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We installed a 24 inch Miele Novotronics front loader and a GE "Stackable" dryer sitting on top Love! Love! Love! the washer. We've had it over a year now and it beats the GE washer we had before all to heck. Miele has a great reputation for quality products that last and require little...

Thanks for the detailed reply. Will put that particular idea to rest. Living with faded ugly end caps won't be the end of the world, just a disappointment. :( We've worked hard to keep our rig looking nice inside and out. Now it looks like we've neglected it. Ugh!

I know this has been addressed all over the place on this forum, this business of the end caps fading. Just wondering if anyone has successfully had their caps painted with the trailer sitting outside? We can't have it brought to a shop. Thanks!

Thanks for all your replies. This is the story: slide wasn't coming in all the way on one side and once that was corrected, no more rain water collecting on the top of the slide inside. This slide hasn't sat right from the beginning, but the repair guy kept saying it looked okay to him. New...

Just a quick note ... we removed ALL the flooring, carpet & lino, and put down commercial grade carpet tiles that we bought from Costco online. We think it looks great. Time consuming but easy enough to do. And the slide didn't require any edging because it's a finished edge and blends right...

Is this normal or is there something that can be done? After a rain water collects in the gap on the top of the slide inside (bedroom slide). And after a heavy rain water leaks from the bottom corner of the slide and wets the carpet. Is there some way to fix this? Or is it just "normal" ie...

Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated!

another thought on painting slide-out fascia I know, I know ... I have a bee in my bonnet!! But can the fascia trim be removed without damaging it? Then I could take them outside and paint them. But like I said, I won't even mention the idea to poor long-suffering Hubby until this doggone...

And that's not the only difference ... hee hee Anyway, I do normally love wood myself, but this dark very formal/traditional style just doesn't go (in my opinion) with the country feel (white wood blinds, mocha cabinets, cherry wood) There's a slide right next to the kitchen slide (in the...

What is the material used to make up the inside slide-out fascia trims? I'm thinking of painting them. They don't match anything else (dark brown kind of molded kind of, I don't know, Roman/Greek looking?) What are they made of? I'm sure they're paintable, pretty much everything is these...

Thanks for your suggestions so far. We're going with the carpet tiles - will let you know how everything turns out - a bigger job than originally thought - of course! :) Cheers, Lorna

We have a 2011 Big Country 3450TS. Some of the flooring is a wood effect Beauflor. If you're looking for a bit of extra flooring for some patch work, we just found some in an unexpected place when we were pulling up our old carpet to replace it with carpet tiles. Our floor plan has the wide...

We're reflooring all our floors including slides with carpet tiles (except bathroom). Typically, the prep work is a bigger job than I think the laying of the tiles will be, but we'll see. We're part way finished removing the old carpet and even the chipboard subfloor looks better than what the...

Just thought I'd add an update to this - service guy came and helped us out with the awning issue. He yanked on the awning fabric harder than we dared to (giving it a shake at the same time), slid the fabric over in its upper track a bit to the left (towards the back), and now it retracts...

Hi there! We're considering putting in Allure ULTRA vinyl plank flooring. I know several of you have put in Allure flooring. Was it the ULTRA or the lesser grade you used? Anyway, Home Depot guy said not to use this type of flooring in a RV (floating lock-together type) because the movement...

Thanks for all your help so far. Hubby tried sliding the awning back into place, but the top edge is anchored to a black rubber strip, and the thing doesn't want to budge! It's slipped so far over to the right edge that you can see a piece of the black rubber strip hanging over the front edge...

I was thinking of laying an area rug over top of the living area carpeting large enough to cover all that old carpeting. I'd have to anchor it somehow because I have experienced the "creeping area rug" phenomenon before. And cut a hole out for the floor register. We never move so I'm not...

Thanks folks! Do we go up on the roof to slide the awning over? Any special tips on doing this?

Hi guys! Help, please, with what's going on with our awning - it's electric. Let's see if I can describe properly. The awning arms have started to misalign, when bringing in the awning the arms don't slip over the part attached to the side, they lean to the side to the right towards the front...

