Repair Number One and It Only Got Worse From There!

Monday, Oct. 28 .  Well, the first repair on order was the leak under the kitchen floor.   The technicians tore up the old floor, which was replaced once at the Hitchhiker factory for the same problem. On the 2nd repair, RV Renovators discovered an opening in the underbelly above a tire.  That is where they believe rain water and moisture got up under the flooring and loosened it.  So the hole was was fixed, new sub-flooring and flooring put down.  Looks nice.  A little darker than the sample I chose, but I can live with it.  Here is our little home all torn up.
  
For three days, we had to be away from the RV during the daytime.  That was fun trying to find things to do!  Let’s see-library, Wal-Mart, shop the craft stores, walk the mall, order a few truck parts, shop the craft stores, eat every meal out.  Did I mention shop the craft stores!??!  Not a problem for ME! 
After Wednesday, we have been able to come and go as we please.  The floor is in and so is the new stove/stovetop.  We wanted a new microwave, but they don’t make them anymore in the same size as what we have now.  It would be too complicated and expensive to refigure the cabinet area, so we will go with what we have.  
   
The painful part of our repair process is something we didn’t expect.  After a strip of covering was removed on the side of the hitch area, the estimator immediately said we may have an insurance claim involved.  There is movement in the hitch part of the RV and that could be anything from a broken weld joint to a break in the frame.   We are talking another couple thousand dollars.  Good grief!  The insurance adjuster came by Thursday, and we are still waiting for word for approval to open up the front of our RV and see what is going on.  Hopefully that will be on Monday.  Just the thought of doing that makes me ill.   Will the repair shop be able to get it back together as good as new?  I am holding my breath.   Think I’ll stand on the street corner and hold up my sign that reads “will work for repairs”! 

In the meantime, no further work has been done since Wednesday at noon, and the shop doesn’t work on Saturdays.  So here we sit through the weekend as if we are security guards!  We still have the gate key to come and go, but it is getting very frustrating waiting around for work to be completed.  This gives true meaning to patience being a virtue!!  I am still a little uneasy at night being backed up to a neighborhood and barking dogs and on a rather busy street.

Saga to be continued ………..