A solid-wood butcher-block top was among my kitchen and work-surface purchases.
The featured Amazon option is CONSDAN Forty-Eight-Inch Maple Countertop.
Where it fits my build
My Day 87 plan put the body openings ahead of the aluminum framing, flooring and wall panels. I specifically included the shower drain and the openings for three water tanks in that order of work.
I removed cargo tie-down hardware to leave mounting points for the extrusion framing, and removed door trim for the later insulation and paneling. SketchUp helped me plan how those separate jobs would fit together.
The cargo floor during my preparation session before sound deadening.Removing stuck-on residue during the floor cleanup.
My build notes
The useful part of this diary entry is the sequence. I wanted to finish the drilling while the interior metal was bare, so later work would not mean opening finished surfaces again.
The photographs show my preceding floor-preparation session. Sweeping, washing and removing residue created the starting point for the interior work I described next.
I planned the openings and mounting access before enclosing the interior.
Alternative products
Two alternatives to compare
The featured maple top and longer maple alternative use the same broad material format in different lengths. The hevea option changes the wood species as well as the supplied worktop dimensions.
CONSDAN Seventy-Two-Inch Maple Countertop
This CONSDAN panel uses solid maple in a seventy-two-by-twenty-five-inch countertop format. Its oil finish provides a prefinished alternative to an unfinished panel.
This Bme countertop is an unfinished solid-hevea butcher-block panel. The selected panel measures seventy-two inches long, twenty-five inches wide and one-and-a-half inches thick.
