Under sink cabinet drawer and shelf

Spruce1

We like our drawer under the passenger side bench so much I added one in the cabinet under the sink in our 2014 Max S.  The drawer is 10"wide x 7"height x 16"deep (outside dimensions).  It's mounted on 16" slider.  To clear the front lip I had to raise the slider track about 3/4".  Above the drawer I added a small shelf for our dish dryer rack.  We still have a bit of organizing to do as you see in the top photo.  I just wanted to show how the space looks fully stocked

Nomad

Nice.

Cyclonic

Nice, clean mod, I like it.

ChanW

Nice job. Thanks Spruce1, Just what I've been trying to figure out.

Our sink drain line runs differently from yours. Ours is in the front of the cabinet, not the back. 

But the drawer and shelf is just the ticket!

ChanW

So Spruce1, where is that drain line routed in the bottom cupboard? Does it come back to the front-left of the cupboard?

ScottG

ChanW said:

So Spruce1, where is that drain line routed in the bottom cupboard? Does it come back to the front-left of the cupboard?

That's what mine does (2015-S). Looks just like Spruce1's up top, but comes forward just below the floor of the upper cabinet. Necessary, I assume, so the drain can reach the gray-water tank.

ChanW

I see. Thanks ScottG. 

I think our drain line wasn't quite yet perfected... 

I wonder if I can get at that lower area well enough to re-route the line. It would certainly be worth the effort. However, I haven't got a clue how they got their hands in there to connect up the fresh water tank's lines. Tiny hands? It might have to wait to be a winter project.

ScottG

Yeah, tiny hands or not, there's definitely some inaccessible utilities in my T@B (particularly in the wall cavity behind the toilet). All I can figure is that things were installed during a certain point in the build, and then permanently enclosed.

Hope I never need to get to those areas. Glad I own a Sawzall...  :-) 

Cyclonic

Yes, basically the utilities are installed before the roof, so tiny hands are not needed.

ScottG

Nice pics, Cyclonic. Do you happen to have one of the final framing just before the roof goes on? I'm particularly interested in the layout/construction of the aluminum struts that support the roof.

Another recent thread discussed the installation of the Yakima rack on a non-Outback T@B. Ratkity gave a great description of how she installed hers, but a photo of the actual skeleton would be helpful in visualizing how it all goes together.

Cyclonic

This is one I have from the front, taken in 2014.  I don't think much has changed since then.  I'll have to look and see if I have anything newer or better.

Cyclonic

OK, this was in 2015, in the new factory.  They prefabricate the roof and install it once the interior work is finished.

ScottG

Perfect--thanks, Cyclonic. That's just what I was envisioning based on Ratkity's description!

Nomad

So, it would be this looking down from the top toward the front window I guess...

ScottG

I think so. Ratkity said the struts were 8" on center throughout--and that looks about right.

But...how is that tiny woman able to walk up and down the walls like that?

Sorry, @Spruce1. I think I derailed your thread. Nice job with those cabinets!

Nomad

I think she's related to Spiderman.

ChanW

I knew it. Tiny hands are used to put it together!

ChanW

Thanks for the images Cyclonic, they're helpful, or revealing, so to speak. Later year than ours, but interesting to see what they've done.

What are those two heavy black hoses on the right side of the second photo?

ScottG

Lines to the Alde reservoir? It looks like the model with the closet instead of the bathroom.

Oh! Maybe it's a heater to keep your clothes warm? (Doncha' just hate chilly closets?)

ChanW

Ah, that would 'splain it. I thought it didn't look quite like a bathroom.

(Although I do like the idea of a heated bathroom...)

Cyclonic

Pretty sure it is a clamshell.

Spruce1

ChanW said:

So Spruce1, where is that drain line routed in the bottom cupboard? Does it come back to the front-left of the cupboard?

Hi ChanW: I believe your question was answered in the dialogue above, but just to close the loop here are pics of where the drain pipe exits the top shelf ( to the left of the paper towels) and where the pipe comes forward in the bottom cabinet and exits in the front.

ChanW

Thanks Spruce1. I just might have to see about re-routing ours...

mash2

I did a similar modification (no shelf, but draw).  Have added 6 sliding draws in various locations in the kitchen area (silverware drawer, kitchen dishes and pots and pans, miscellaneous tool and light drawers) and I've been very happy with the increased ease of organizing and accessing everything.  I used two sliders for each for a bit more strength.

  

Spruce1

Very nice