Fruits Of My Labor (A-113)

[Tony G]

Along with the wiring chase I made way for the plumbing to run from the head in the v-berth back to the holding tank under the cockpit much like Theis' set-up.

I used short pieces of PVC just large enough in diameter to allow the 'flexable' plumbing to run through the bulkheads and setee dividers. The flexible plumbing will be caulked where it passes through the PVC stubs so the setees will be water tight (in theory).

The edges of the holes were coated with unthickened epoxy first, then the PVC was wrapped in wetted matt and carefully 'twisted' into place. Later, after given a little sanding an epoxy fillet was added to smooth things out.

Being these funiture pieces are not really structural and I wanted to expedite the whole process and save a little epoxy, I hot-glued these little styro wedges in for 'fast fillets'. A quick pass with a 1-1/2" sanding drum chucked in a drill gives a nice smooth form to lay tabbing over.