DIY RV Gear And Accessories From Home Depot
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- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2024
- Today I wanted to share some of the things we use on, in, or around the RV that we have picked up from Lowes, Home Depot or a hardware store. Some of these things can be very useful and functional for the RV.
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Have you done or could you do a video on putting together a plumbing repair kit for an RV? It would need to address PEX and braided tubing and show what parts and tools one should carry to make repairs and “bandages” to keep a plumbing problem from causing additional damage or ruining a trip. A parts and tools list would be great also with showing how to use them. Thanks.
Thanks for your ideas. I added two AO Smith AO-WH-PRE water filters from Lowes to make a two stage City Water filter system. Stage 1, 20 micron, Stage 2, 5 micron charcoal filter. Less than $100 for complete install.
Outside filters or inside?
Bonus: Our water heater element went bad and needed swapped. Local RV shop was closed. Come to find out the home WH uses the same heating element and Lowe's had the AO Smith brand. They sell 2 lengths. Ours was the short one. Kind of a hairpin loop looking one. Looking at them together, they are probably both made by the same company and I looked later at a Camco one and it was identical with same stampings. BTW, the Lowe's AO Smith brand was a few dollars cheaper than the Camco one.
Love the idea on the shelves. Command strips have so many uses. Thanks for the video.
Glad it helped!
Bolted a 8" vinyl fence post sleeve and 2 caps under my camper. Has a vinyl gutter inside to store all my sewer hose and attachments. Painted it black and made a pin to hold the caps on with round bar. Handiest thing ever.
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I had to laugh when you said that replacing the kitchen faucet in an RV is easy. To get to mine I have to remove the water heater or fresh water tank. In most cases though it is pretty easy. Those command hooks are the bee's knees. They come in clutch everywhere. And don't forget the Velcro. Nicely wrapped cables are happy cables. Home Depot has a nice selection of electrical parts and tools as well. Used many of them upgrading my trailer wiring and doing installs. Thanks for the upload.
Attach a couple Velcro straps on the walls of the basement for hanging extension cords or rope on. Just send a screw with a washer through it
Great channel!
We have several locations where we have used the wire shelves (one is a two-shelf shoe/sandal drying rack in one of the lower stowage areas). Rather than command strips we have used 1x2 pieces of pine that we secure the shelves to. When they're in a cabinet they won't go anywhere even when driving, and the shelves can support a significant amount of weight if needed - no worries about the command strips failing. If you need to remove them you can do so without any command hooks being left behind.
Regarding the totes, we have a plan to secure a shelf to act as a platform to our rear bumper and secure a tote or two to the shelf - the reason being we can keep both the waste lines and their adapters in one tote, and the clean lines/adapters in the other and free up some valuable storage in the RV for things we need to have secure storage for (we roll with a small travel trailer, and storage space is indeed a premium!).
Regarding the sealant, rather than any of the caulks at Home Depot, I use the clear or black Permatex RTV sealant you can find in an auto store (don't know if you can find it in the auto section at HD). it seems to be a bit more vibration resistant.
The Neutral to ground plug enabled me to use my Hughes (watch dog) power monitor/surge protector on the generator. Otherwise it would not turn on the power. Also found this on other RUclips sources. Neutral is the silver screw. You can use any wire. The 15 amp to 30 amp adaptor was too large to plug in next to another plug (on the generator) so had to get a short extension cord for the adaptor. Works great. I had a leak on some pex piping with SS sleeve crimps. Bought an Apollo crimp tool at Home Depot for SS Crimp sleeves. This fixed my leaks just great. This is a different tool than for copper rings or for SS pinch crimps.
Always good, Thanks!
Thanks for sharing Jared
Great list of ideas.
This is just the video I needed! Thanks
For zip ties, bungee cords, velcro straps and possibly even ratchet straps, I'd look at Harbor Freight. While you are there, you could also pick up disposable gloves and some tools that don't necessarily have to be pro grade, but are really nice to have with you like tape measures and flashlights.
Excellent, smart, insightful, concise. Thanks!
Thank you for all the tips! Enjoy your videos a lot.
All around good call.
Great tips Love you man!
A thing to keep in mind when choosing command strips and magnets is surface area. More surface area typically means better result. command strips downfall is the adhesive over time and temperature fluctuations.
That and the adhesive quality of the thing you’re sticking it on can be an issue. I’ve had command strips pull the paint off of walls that had been painted multiple times. Apparently one paint didn’t adhere too well with the previous layer.
so many east & great ideas! thanks
Great video.
