OOOPS! --Valence Job

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richard waters

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Peter,
Nice job on the valences!

I finished the living area valances about a month ago. As you know
doing the left valance by the bunk was a challenge. In mine I cut the
valance out on the bottom to follow the contour of the bunk bracket.
That turned out sort of OK. I saw that in Mike Beaton's coach. Your
solution looks nice and neat. I don't really like the way mine turned
out. I might redo it and copy yours.
Richard Waters
'76 PB, Troy, MI

> Sorry, forgot the link:
>
> http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=180485
>
> It's way past my bedtime again!
>
> Peter
> 77 Eleganza II
> Colorado
 
Richard,

Thanks - I attached the short piece of the valance to the bunk bed arm with
a single rivet. As you know there isn't much clearance between that "arm"
and the wall, so it's a tight fit for the blind back there. Spacers might
help. I don't think we'll use the bunk bed a lot, but I wanted it to be
useable, just in case.

Peter
77 Eleganza II
Colorado

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Waters"
To:
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: GMC: OOOPS! --Valence Job

> Peter,
> Nice job on the valences!
>
> I finished the living area valances about a month ago. As you know
> doing the left valance by the bunk was a challenge. In mine I cut the
> valance out on the bottom to follow the contour of the bunk bracket.
> That turned out sort of OK. I saw that in Mike Beaton's coach. Your
> solution looks nice and neat. I don't really like the way mine turned
> out. I might redo it and copy yours.
> Richard Waters
> '76 PB, Troy, MI
>
>
>
>

>
> > Sorry, forgot the link:
> >
> > http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=180485
> >
> > It's way past my bedtime again!
> >
> > Peter
> > 77 Eleganza II
> > Colorado
>
>
 
Peter
I am in the process of redesigning my valences. What base material did
you use? Several people have suggested plastic downspout. Is this the
direction you went or did you use 1/4" plywood or plastic?

Eric Tipton
etipton

- -----Original Message-----
From: Peter Brandt [mailto:schaf]
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 7:21 AM
To: gmcmotorhome
Subject: Re: GMC: OOOPS! --Valence Job

Richard,

Thanks - I attached the short piece of the valance to the bunk bed arm
with
a single rivet. As you know there isn't much clearance between that
"arm"
and the wall, so it's a tight fit for the blind back there. Spacers
might
help. I don't think we'll use the bunk bed a lot, but I wanted it to be
useable, just in case.

Peter
77 Eleganza II
Colorado

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Waters"
To:
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: GMC: OOOPS! --Valence Job

> Peter,
> Nice job on the valences!
>
> I finished the living area valances about a month ago. As you know
> doing the left valance by the bunk was a challenge. In mine I cut the
> valance out on the bottom to follow the contour of the bunk bracket.
> That turned out sort of OK. I saw that in Mike Beaton's coach. Your
> solution looks nice and neat. I don't really like the way mine turned
> out. I might redo it and copy yours.
> Richard Waters
> '76 PB, Troy, MI
>
>
>
>

>
> > Sorry, forgot the link:
> >
> > http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=180485
> >
> > It's way past my bedtime again!
> >
> > Peter
> > 77 Eleganza II
> > Colorado
>
>
 
> Thanks - I attached the short piece of the valance to the bunk bed arm with
> a single rivet. As you know there isn't much clearance between that "arm"
> and the wall, so it's a tight fit for the blind back there. Spacers might
> help. I don't think we'll use the bunk bed a lot, but I wanted it to be
> useable, just in case.
>
> Peter

Yes there very little space between the arm and the wall. What I did to allow
my day/night shades to be able to go all the way down was to make spacer blocks
out of 1" Oak board. The spacers are the same size as the footprint of the
brackets. This allows the shades to go all the way down. They couldn't
before.

I also wanted to be able to use the bunk on occasion. I think in the almost 2
years and close to 20,000 miles that I've had the coach we've used the bunk 2
times. Both times it was very nice to have the bunk for sleeping.
Richard
 
You didn't ask me, but I'll stick my nose in here.

When I made my fabric covered valences I made them from wood. The part that
meets the wall is 1x lumber and it was pine. The part that is parallel to
the blind or shade I made from 1/2 x lumber. It was something they had at
Home Depot. It looked good enough to finish without fabric. In fact it
would have been much easier to just do the natural wood route for me rather
then messing with the padding and upholstery fabric.

The tricky part for me was tracing the contour of the curved wall onto the
1x stock. After I figured out how to do it, it was fairly simple. Just
keep in mind that each curved piece was a little different.
Richard Waters
'76 PB, Troy, MI

> Peter
> I am in the process of redesigning my valences. What base material did
> you use? Several people have suggested plastic downspout. Is this the
> direction you went or did you use 1/4" plywood or plastic?
>
> Eric Tipton
> etipton
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Brandt [mailto:schaf]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 7:21 AM
> To: gmcmotorhome
> Subject: Re: GMC: OOOPS! --Valence Job
>
> Richard,
>
> Thanks - I attached the short piece of the valance to the bunk bed arm
> with
> a single rivet. As you know there isn't much clearance between that
> "arm"
> and the wall, so it's a tight fit for the blind back there. Spacers
> might
> help. I don't think we'll use the bunk bed a lot, but I wanted it to be
> useable, just in case.
>
> Peter
> 77 Eleganza II
> Colorado
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Waters"
> To:
> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 7:41 AM
> Subject: Re: GMC: OOOPS! --Valence Job
>
> > Peter,
> > Nice job on the valences!
> >
> > I finished the living area valances about a month ago. As you know
> > doing the left valance by the bunk was a challenge. In mine I cut the
> > valance out on the bottom to follow the contour of the bunk bracket.
> > That turned out sort of OK. I saw that in Mike Beaton's coach. Your
> > solution looks nice and neat. I don't really like the way mine turned
> > out. I might redo it and copy yours.
> > Richard Waters
> > '76 PB, Troy, MI
> >
> >
> >
> >

> >
> > > Sorry, forgot the link:
> > >
> > > http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=180485
> > >
> > > It's way past my bedtime again!
> > >
> > > Peter
> > > 77 Eleganza II
> > > Colorado
> >
> >
 
What were the dimensions - width and minimum depth?

