Renovations on our Sea View

[toadog]

I like the look, I have always liked anything but gold look. A lot the boats I ran had real gold and when it wore off you had to go them re-plaited.

[kerrbe]

I took all of mine off and painted them a bronze brown color with hammered paint and primer all in one. $7.00 at HD. Did all the hinges also.

[SeaViewCindy]

This is beatiful...exactly what I'd like to do to mine. But it looks like a lot of work and a lot of $. I'll add it to my wish list. Thanks for the inspiration.

[jmr123]

I know I'm late on this but very impressed and motivated by your renovation—beautiful!
Just purchased a 1998 Sea View 8310 which looks almost the same with identical floor plan. Pulled all the carpet and bought wood floor. Getting ready to install myself, but wasn't sure how to get to the carpet under the slide out. Thanks for pics and advice.

[jclarkfork]

Originally Posted by jmr123

I know I'm late on this but very impressed and motivated by your renovation—beautiful!
Just purchased a 1998 Sea View 8310 which looks almost the same with identical floor plan. Pulled all the carpet and bought wood floor. Getting ready to install myself, but wasn't sure how to get to the carpet under the slide out. Thanks for pics and advice.

Be sure to remove the dinette bench seats. In order to remove the drawers you lift up the floor of the drawer to expose the screws for the glides holding it in. remove the screws and then the drawers. When all that is out you will see two white nylon blocks screwed to the floor. I removed them and then just cut the carpet back as far as i could under the slide. After putting the wood down reinstall the white blocks for the slide to glide on. The only part that will show is in the center of the dinette booth and that is why I installed the brown rubber trim piece. Good luck on your project and post some pics as you go.

[Ericdes]

I really hope the owner of this thread is still here.

I want to do the same to mine. Same year and model. I was really wondering how the slides worked on ours, I see no rollers but as I understand it there are blocks with vinyl on top on the floor to make it slide.

Questions:
1) how did you get the floor instated under the kitchen counter?
2) if I install laminate, these blocks will not be tall enough and there will be a big gap between the floor and slide. I could lift the blocks with wood but I assume there will be air entering from that bigger gap.

Nice work!

[01breeze]

Your work is beautiful, I would like to do mine the same way, have some questions:

What carpet is left, is it new, or what was already in the coach?

I have heard that it is necessary to take the slide out to get under it. Is that true? How do you get the old carpet out from under the slide? How do you get the new flooring under the slide?

What kind of flooring is it? Is it vinyl tile, Pergo, etc.?

[chboone]

Originally Posted by Ericdes

I really hope the owner of this thread is still here.

I want to do the same to mine. Same year and model. I was really wondering how the slides worked on ours, I see no rollers but as I understand it there are blocks with vinyl on top on the floor to make it slide.

Questions:
1) how did you get the floor instated under the kitchen counter?
2) if I install laminate, these blocks will not be tall enough and there will be a big gap between the floor and slide. I could lift the blocks with wood but I assume there will be air entering from that bigger gap.

Nice work!

The OP may still be around. However, he hasn't posted anything since 3/2013.

Chuck

[two slides]

Jclarkford--------just came across these pictures of your rv. looks like all your hard work is starting come to an end.

now for a bit of I told you so ----------all you SEA VIEW owners with those CRAPPY basement doors made by Ortega, they will Crack & Break when outside temporatures drop to around 10 degrees. National replaced mine 2 times before they closed shop. mine are cracked right now, I have to store it outside in winter in my driveway. Ortega now makes replacement doors in fiberglass but are too pricey for me. so be sure you can keep yours stored inside in winter if you live in a cold climate area like me. jclarkford, I assume IDAHO gets quite cold in winter, so I wouldn't want to see all your hard work inside looking good & outside looking like mine.


2000 Sea View 8341 model/2 slides
saturn toad

[Richard S.]

The bad doors were made in house by National RV, Ortega Mfg. bought the tooling when National closed. Ortega converted the tooling to produce fiberglass parts.

[jclarkfork]

Originally Posted by Ericdes

I really hope the owner of this thread is still here.

I want to do the same to mine. Same year and model. I was really wondering how the slides worked on ours, I see no rollers but as I understand it there are blocks with vinyl on top on the floor to make it slide.

Questions:
1) how did you get the floor instated under the kitchen counter?
2) if I install laminate, these blocks will not be tall enough and there will be a big gap between the floor and slide. I could lift the blocks with wood but I assume there will be air entering from that bigger gap.

Nice work!

I just used a utility knife to cut the carpet and existing vinyl out from under the kitchen and dinette section of the slide. I did not remove the slide. I used vinyl plank flooring that was pre clued but I still put adhesive on the floor before putting it down. Don't worry about the slide it will still slide in over the top of the new vinyl without touching it. There is no change in gap in the rear of the slide and in the front I added a piece of Hard rubber molding in between the bench seats. Regarding the doors cracking, the MH had some minor cracks in some of the doors when I got it. I stopped drilled them at that time and have not had any other problems. I have kept it inside my shop during the winter, but it was not heated. We are now in AZ over the winter so not a problem. I did install new carpet in the front, dog house and Rear Bedroom. Could have done vinyl up front put would have been a bunch of cuts around the dog house and the dog house would still have to be carpeted . Any other questions let me know

[Tony H]

I've only seen one fiberglass replacement compartment door on a National RV like mine and its surface was smooth, not dimpled like the originals. I don't know who the maker was.

Are the Ortega replacements smooth or do they replicate the surface texture of the originals?

Thanks,

[two slides]

Originally Posted by Richard S.

The bad doors were made in house by National RV, Ortega Mfg. bought the tooling when National closed. Ortega converted the tooling to produce fiberglass parts.

I don't think National made the doors.

my repair orders that came from the dealer when mine were replaced said manufactured by a company called DEL CRAFT plastics. they were made with a product called CENTREX plastic. I don't think National owned DEL CRAFT plastics. Ortega did buy them out & sold the plastic doors for a number of years before making them in fiberglass.

[Ericdes]

Apart from the doors cracking, is there a possibility that they can seperate? I have two doors that have cracked from the outside and the inside pretty close to each other but the doors still seem solid even at the bottom. I will be rindorcing the interior with steel glued to it. I live in Quebec canada so cold weather is unavoidable.