That's great azadv ... I had very similar plans for our Axis but decided it simply wasn't built well enough to justify mods for long term uses. FWIW... long term RV ownership for us is about 5yrs and we were hoping for 10yrs this time around with the Axis but only made it a little over 2.5yrs
Anyway... we enjoyed it for what it was and feel lucky to move on relatively issue free. Hope everything holds together for you!