Under Sink mod for Nuevo Classic
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Under Sink mod for Nuevo Classic
by bulldog01 Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:16 am
We thought the area under the sink of our 2008 Nuevo Classic needed to be improved and make life easier. We decided to put drawers in the space and took a look in IKEA. In the nursery section we found an open cupboard with various sizes of plastic box drawers and you could purchase the drawers separately which gave us the idea of fitting them in our problem area.
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The area was separated into two with a piece of MDF wood one side would hold one small and one large box drawer and the other side would hold three small box drawers.
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I used aluminium channel for runners screwed and glued to batons these were fixed to the sides of the cupboard after marking out the correct measurements to take the boxes
The batons enabled the boxes to clear the cupboard doors when they are being pulled out. The centre runners were glued and screwed onto the MDF board to correspond with the height of the ones fixed onto the sides of the cupboards.
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Once they were all in place I secured the centre piece of MDF with wooden batons, the top ones screwed into place and the bottom ones just glued. This seems to be ok although we have not been away in it yet since I've done it, but we've loaded them up with the stuff out of the old boxes and all seems to be well.
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Material List : -
1 large box - No 956-851-00
4 small boxes - No 800-892-39 from IKEA
2 Aluminium channel 15mm x15mm 15mm x1.5thk
All wood/MDF, no nails glue and screws plus above channel from B & Q (bought on Wednesday with 10% off)
Costings
Plastic drawer boxes £9.00
2 aluminium channels £22.52
Assorted screws £4.22
Wood and MDF £24.32
No nails glue £5.98
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The area was separated into two with a piece of MDF wood one side would hold one small and one large box drawer and the other side would hold three small box drawers.
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I used aluminium channel for runners screwed and glued to batons these were fixed to the sides of the cupboard after marking out the correct measurements to take the boxes
The batons enabled the boxes to clear the cupboard doors when they are being pulled out. The centre runners were glued and screwed onto the MDF board to correspond with the height of the ones fixed onto the sides of the cupboards.
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Once they were all in place I secured the centre piece of MDF with wooden batons, the top ones screwed into place and the bottom ones just glued. This seems to be ok although we have not been away in it yet since I've done it, but we've loaded them up with the stuff out of the old boxes and all seems to be well.
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Material List : -
1 large box - No 956-851-00
4 small boxes - No 800-892-39 from IKEA
2 Aluminium channel 15mm x15mm 15mm x1.5thk
All wood/MDF, no nails glue and screws plus above channel from B & Q (bought on Wednesday with 10% off)
Costings
Plastic drawer boxes £9.00
2 aluminium channels £22.52
Assorted screws £4.22
Wood and MDF £24.32
No nails glue £5.98
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Re: Under Sink mod for Nuevo Classic
by Peter Brown Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:29 am
Annoyingly I've got nowhere I can incorporate your excellent modification.
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Re: Under Sink mod for Nuevo Classic
by nevergiveup Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:14 am
I think thats brilliant, very detailed, pity our nearest IKEA is southampton!
Thanks Brian.
Thanks Brian.
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Re: Under Sink mod for Nuevo Classic
by modelman Mon Jul 29, 2013 4:16 pm
What a lovely job, a great improvement, tidy too. 
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Re: Under Sink mod for Nuevo Classic
by Tonyt Mon Jul 29, 2013 4:21 pm
Peter Brown wrote:Annoyingly I've got nowhere I can incorporate your excellent modification.
Peter
Easy solved - sell what you have and buy a Nuevo - simples!
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Re: Under Sink mod for Nuevo Classic
by murph Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:02 pm
Hi Brian,
For the benefit of anybody else who wants to modify their kitchen, here is a photo of my version, which I suspect gave you the idea of improving yours, obviously different people will have there own ideas on this but I am not a fan of cupboards in motorhomes which often mean crawling on the floor to reach the back of the cupboard, drawers are much more connvenient.
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For the benefit of anybody else who wants to modify their kitchen, here is a photo of my version, which I suspect gave you the idea of improving yours, obviously different people will have there own ideas on this but I am not a fan of cupboards in motorhomes which often mean crawling on the floor to reach the back of the cupboard, drawers are much more connvenient.
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Re: Under Sink mod for Nuevo Classic
by bulldog01 Wed Jul 31, 2013 2:43 pm
We have always given you credit Brian for your creations and yes it was you that inspired both myself and Roger on mods to the vans
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Re: Under Sink mod for Nuevo Classic
by LUX Wed Jul 31, 2013 5:10 pm
Looks briliiant! Sending Les out with the tape measure as we speak!
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Re: Under Sink mod for Nuevo Classic
by inspiredron Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:38 pm
And Nuevos since 2012 have had drawers on theleft side of that cupboard with a single door instead of the double one. They must have sen your mod, Murph!
I like the way you store pan lids!
I like the way you store pan lids!
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by murph Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:33 am
Hi All,
I forgot to mention that my version uses the drawer runners from an old office desk but if you dont have such a thing B&Q sell them in various lengths. the pan lid retainers are simply lengths of curtain wire. you may also notice that the doors are now a bifold rather than 2 seperate doors, if you do anything like this dont forget to mount the kettle and teapot at the front for extra convenience.
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I forgot to mention that my version uses the drawer runners from an old office desk but if you dont have such a thing B&Q sell them in various lengths. the pan lid retainers are simply lengths of curtain wire. you may also notice that the doors are now a bifold rather than 2 seperate doors, if you do anything like this dont forget to mount the kettle and teapot at the front for extra convenience.
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Re: Under Sink mod for Nuevo Classic
by inspiredron Thu Aug 01, 2013 2:11 pm
Only up to 2011. Models made in 2012 and later have 4 drawers on the left and a cutlery drawer plus a cupboard on the right.murph wrote:you may also notice that the doors are now a bifold rather than 2 seperate doors,
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by murph Thu Aug 01, 2013 6:23 pm
Hi All,
Could,nt afford a 2011 or later model ours is built 2004 registered 2005.
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Could,nt afford a 2011 or later model ours is built 2004 registered 2005.
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