Eric Tipton
etipton

- -----Original Message-----
From: Richard Waters [mailto:digitek]
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 1:04 PM
To: gmcmotorhome
Subject: Re: GMC: OOOPS! --Valence Job

You didn't ask me, but I'll stick my nose in here.

When I made my fabric covered valences I made them from wood. The part
that
meets the wall is 1x lumber and it was pine. The part that is parallel
to
the blind or shade I made from 1/2 x lumber. It was something they had
at
Home Depot. It looked good enough to finish without fabric. In fact it
would have been much easier to just do the natural wood route for me
rather
then messing with the padding and upholstery fabric.

The tricky part for me was tracing the contour of the curved wall onto
the
1x stock. After I figured out how to do it, it was fairly simple. Just
keep in mind that each curved piece was a little different.
Richard Waters
'76 PB, Troy, MI

> Peter
> I am in the process of redesigning my valences. What base material
did
> you use? Several people have suggested plastic downspout. Is this
the
> direction you went or did you use 1/4" plywood or plastic?
>
> Eric Tipton
> etipton
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Brandt [mailto:schaf]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 7:21 AM
> To: gmcmotorhome
> Subject: Re: GMC: OOOPS! --Valence Job
>
> Richard,
>
> Thanks - I attached the short piece of the valance to the bunk bed arm
> with
> a single rivet. As you know there isn't much clearance between that
> "arm"
> and the wall, so it's a tight fit for the blind back there. Spacers
> might
> help. I don't think we'll use the bunk bed a lot, but I wanted it to
be
> useable, just in case.
>
> Peter
> 77 Eleganza II
> Colorado
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Waters"
> To:
> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 7:41 AM
> Subject: Re: GMC: OOOPS! --Valence Job
>
> > Peter,
> > Nice job on the valences!
> >
> > I finished the living area valances about a month ago. As you know
> > doing the left valance by the bunk was a challenge. In mine I cut
the
> > valance out on the bottom to follow the contour of the bunk bracket.
> > That turned out sort of OK. I saw that in Mike Beaton's coach.
Your
> > solution looks nice and neat. I don't really like the way mine
turned
> > out. I might redo it and copy yours.
> > Richard Waters
> > '76 PB, Troy, MI
> >
> >
> >
> >

> >
> > > Sorry, forgot the link:
> > >
> > > http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=180485
> > >
> > > It's way past my bedtime again!
> > >
> > > Peter
> > > 77 Eleganza II
> > > Colorado
> >
> >
 
Eric,

Sorry for the late reply - I got my valences from Jim Bounds (CoOp), they
are white plastic, 1/8" thick, 2.5"x2.5". It could be something that's used
in construction, or maybe packing - I don't know where he gets them from. I
bought them "pre-cut" (one side of the "L" is cut down to about 1.4" at the
top and bottom and curved to fit the walls), I had to do a little sanding
but they come pretty much ready to install with all the hardware (aluminum L
brackets, rivets and screws). The plastic is really easy to work with, you
can also make your own template and cut them out yourself with a jigsaw.
We glued the fabric to the valances with 3M spray adhesive.
Let me know if you have any more questions!

Peter
77 Eleganza II
Colorado

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Tipton, Eric"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 8:51 AM
Subject: RE: GMC: OOOPS! --Valence Job

> Peter
> I am in the process of redesigning my valences. What base material did
> you use? Several people have suggested plastic downspout. Is this the
> direction you went or did you use 1/4" plywood or plastic?
>
> Eric Tipton
> etipton
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Brandt [mailto:schaf]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 7:21 AM
> To: gmcmotorhome
> Subject: Re: GMC: OOOPS! --Valence Job
>
>
> Richard,
>
> Thanks - I attached the short piece of the valance to the bunk bed arm
> with
> a single rivet. As you know there isn't much clearance between that
> "arm"
> and the wall, so it's a tight fit for the blind back there. Spacers
> might
> help. I don't think we'll use the bunk bed a lot, but I wanted it to be
> useable, just in case.
>
> Peter
> 77 Eleganza II
> Colorado
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Waters"
> To:
> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 7:41 AM
> Subject: Re: GMC: OOOPS! --Valence Job
>
>
> > Peter,
> > Nice job on the valences!
> >
> > I finished the living area valances about a month ago. As you know
> > doing the left valance by the bunk was a challenge. In mine I cut the
> > valance out on the bottom to follow the contour of the bunk bracket.
> > That turned out sort of OK. I saw that in Mike Beaton's coach. Your
> > solution looks nice and neat. I don't really like the way mine turned
> > out. I might redo it and copy yours.
> > Richard Waters
> > '76 PB, Troy, MI
> >
> >
> >
> >

> >
> > > Sorry, forgot the link:
> > >
> > > http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=180485
> > >
> > > It's way past my bedtime again!
> > >
> > > Peter
> > > 77 Eleganza II
> > > Colorado
> >
> >
>
 
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