Saturday, yesterday, was preparation to start with, I had to double check all my roof wiring, mentally go through where each wire was going to end up, what it was going to power, and make sure it was all in the right place.
So that is where I started. I ran a new wire from front to back, especially for the Earth on the leisure battery, making all my switches easier to wire in. Tidied all the cabling runs and fixed them to the ceiling via the metal strengthening bars. The wiring for the side lights, tv, and coax, I fed down the sides, drilled holes in the wall roughly where the cupboards will be either side, and fed the wires through so they will essentially drop in to the cupboards when they are there.
I realised I wanted another 12v socket up by the roof light to power a Fiamma Turbo Vent when needed over the kitchen area. So fed a new wire that finished by that, it will be a permanently on socket, so no need to run to the front switches.
I then fed all the front to back wires out the side of the roof at the front and down into the front blower area rather than draped across the front.
As you can see, much neater and much more ordered, and very 'prepared' :).
With that done, I had a quick tidy up, took all the stuff out except essentials, swept up, and basically readied everything for the roof panel to go back in.
With all that done, the next job was the roof panel itself. Since I took it down, its been sat under our car port getting dirtier and dirtier, so the first job was to get it laid out on a couple of camping tables, and wash it off.
Whilst still finding time for a cheesy selfie ......
Once cleaned, I sprayed the area around the roof fan hole with contact adhesive, and also sprayed the two plastic sections that filled in the old light hole and made it round.
Using a decent adhesive the plastic stuck together perfectly. There was nothing else to do now, except go for it, and cut some carpet to size ready to roll on and glue.
Clipping it to one side so the carpet didnt move, I sprayed, and sprayed, and sprayed ! After the fiasco of the first carpeting, I was taking no chances that this carpet was going to start fallimg down !
It stuck much better than that time, and molded perfectly to everything underneath. I was working to the clock now, I wanted to get the second piece done before our trip to Bristol to watch the Bristol Ladies take on the Everton Ladies in football. (I am happy to say Bristol won a very fast paced game 5-2 !).
So that is what I did...
Spraying extra glue near the seam with the first piece.
Once that piece was good and stuck, I flipped the panel over, then using electrical tape, stuck a piece adjacent to each screw fixing hole on either side.
Then, again, spraying copious amounts of adehesive, worked on folding the excess carpet over and sticking it to the underside, leaving a nice neat finish to fix back up to the inside.
I actually used the contact adhesive from B&M for this bit, after the sticks like nails foam tape, I was curious as to whether this was just as bad. I am happy to say it was not, and did a good job of sticking it down, while the natural tendency of the carpet was to bounce back straight ! No trickery in the above two photos, it definitely stuck :).
With all this done, it was time to go wash, and get ready for our match, so very carefully, I picked up the panel and put it in the back of Nina, away from the dirt and pet hair of the car port.
Location:Gloucester
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