When buying water hose accessories it's important to get items that are NSF / ANSI 61 rated, meaning they are approved for potable water.
I like how the demo of the water quick disconnects is leaking that mimics my expirences with quick disconnects. Lol
Great ideas, thanks for producing this video.
Some great ideas. Love the shelves!
Great items to get at the big box stores!
Learned a couple of things and that makes it worth the price of admission!
Good idea
Great video!! I’m probably going to apply a few of these ideas. Thank You!!👍🏻👍🏻
Good video. Thx.
Love you ideas and how organized you are. Lol. Thanks for sharing. Safe travels. ☮️❤️
Thanks for the info and ideas as always just great! Take care and safe travels. Dave.
Great video!!
Meant to say YOUR channel. We watch and use the content constantly. You are the best!
We have a 23 foot travel trailer. I purchased 3 solar motion senor lights. We placed them on the outside for security. Harbor Freight has them. We got ours from ebay. They were less than $15.00 each.
Love your channel. Always very informative. One of the few channels that I have stuck with for quite a while.
I use the Velcro straps for all kinds of things in the RV. Water hoses, electrical cords, Around paper towels when traveling, almost anything I want to keep together.
Fantastic video! Thanks 🎉
Glad you liked it! Thank you!
We love our channel. We have used so many of your tips and recommends. Thanks for great content.
The idea for the shelves is great, although I hate those shelves because stuff falls through. But the way you’ve used them for larger things makes sense. As far as totes, I agree…can’t have enough! I LOVE the “ezy” brand clear 50 liter totes from HD. They are IP67 sealed, so even in extreme humidity stuff says dry. Plus, you can store extra food items in them and not have to worry about critters! These are the ONLY totes I use in my rig now days. I’d say also have an assortment of screws on hand, especially the self-tapping ones as they can save your skin in a pinch. Thanks J for all the great content!
Right on with the self tapping screws! I’ll look for those totes next trip to HD.
To keep smaller items from falling through wire shelves you can place a piece of plexiglass or even cardboard on it.
4:50 can you go into more detail on this “ needing “ to ground to neutral?
I don’t have a generator but I see a lot of people using them and I’d like to share this information. 😮😊
Quick explanation: In residential circuit breaker panels, the neutral bus bar and ground bus bar are connected (“bonding” the neutral to the ground). On generators, they are not. Most battery management systems and surge protection devices sense this and essentially treat it as a ground fault condition. Jared’s hack shown in the video is a super easy, cheap and effective way to solve that problem. He basically just runs a jumper wire from the neutral to the ground lugs on standard receptacle plug.
Be very careful when using the Bonding Plug with any generator.
Many generator neutrals are actually live, check yours first.
A simple 120VAC plug may actually be 60VAC hot to ground and 60VAC neutral to ground.
The Predator 3500 is like that. Do not bond the neutral to ground.
If you make your RV chassis live and work under it with metal tools, like on your steps, you may electrocute yourself or a child if they play under the RV.
Great ideas. Thanks
Thanks
Alian tape is REALLY useful
I've watched a lot of videos on things to get for a RV but you hit on so many things and ideas I haven't seen. Thanks for you hard work Gerry!
-Jared.
Great vid Jared! - I use an in-line water water measuring device all the time when filling the fresh water tank, plus adding "a little" water to black and grey tanks before travelling.
- Cheers!
You do a great job explaining things as always. I utilize most of your suggestions and forward them to people!
My recommendation is to be able to stress to people who change out kitchen sinks and bathroom faucets is to make SURE you have the right water connection type on the new faucet or you will be doing double trips!
Happy trails everyone 🎊
Very good ideas. We added black cast iron coat hooks. Our RV had no place to hang your hat or over shirt. We like them and they look great. Thanks.
Good addition, thanks
I have watched a lot of your tutorials and love what your doing I'm so close just don't want to goof now and damage something
Wow Jared! I sure hope to see you on the road sometime because I want to shake your hand! You're the most inspiring RV'er out there and please keep up with the awesome content.
That is very kind, thank you. Hope to see you out there some day!
Great tips! In fact, I just replaced/upgraded the kitchen & bathroom faucets on my Lance RV. I'm very happy with Mueller fixtures that I purchased on Amazon (both for about $100). I also installed push-fit (i.e. Shark bite) shut-off values for hot & cold PEX water lines beneath each sink.
