So finally my schedule is somewhat winding down and now I will have more time to devote to the trailer. Plus my dad is back from his travels and he is the master carpenter in the family. Between his carpentry skills and my welding and fabrications skills we will have something workable.
So what we are looking at is the back of the trailer. The kitchen will be accessible from the back. The blue outline shows the area that I will have to work with. Area to the right is the bathroom on the inside which means it's off limits
The lower horizontal line is the level of cooktop and sink. It's somewhat lower then what you would want if the trailer was parked on the flat ground but more often then not I found that the the back end of the trailer usually sits higher then the ground behind it and I don't want to be standing on the stool to get to it
Now there are two routes that I am considering going with and each route has two variations itself. So here goes nothing:
1. Back swings (out or up - these are the two options within the options - I'll get into the details below) within the outside blue lines. The kitchen top is inside and the opening is where I work. Upside more wind protection - downside, less storage space.
2. Back swings (same caveat as above) and the lower blue rectangle pulls out on slides with the stove top and sink.
The two options for covering the opening are: swing up or swing out to the side.
A. Swing the back "door" up
B. Swing the back "door" to the side
Option A makes perfect sense in the respect that it becomes my "shade/roof" to protect from direct rain or sun.
Option B makes sense because especially with option 2 as I might not have to be lifting up from as high of a position since there is no need for an opening any more bur rather just covering/protecting the slide.
So... choices choices choices....... I'm leaning more towards 2B with the door being tall enough to offer wind protection to the stove from at least one the side s. If I make it tall enough it could be support for some sort of a roof.
One thing I forgot to add is that the kitchen table top will be 18x38. Btw if I go with the slide option I will have a flip up shelf extension to the side making the kitchen space bigger.
One more edit - can anyone recommend some good drawer slides? I only need about 18 inches.
So what we are looking at is the back of the trailer. The kitchen will be accessible from the back. The blue outline shows the area that I will have to work with. Area to the right is the bathroom on the inside which means it's off limits
The lower horizontal line is the level of cooktop and sink. It's somewhat lower then what you would want if the trailer was parked on the flat ground but more often then not I found that the the back end of the trailer usually sits higher then the ground behind it and I don't want to be standing on the stool to get to it
Now there are two routes that I am considering going with and each route has two variations itself. So here goes nothing:
1. Back swings (out or up - these are the two options within the options - I'll get into the details below) within the outside blue lines. The kitchen top is inside and the opening is where I work. Upside more wind protection - downside, less storage space.
2. Back swings (same caveat as above) and the lower blue rectangle pulls out on slides with the stove top and sink.
The two options for covering the opening are: swing up or swing out to the side.
A. Swing the back "door" up
B. Swing the back "door" to the side
Option A makes perfect sense in the respect that it becomes my "shade/roof" to protect from direct rain or sun.
Option B makes sense because especially with option 2 as I might not have to be lifting up from as high of a position since there is no need for an opening any more bur rather just covering/protecting the slide.
So... choices choices choices....... I'm leaning more towards 2B with the door being tall enough to offer wind protection to the stove from at least one the side s. If I make it tall enough it could be support for some sort of a roof.
One thing I forgot to add is that the kitchen table top will be 18x38. Btw if I go with the slide option I will have a flip up shelf extension to the side making the kitchen space bigger.
One more edit - can anyone recommend some good drawer slides? I only need about 18 inches.
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