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Cabinet Removal
Steve Huber:
Keith, All,
Thanks for the inputs. I also spoke w/Jim Sizemore. He indicated the front cabinets in our Marquis were installed as a single unit so cutting would be necessary after I remove the bottom padded panel. I also noted that the cabinet "ceiling" is just 1/8' panel so I'll need to install a plywood panel from the aluminum frame to support the TV. Will need to do much more measuring, etc before I decide on direction to go here.
Steve
Gerald Farris:
Steve,
I am at the house here in Arizona now, and my Marquis has already had a 40 inch installed above the dash. So when you get a chance the next week or so, come over for dinner and check out the installation on our coach to see if that is what you want to do.
Gerald
Joel Weiss:
On my coach the panel under those center cabinets appears to contain the intake duct for the windshield fans that operate off a dashboard switch. Are you proposing to remove that lower panel (underneath the cabinets) or are you planning on having the TV "slide" into the opening where the 3 cabinet doors would have been? I assume you would have to build the front cabinet edge out since my cabinets aren't deep enough to hold a 40" TV (even the new ones that are virtually frameless).
Steve Huber:
Joel,
On my coach I'm thinking about removing the 2 center cabinets (between the tube TV cabinet and the DVD cabinet). Then I'd replace the 1/8" panel ceiling with 1/2-5/8 plywood, reattach the upholstered section (currently below the 2 cabinets). I'd hang the TV from that, as close to the windshield as practical and build a cherry wood surround to finish it. I'd also have to finish the tube TV and DVD cabinet edges where I removed the center cabinets as the TV would be inset a few inches from the existing cabinet fronts. I don't plan on using any slides or swing mounts.
The only "obstruction" so to speak is the curtain track that I think I could mount on part of the TV mounting frame. The fan intakes on mine are in the tube TV cabinet so no issue there.
A couple of other thoughts are to mount a 26-32' on the door I build for the tube TV cabinet. I did this on my Contessa and it worked out well. Or, mount a 29-32" below the existing 2 center cabinets. Biggest issue for me is that whatever I decide on cannot present any "head-knocker" issues when entering or exiting the coach.
Steve
Steve Huber:
Gerald,
THANKS for the invite! Will email you to follow up.
Steve
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