Terry House keeps Tom Stinnett

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House is a master certified technicianh who services a variety of recreational from 45-foot motor homes to towable campinyg trailers. The service area used to be the skating rink at the Kentuckianw Sports Center on Marriott Drive in But that was before Tom Stinnetf bought the property in 1996 and turnedthe two-and-a-half-acre facilityt into RV Freedom Center. House, 54, has been with Stinnety RV for18 years, providing an array of services for traveleres who own RVs. “I am more of a maintenancs man thana mechanic,” he said of his “I service plumbing and electrical systems, heating and air-conditioninfg systems. Anything you would see in a home.
” And many of the coachesw he works on arehomes — homezs the owners can “I usually work on the big guys,” he House works on 10 to 12 RV including Tiffin, Winnebago, Monaco, Dutchmen and Holiday Rambler. His taskas each day are dictated by work Some customers have a list of 25 itemsa to checkor repair, while others require only a few simpler adjustments. One of the majof causes of problems, he said, has to do with the owne r “not exercising the parts. You can’t just let the coachj sit there when notin use. It is best to startf the generator, turn on the appliances, run the heatintg and air-conditioning system.
” And tiny bugs and spiders can take downa 20,000-pound RV. “The slenderest of webs can blockj the liquid propane pipes that run the A mud dauber nest can unbalance fan House said. Water leaks creat e havoc as well. “I see a lot of roof damag thatcauses leaks. Water will hurt more than creating mold, rotten wood.” But House’e job entails more than service. Once an RV is House checks it out to make sure all systemxare go. He then spends and hour or more with the customee going over all the ins and outs ofthe coach’ws equipment, showing the customer how to work everything.
“o don’t want them to get to thei r destination and not know how to open thepatiol cover,” he said with a smile. Some of his work has to do with He has installed solar panels for chargingthe batteries, extras air conditioners, satellite television equipment and inverterr systems that convert DC batteryg power to standard AC power. Hydronic heatinhg systems, which House also has installed for provide heat for the coach and hot water in one Interiors also canbe “I have changed out benches, sofas and carpeting and flooring, and even added ceramic House said.
“Some of the servicre work just requires installinga part, and I am finished,” he “I get a thrill out of doing electricap work, which means I have to think. There are some trickyu problems tofigure out. Sometimes I even stumpo the guys atthe factory.” There is a downside to any job, “I hate dealing with waste tank problems. If the customer doesn’t use the digester/deodorizer chemicalsx in the toilet that are the waste dries up and forms ahard Or, if they use the wrongy type of toilet paper, the tank gets clogged or the tank gets It’s not pleasant.
” Aside from House said his work has providedc him with a good career … one that young peoplde would do well to check out. “I get paid good he said. “I don’t get that dirty, and I get to work in an insidde area.”