McKinney Update 2

Today was a productive day. Brian, the installer, arrived a little after 9am. Nancy had cleared the access to the bedroom windows and Brian removed the old shades and installed the new ones. He installed the two shades next to our captains chairs and then started the electrical wiring for the 3 shades on the driver's side. This involved prying up the false bottoms to our overhead cabinets, drilling a hole from one to the other and also through the bottom of each cabinet and thru the valence for the power wires. Also fishing a wire from the cabinets to the area behind the refrigerator where we had an unused electric receptacle to provide the power. I noticed some small holes in one shade that got thru QC, so that one had to be taken back for mitigation. When that was done, he installed the 3 shades and tested that the remote control worked, replaced the bottom panels in the cabinets,and that was it for the day.

In the meantime, Nancy and I cleaned the outside of all the windows in the RV. When Brian left, we replaced everything back in the cabinets and on the sofa (they had to be cleared off to provide Brian working room), then removed everything from the sofa and cabinets on the passenger side so the same process can be repeated tomorrow, in addition to installing the new windshield shades. When that is done, Brian will set the limits for each shade. The limits establish where each shade will automatically stop when raising and lowering it. Each one is different due to the size of each window. Then Nancy and I will have to repack each cabinet and the sofa before we are finished. We finished the driver's side tonight at 9 pm, so you see we have another long day tomorrow. 

The day shades are a tighter weave than our old shades, so it will be harder for someone to see inside from the outside without affecting our ability to see outside.  The night shades completely block outside light making the bedroom very dark. We are very happy with the results so far.

Saturday morning we will hookup and depart for Amarillo, Tx, which will be a loooong  drive. We had to tell Marjorie and mom we would not be at their Thanksgiving table next week. I am glad they, and our niece Jenn, enjoyed the past 3 days at the beach at Port Aransas.