RV Heating Mod: Unused Furnace Duct Redirected to Keep Your Feet Warm

As a result of the open air design on all four sides of an RV, the temperature outside can play a noticeable role in overall comfort. Nothing tends to be as noticeable as a cool evening. RV heating isn’t exactly perfect and even the nicest of days can lead to the heat being on in…

Keep The Creepy-Crawlies Out With These RV Bug Screen Mods

Insects are some of the most clever infiltrators of private space in existence. Its perhaps worse in a RV than anywhere else. That’s why a RV bug screen mod may be just what the RV tech ordered. A contributor to the forest river forums named “Night Stone” just recently completed a RV mod to install RV bug…

RV Latch for Doors and Storage Refurbished and Custom Painted

The RV door latch is easily one of the areas that takes the biggest beating and is subject to overuse. It only takes a few trips to start to see the wear on the RV basement door latches and on the entry RV latch. The discoloration tends to show the RV’s age long before the…

RV Storage Ideas: LoopIts – Stretch and Store by Quirky

The search for RV storage ideas is probably a perpetual one for many of us. We will always have more stuff and look for clever ways to store that stuff but still make it accessible. Regardless of how organized and efficient we are with space there will always be underutilized areas around the RV. When…

Vintage RV: Restored 1971 Layton Travel Trailer

A 24ft 1971 Layton Trailer. The 70’s don’t seem that long ago yet a quick Google search for a Vintage RV from Layton in this era yields surprisingly little results. This shows not only how vintage this travel trailer is but also that it’s a rare RV as well. Speaking of search, I found out…

RV Basement Storage for Folding Chairs Using Plywood Dividers

The RV basement storage areas in the various RV’s we have owned always start out with the best intentions with simple and useful organization. Eventually, the quality attributes fade and chaos takes over turning the RV basement storage areas into one created by a lazy college kid who is mad at this father for waking…

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