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Subject:Re: Total replacement for Westy Kitchen
From:neil N
Date:Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:46:58 -0800

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:18 PM, mdrillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
> I have decided to spend some time and money on a project I have been
> thinking about for a while. The idea is to replace the entire Westy
> kitchen cabinet with another one containing a modern electric only
> fridge and a reversed arrangement for the sink/stove top. By reversed I
> mean the sink closest to the bed and the stove closest to the driver's
> seat. I have already ordered a new stainless sink/stove top that is
> pretty near to the overall dimensions of the Westy stainless piece but
> with a bigger sink bowl. Starting with a new cabinet below it allows
> fridges of varying dimen

.....

Sounds like great project Mark.

I understand you've already ordered the sink etc., but.....

It seems that it won't be too close, but do you see any potential
issues with heat from the stove affecting the back of the driver seat?

Are you "moving" the sink closer to the closet, so that there is more
room to use it? A bonus in my mind would be that wet dishes could be
put to the left onto the table to dry and water wouldn't drip on the
stove bits. (but that's easy to work around)

If one wanted to do "sink swap" mod with the original parts, could
they "simply" rotate the stove/sink unit 180* ? Likely too much
replumbing, (i.e. stove controls) but just curious.

Neil.