Category Archives: Outdoor and Camping

Outdoor and Camping Projects to Repair or Improve

Gray water outlet for pop up camper

Posted on by September 10, 2013avatar
Gray water outlet for pop up camper - The DIY Girl

I’ve been trying  to figure out a decent way to get my gray water from the kitchen sink in my Rockwood A128S to the Aqua-Tainer I purchased from Amazon. I did a lot of online research and looked at pictures posted by a lot of different picture. I didn’t want to go with a hose attached to the gray water outlet because it would cause the sink to drain so slow, but I also didn’t want it to be complicated or expensive. With the help of a very nice employee at Lowe’s today I think I came up with a … Read more…

Screen for pop up camper door

Posted on by September 10, 2013avatar
Screen for pop up camper door - The DIY Girl

I just bought a Rockwood A128S – one of the little A frame, hard side, pop up campers. Mine has a small screen in the door, but I wanted more air flow when the heat or air wasn’t needed. An open door isn’t an option for me because I’m a mosquito magnet. I kid you not — if there’s a mosquito within a hundred miles it will find me and bite me. I feel like when I walk outside they all communicate to each other gleefully “Dinner is served!” I had some left over solar screen material that I like. … Read more…

Lawnmower maintenance

Posted on by September 10, 2013avatar
Lawnmower maintenance - TheDIYGirl.com

My history with mowers I have fears regarding lawnmowers. My dad, who had me work with him on almost everything, wouldn’t let me near a lawnmower after a little girl in our neighborhood ran up to her dad while he was mowing and lost the part of her foot. This left a deep impression and fear of lawnmowers in me. My mom and dad were out-of-town when I was 18 years old and dad’s beloved yard was looking really scruffy and I didn’t want him to come home to a mess so I pulled out his mower, figured out how … Read more…