1971 FAN Travel Trailer Renovation on Bronco Drive

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This is the final version of our Bronco Drive, Zolfo Springs, FL, 1971 FAN Travel Trailer shower and toilet renovation The good people at HASH Plumbing in Wauchula, did a superb job in what they now call the smallest bath area they ever installed! At least now, when we drop the soap, we do not have to open the door to retrieve it. Before they arrived, I completely gutted the entire shower/toilet area that measures about 30 inches by about 56 inches and 6 feet 4 inches in height. The one piece fiberglass shower and sink unit came out with some 20 cuts with my sawzall. The trailer was actually built around this unit and it was not the best of designs, but worked fine. Just outdated in its avocado green color (ugh!) and space use. I then removed the unused plastic black water tank still under the flooring (and found two cans of food from 1971 still edible (no....I did not taste them!). I removed all the wall surfaces down to the studs, cleaned up some wiring (low voltage) and added a significant amount of dead wood to beef up certain sections of the wall areas (thin by necessity) to handle the heavy new sink installation. We ordered a beautiful while porcelain corner sink and a high end RV toilet by Thetford (Bravura). Once all that was done, Benny Hash and his crew came in to re-plumb the sink and shower into two separate runs, installed the new tile flooring (matches the vinyl slate-look floor tile perfectly) and then all the new fiberglass reinforced panels in a white pebble design on all wall and ceiling surfaces. The door opening was trimmed out from the inside (I will finish the exterior trim shortly) and then we finished the pretty stuff, thanks to my wife, Karen. Navy blue trim around the window/screen opening was installed, a new towel bar with matching Navy and white towels was put in place and a high tech fabric shower curtain was put up that sheds water just like heavy vinyl. And it does! Now, with the tankless water heater by Excel America (installed earlier by HASH plumbing that services the entire trailer), it is a joy to finish the day with a nice HOT shower (and no limits on how long, too). The total for everything installed was about $3,400.00 and well worth it. HASH plumbing did a superb job and in record time. The floor drain was rerouted for better flow to the septic pipes under the trailer (it drains to a small septic system the previous owner installed a while back and works perfectly) and the tile floor is nearly bone dry after our showers with a nice pitch from the tile floor to the drain. Head room was increased by about a good 6 inches or so since we no longer needed the floor raised to accommodate the black water tank. Its removal also gave us a big storage area under the head of our sleep area that housed much of the tank. Yea! Dry, carpeted and air vented to the outside via a screened in hatch that was once covering the old hot water heater (long ago discarded for the tankless system (do this if you have not yet!). Many thanks to the HASH plumbers and Benny Hash, owner. Great people to work with and very reasonable in their pricing. DONE!