Kingsley Cabinet Doors (reply)

[mark grady]

Interesting situation.

I personally like the way the louvers look, plus they are light weight. I've
talked to others who don't like them at all.

Ours rattled like an aggravated snake when we went down the road. I re-glued
the louvers in the frames with Elmers' colored glue on the back side. Now
they're both quiet and solid. Maybe '77 was the last year for the louvered
doors.

Mark
'77K
mgrady

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gmcmotorhome
> [mailtowner-gmcmotorhome]On Behalf Of
> Gplymate
> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 1999 12:51 PM
> To: gmcmotorhome
> Subject: GMC: Kingsley Cabinet Doors
>
>
> My '78 Kingsley has solid oak raised panel cabinet doors. I've
> seen the same
> door on a neighbor's '77 Eleganza. This is a BAD door. They
> were incorrectly
> made. The panel does not have any room for expansion. When the
> humidity gets
> high, the panel swells and breaks a corner joint on the
> surrounding frame. On
> my coach, every door is cracked on one corner. They cannot be repaired.
> Every door must be replaced if I want them to look good. Like Arch sez,
> nothing's perfect!
>
> Glenn
> 78 K OR
>

 

[roger black]

Arch,
While you have the floors to redo, have you thought about adding the infloor
water heating tubing system? You can use the engine coolant when running
without lighting the heater (supposedly dangerous) and run the water heater
at night. Eliminates the existing heater, blower, ducts, etc. Run a small
water pump off the water heater attached to a thermostat to pump water
throughout your whole coach at night or when the engine isn't running. Use
the same thermostat to control a valve from the engine coolant. Figured
you would be the one to try a different approach. Those floor tiles
wouldn't be cold on your feet during the winter.
Roger

 

[roger black]

Ooops! Didn't think that one out completely. Forget using engine coolant,
just the water heater and the water would be recycled back into the water
heater. No additional weight and less weight with elimination of heater and
ducts. Water heater could run off of electricity when moving, then gas or
electricity when parked.

Roger