Just recently there was a post re wallpaper for windows to use on clear shower doors. Now can't find it. Where do "read" posts go? Thanks. I've never like the brown/gold squiggley decal-type decorations on the overhead cabinets in the living room (on our 2011 Big Country). Has anyone any...

I'm noticing a smell coming from the air conditioner when I first turn it on every day. Wondering if this is normal and okay, or if there's something we need to be cleaning out. It's kind of unpleasant, kind of musty smelling. I don't remember smelling it other years. Any one else notice...

We have the same problem, how lame can they get!

This has to do with my clothes washer. It's in the front of the trailer. Half way through a load today, it just stopped, it was in the drain and spring cycle. We've done all the troubleshooting recommended in the manual, but it just remains stuck. It has what looks like a full load of water...

Hi Brian, and thanks! Yep, I agree, moving to Calgary wouldn't have been such a "hot" move :) It worked out with Doug's job that we were able to stay on Vancouver Island after all - yippee! because we love it here and we're in such a perfect spot in a great RV park. How do I PM a moderator...

Wondering if I can change our username, or re-register under a new name? We haven't been "twohappycampers" for a long time. We feel very let down with the quality of our Big Country. I haven't posted about even a fraction of the problems we've had and are continuing to have. Thank goodness...

We've had much trouble and expensive repairs with our Suburban furnace - this is the third winter. We didn't want to listen to the warnings of people on this forum and Suburban - "DON'T restrict/close off any of the registers." We hoped we could get away with it because, well, we hated the...

After our one-year old washing machine started leaking water, we decided it was time to have a drain pain. Smart, huh? I have the pan made and am about to install it before replacing the washer. I would simply like to install a drain hose from the pan straight down to the outside in the...

Does anyone here know of an RV park in/near Calgary, Alberta that operates year-round and welcomes full-timers? We're currently living in an RV park in Victoria, BC that has an area set aside specifically for people using their RV's as their permanent residence, perfect for us. We're looking...

Now, how am I going to describe this? The ceiling is made up of white panels of some kind of board, and where the boards meet there is a narrow white strip of something covering the joint. I just noticed that some kind of dark stuff is oozing out along some of the strips. You can wipe the...

We full-time on a permanent site, always have lots of laundry, and really like that we can wash & dry at the same time with our stackables. Ours has a handwash cycle which I absolutely love. I would carefully compare the features before deciding, you know your laundry needs. Some people like...

Anyone else picture an RV sitting there upside down? :eek:

The Precision Temp is propane operated, with 12 volts igniter system for the burners. It is installed exactly where the Surburban 12 gal water tank was. The old one slides out, the new one slides in. The air intake and exhaust are both vented through the removable access door on the exterior...

Thanks so much for your reply, I will try that next. Some things got got to work!

Thanks for your reply, We changed the faucet after installing the new tankless water heater. We replaced the original faucet as it didn't have enough flow rate to allow the heater to work properly. This has improved the function of the heater, however not as hot as in the bathroom sink or...

We have installed a Precision Temp tankless hot water heater. It works awesome in the shower & bathroom sink, the water gets plenty hot. However, the kitchen faucet doesn't have enough water flow for the heater to work properly. According to the technician at Precision Temp, that's the...

Hi, We had the same problem of a sewer smell. It was coming in through the washer drain pipe when we used the auto rain fan in our kitchen area, so I poured enough water into the washer drain pipe to fill the drain trap which blocked any further odours coming in from that source. We also make...

Soooo, that's why it's called a "sink"! We're still dealing with a water heater giving us all kinds of grief (4 service calls so far). Anyway, now we just noticed the kitchen sink is falling through the counter. At the front edge. There's now a gap between the sink and the counter. Don't...

I didn't want a wallpaper border of any kind. So I was happy to find that the existing wallpaper border simply peeled off, no damage to the walls, and no residue to clean off, easy as pie. This hasn't been everyone's experience I know. Maybe worth a try on a hidden area. Mine was some sort...

Hey there everybody! We are thinking of adding a heat pump to the roof of our unit. And were wondering if the location in the front bedroom where the maxi fan is installed is pre-prepped for wiring and venting an additional AC-heat pump. Thanks for any info.

Are you making fun of me?! That's pretty funny word I used, actually, now that you bring it up. :D