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Adding a trash can to the kitchen

Greetings everyone,

One of the little things that nagged at me since I first walked through my coach was the question of - What do I do with my trash? I don't see anywhere in the kitchen to put a trash can. Did not want to have a bag laying under the sink.

When I pulled the icemaker (moldy and smelly and crusty), I decided to leave it out and use the space for a trash can. Seemed like a good use of that space. I finally found what I was looking for here --> CabinetPartsDirect - Rev-A-Shelf 4WCTM-1516DM-1 Top Mount Reduced Depth . It is a reduced depth model, which clears the water heater and plumbing. Also added a lid to the order.

I made a door out of leftover melamine sheet I used to build my desk, and trimmed it with some walnut. I let that walnut and the trim on my desk sit in the sun for months until it was the color of beach sand, in order to lighten it to better match the 20 year old wood in the coach. But as soon as I applied the finsh (clear Watco danish oil) it went dark again. Well, it'll lighten up over time... The bottom part of the cabinet was water damaged and delaminated from the leaking icemaker, so I glued what I could back together and added a piece of walnut to the bottom along the floor. Kind of fits the trim on the door.

I had to add spacers to each side of the cabinet opening to mount the stationary part of the slides. Then the unit just slides and latches in. The can holds a standard 13 gallon trash bag, and it's the first trash can I've found that actually uses most of the available space of the bag.

I think it's very handy and convenient in that space. Works for me.  :) Pics of the installation below.

Steve

Re: Adding a trash can to the kitchen

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Quote from: Merle Hench –
...I think it's very handy and convenient in that space. Works for me.  :) Pics of the installation below.

Another fantastic job. I'd build one of these myself (we never have used the ice maker but might use it as an auxiliary freezer at some point)... except we have the trash compactor; and it works. :)

Craig

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Nice job!

Re: Adding a trash can to the kitchen

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Appreciate the kind words. Thank you.  :)

Never had a trash compactor. I have the booth dinette, which automatically nixes that option. As a kid, my idea of trash compaction was stomping soda cans flat before tossing them away.  ;D

Now I just gotta figure out where to put the dog's water dish where I won't kick it every time I'm in the kitchen.  ::)

Steve

Re: Adding a trash can to the kitchen

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Quote from: Merle Hench –
Never had a trash compactor. I have the booth dinette, which automatically nixes that option. As a kid, my idea of trash compaction was stomping soda cans flat before tossing them away.  ;D

When we had a restaurant (the "Iron Horse Restaurant near the old Kingdome in Seattle's Pioneer Square area) we called it "dumpster dancing". :)

I especially like your photos. Clear and easy to understand.

We got-what-we-got when we bought a new-to-us coach, of course. The little bit of extra storage is nice (and the trash compactor - which would make a good garbage container even if it didn't work) is handy. We have a mini-dinette (one-person booth) which is great for making lunch while underway (relatively secure seating) but I think our next Foretravel will be a 40-footer with a dining table. The convertible table in the salon is not as nice and often one of us sits at the booth while the other eats at that table.

What I'd like to do is build a table that makes use of the two front seats (which are under-utilized in our coach) as a dining area. Hmmm.....

Craig

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Hi Craig,

Yeah, that dinette booth, while meant for two, is really for one person. It works for me as it's just me and my dog. It's one of the reasons that, while lots of people looked at the coach, no one wanted it, because they all had kids and wanted a 4 seat dining table.

Lots of room there when you take out the seats and pull-out table. Could do a lot with that space. Food for thought.

Steve

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Check the floor at both ends of the Sofa for table sockets, about 3" dia., it's possible they were covered over with carpet.  With the addition of those two tables that solves the eating space problem.
Took out the 100lb. compactor last year, trash can in it's place works very well.
 

Re: Adding a trash can to the kitchen

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Quote from: Alfred –
Check the floor at both ends of the Sofa for table sockets, about 3" dia., it's possible they were covered over with carpet.  With the addition of those two tables that solves the eating space problem.
Took out the 100lb. compactor last year, trash can in it's place works very well.
Hee Hee - mine is covered with hard wood flooring.  But I do like the idea of removing the trash compactor, which still works, and replacing it with a trash can.  In fact, I currently hid the trash can it the compactor!  Nice job Merle!!!