01 I took off the front panel

02 getting to the L-bracket scews that hold the panel to the sole was the most difficult part of this project

03 there was no signs of leaks so I didn\'t bother to undercut and epoxy the screw holes for the L-brackets in the sole - I did however put a daub of life-calk in the hole before reinstall for good measur

04 I cleaned the sole under the tank

05 I very carefully cut out the drawer face (that vent was there already)

06 the drawer is deeper at the front than at the back because of the shape of the tank

07 I had to prop up the tank to get to those pesky L-brakets (I also enlarged the access hole on the bottom left corner of the panel for better hose clamp access

08 this has come in really handy on the boat

09 the slides are 22" 100% opening rated for 100lbs

010 with the flush face it was pretty tricky to adjust the slides to get an even gap but it eventually worked out

011 I splurged on a fancy pop-out knob latch

012 pretty elegant *

013 teak - nothing but the best!

014 finally some easily accessible out of the way storage

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