That silicone seems to be good gonna try it out
Great tips Jared I also have bought the quad max in white and clear does a good job in sealing the side’s of the trailer thanks 😊
Thanks
FRP (Fiber Reinforced Plastic) is available in sheets from Home Depot. I used that on the walls and ceiling of the bathroom when I remodeled it due to water damage. Not all of the wall area in the bathroom needed to be replaced and finding an exact match for the "wall paper" wasn't possible. The FRP worked out really well in the bathroom as it's not going to let the humidity generated by the shower get into the walls and ceiling. FRP does require a glue that must be spread on the substrate first.
Great tips
I like harbor freight..tools & Accessories
If in Canada try Princess Auto, Canadian Tire.
Hardware stores are a good look as well as sometimes Wal-Mart.
Lowe's can't be forgotten as well as TSC.
Thanks so much for the tips and taking the time to share.
Safe travels everyone ‼️‼️‼️
Great ideas! We put some cheap pull out drawers in our hanging closets for smaller stuff. We dont have any good hanging storage so everything is folded and in cabinets. This helps to keep socks together and easy to find.
That's a great idea!
Good tips.
Thamks
Best place for tie straps is harbor freight. Just as good and super cheap.
As for the pex stuff. Amazon is good for the compression tool. Home Depot and Lowes are way too expensive.
I was looking for an air admittance vent. Could not find one at the nearby RV places. My search showed Home Depot had what I needed. I have seen other items that have shown up in searches that Home Depot had. Some need to be ordered. Luckily I was able to get the vent without waiting. Nice segment! TNX
Tried using command hooks and any weight tends to pull the wallpaper off the RV wall.
Another idea is to create a shelf in the large storage area using PVC pipe and fittings.
I use the plastic bins and put labels on each showing the contents.
Since I use the Rhino sewer hose, the fittings won't go in the standard under-RV tube. I bought a black 6" pipe and installed it - although you won't find 6" pipe at home depot, I had to go to the local hardware store.
New sub here and new owner of an RV, loved your suggestions.
Nice
Good ideas. We live in Arizona and found the command strips fall off in extreme heat. Yes, crazy hot, over 130 degrees in the coach when closed up in the summer. But a great idea on the shelves.
Totes, yes, lots of them in our Motorhome.
Y and quick connect. I found the ones at Home Depot aren’t as good as some I’ve found online that are made in the USA.
Thanks again .
You need to go to Menards when your in the Midwest. They have a great rv section year round they just move it to there off season section during the winter. And you can get propane at most stores.
Amazing
Thanks
Great content thanks for tips. We have a 28BH fifth wheel. We are always looking for ideas on how to make improvements.
HD sells products for the roof of RVs. It’s called Henry Tropi-cool located on the roofing aisle. Also has a lifetime warranty.
Heat tape for hoses. Also rigid foam board insulation. The wells of the roof vents are notorious for being virtually uninsulated. I cut pieces of 1-1/2 foam board to fit inside the wells to keep cold air out and warm air in.
We did the wire shelves. They work really well but we had to tie wrap them to the command hooks to keep them in place .
Good tip
Good stuff! I bought the wire shelves but with the screw in hooks. Never saw command hooks but I have some weight up there so I would be afraid to use that. Can’t wait to throw out my caulk for that product you have
I have been using Shark Bites to replace the PEX connectors when necessary. Much easier to work with. All three of my screw cap drain valves have also been cut off and replaced with Shark Bite shut off valves.
They're pricier in the long run, and they can fail. Great in a pinch though.
@@farstrider79 10,000 miles so far.
Ya you wanna be careful with shark bites, plumbing code there illegal because there considered mechanical fittings. There only use is for temporary repairs only, amd since they are brass they do not do good in colder temperatures
@@taylormyers4126 Plumbing code on my RV?
Great video, I will say one thing about the faucet replacement. Depending on your RV..it may be more difficult than you think. I recently attempted to replace a kitchen faucet in my RV and had to remove the sink entirely to do so, which is fine because ultimately I wanted to upgrade the sink anyway..still. Depending on your space and layout, a quick faucet swap may not be in your future.
I thought the wire shelves was an awesome idea, and we did change out the kitchen faucet one with a sprayer and love it. For some reason we we’re getting water behind the sink and now we don’t.
