I couldn't get out any other way. It was a little slow going, but not a bad job.
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Alright, it's time to get going. I determined that the bunk needed to come out and the bench seats needed to be removed first. Here we go!
First my husband helped me get the bunk out. He unscrewed the piano hinge on the bottom side at the back of the bunk. Once that was out, we were able to lower it down and fold it up to get it out the door. It is sooooo heavy. That was definitely a two person job.
Once that was out, I took out the loose boards covering the benches. A couple of them just had plywood sitting on top, so anything that wasn't nailed down, I tossed out. Then I started demo-ing the bench seats. Basically, I just unscrewed any screw that I could find that wasn't stripped. I got things loosened up a bit. Some of them weren't coming out though, and some things had been screwed in from the outside of the frame in. That's where I used the multi-tool. I was able to guide the blade between the benches and the floor and the benches and the wall and cut through the screws that I couldn't get out any other way. It was a little slow going, but not a bad job.
A little progress!!
I can't believe how much random crap is in these benches. Pretzels. Q-tips (unused, I think). Tags off of clothing. Cigarette butts. Just in case the smell of the camper didn't confirm that someone had used it as an ashtray, I found the proof. Three cigarette butts.
I don't think I'm supposed to be able to see the ground from in here...
Whew. At the end of day 1 of demo. Benches are all out. Tomorrow I'm starting on the paneling!
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