I've used Home Depot for totes for the RV, but their selection is lacking at times. So I end up looking at Home Depot, Walmart, Amazon and other local stores to find the right tote(s) for the right spot to maximize my storage space (and not waste space by using a tote that doesn't fit well). Also, sometimes I want a watertight tote in a certain spot, so I need to shop around to find the right combination of size, design, etc.
I have found that the Quad OSI sealant is remarkably similar to the pro flex sealant that some RV Pros recommend. Its much more durable than silicone and at Lowes they sell it as a sealant for aluminum guttering. It works great but can be difficult to remove so you should keep that in mind if the repair may be temporary. Gorilla tape can be useful because it is stronger and more waterproof than duct tape. I find it useful on the underbelly.
How does it compare with NP1?
@@preachers4135 Sorry I have never used NP1
@@josephharrell5724 Okay thanks for the reply. It is a great product mostly used in industrial applications. Lowes is the only hardware store I’m aware of that stocks it but can be found on amazon and industrial supply stores.
I will read up on and try Quad OSI for my next project.
Seeing you talking about freezing temperatures and showing a ball valve gave me the heebie jeebies.😬 You've got to be REALLY careful with ball valves when the temperatures drop. When a ball valve is closed, it holds a little slug of whatever fluid was passing thru it when it closed, in a volume that does not change, regardless of temperature. If it was full of dry air, no problem, but if it had water, or even very humid air... Problem!!!
Water has that troublesome tendency to increase in volume, both when it freezes AND when it heats up. 😲The worst problem is of course when it freezes, and unlike your pex or pvc pipes, the body of your ball valve (brass) does not expand. If the water freezes while trapped in the ball it WILL crack the body of the valve. If your's has frozen and didn't crack, it's because the ice mercifully leaked thru the seals of the valves instead. So if you're lucky, your valve will only leak constantly due to that broken seal, that will need to be replaced (replacing a broken seal in a small ball valve is harder than replacing the whole valve anyway)
Not as troublesome because it's usually such a rare occasion is that water expanding when the temperature rises. Water expands when it freezes but it does the same when it warms up. Were you to trap water at 33˚ when you were up at Yosemite, but then camped later in Death Valley at >100˚, the water in your valve wants to expand to about 3% of the volume it was in the mountains. This change in volume, if it can't leak out somewhere, can exert pressures over 10,000 psi (the actual pressure is over 100,000 psi, but it's academic beyond 1000 anyway).
Best practice is leave all ball valves open in freezing weather. If you have a valve that needs to remain shut with water/sewage behind it, you're best using gate valves or compression valves. These don't trap water in them, so if they reach freezing, even if ice forms, the pressure it exerts will be transferred to flexible piping (Pex) or into a vented tank or faucet that can be left dripping.
You can a lot of you basic electric connectors and wire and tools there too. I replaced my water pump and made it so I could just pull apart the connectors and remove it since a pump is a common wear item.
Jared first thank you for your service I'm send you info regarding my RV the problem I'm having and asking for a little more advice thanks and God's Blessings from Chaplain Dave
I’m looking at my black tank rinsing hose port attachment thinking I may go with a quick disconnect. It’s started to leak at the hose connection when I use it. It was flawless for years but I think the hose I’ve been using (the only one that fit perfectly with not even a drop leaking) has started to wear from hundreds of uses. I’m going to get a quick connect and test it before I attempt to mess with what’s there now.
I was wondering about the faucets! I've always hated the faucet in our bathroom! The expandable hoses at Walmart, Target are great for and extra length for filling a tank, but I don't advise anyone to use them as a static water source hose. They cannot take high pressure for long periods.
Command hooks are wall mounting roulette. At some point between three months to three years, the hook will randomly fall off the wall. It may be while driving, it may be while parked, it'll probably be at 3AM and it'll scare the crap out of you!
I'd rather just install proper shelf brackets that won't fall off.
PEX parts are great, particularly Shark Bite fittings. True PEX fittings will use crimping rings and a crimping tool, and I don't want to haul the crimper out camping. With a Shark bite 90, tee, coupling, and plug, I can fix any fitting in the camper well enough to get thru a trip, then fix it with normal PEX fittings when we get home.
> LED light strips.
> Pre-made wire drawers with ball bearing guides I installed in a kitchen cubby.
I had struggled to find found RV antifreeze at HD had Splash -75. Two cans of PB-Blaster just over $12 including tax, delivered free.
3M 5100 or 5200 Marine Adhesive Polyurethane Sealant is the sealant there is and can get it at Home Depot. It's made for below water applications and is pretty much permanent.
Not only Home Depot also Harbor Freight has some great stuff better price like cable ties and straps etc keep videos coming I enjoyed it
Thanks! Here is one we did about Harbor Freight. ruclips.net/video/S4kDE-uqeWk/видео.html
I'd use Walmart or HF zip ties to hang temporary things like decorations for holidays or holding cables off the ground at some camp sites.....but for permanent/semi-permanant usage, pay the extra and buy the good HD or Lowe's zip ties. I used to do low-volt electric work and cheapo zip tie plastic fails over time, in the sun, etc.
I tried the command strips for the shelving that I saw in your earlier video but they didn't work for me. They wouldn't stay on the wall. I ended up getting the plastic hooks made for the metal shelving. Your idea for the shelving was a good tip.
Another helpful video... Curious if you shoot your tips on a green screen? Your RV is always so neat and tidy. Ours looked that way for about 10 minutes after taking delivery....
Thanks again for a very informative video. I would love to see what you have in the RV to work with pex. What type of pex cutter, crimper, etc do you use? I know I need these things but am pretty much overwhelmed with the choices and not knowing why I should choose one over the other. So, your help would be appreciated.
Be very careful when using the Bonding Plug with any generator.
Many generator neutrals are actually live, check yours first.
A simple 120VAC plug may actually be 60VAC hot to ground and 60VAC neutral to ground.
The Predator 3500 is like that. Do not bond the neutral to ground.
If you make your RV chassis live and work under it with metal tools, like on your steps, you may electrocute yourself or a child if they play under the RV.
Thanks. Very informative. You must drive your spouse batty keeping your RV so uncluttered while you film your vids LOL.
Good ideas! The ground-neutral bond plug is also necessary in residential homes when you're trying to run a gas furnace from a generator. Most of them draw under 1,000 watts of power while running, mostly to power the blower motor, but without a ground-neutral bond plug, they won't work.
I'd never heard anyone mention the risk of the drain pipes freezing up. It makes great sense to put a shut-off valve on those in the underbelly. Did you have to drop the whole underbelly to do that job, or did you just cut out a section to do it and then reattach it somehow?
Just be cautious that you don't use those magnets on anything with an LCD or LED screen, you'll wreck it.
We like velcro tape, you can buy packs of it at most hardware stores, cut it to size and stick it to the backs of the things and stick those things to other things.... We use it to hold our weather station to the wall since the battery compartments on the back and it needs to be somewhat removable.
Good tip.
Note, if you use the neutral to ground bond plug on a generator, make sure the generator ground connector is attached to a grounding rod.
Grounding rods are not required for generators powering a single device, such as a RV. But once you power multiple RVs from a single generator, then a grounding rod is required.
@@AllAboutRVs this may have answered my aforementioned question. If I'm plugging my 30 amp rv plug into my 30 amp outlet on my ac200 max solar generator am I ready to use any of the outlets on my generator without that "grounding plug"?
I have a equalizer system w a crank that I think should manually bring slide rooms in but I'm not sure can't find any other way to do it no simple bolt to turn under or around the slide rooms to rachett the slides so it must be the hydraulic crank on the equalizer but it doesn't want to move wish I could send a picture but having trouble attaching photo to text
I don't have any suggestions but I do have a question. I have seen RVs with duck bill valves on the water drains. Do you know where to get them? Keep the good stuff coming.
What sealant would you recommend when replacing your Rooftop AC?
Explain the OSI QUAD MAX CLEAR vs use of silicone. I’m wondering about the whole flexibility that comes with temp and driving. Also does this work safely with verticals application ? Thanx brother
& Replace All them Plastic Valves,Elbows,Plastic T’s If U-R Having Problems With the Plastic tubbing use flex hosing that’s Aluminum.
What about the kitchen sink? Can I use one for homedepo?
We have a track for our above driver bunk in our rv used to raise and lower it. Unfortunately, both screws on one side of the track have wallowed and are loose. Do you have a suggestion besides using larger screws. The bed is unstable until is fixed. Thanks for your help!
Some of the same products are available also at TSC, Harbor Freight, or in Canada, Princess Auto. Good tips, we use many of those.
Thanks! Here is one we did on Harbor Freight. ruclips.net/video/S4kDE-uqeWk/видео.html
Been dealing with condensation from inside windows, any recommendations. Fifth wheel travel trailer