"Back" inside: The Rear

Got Tools? 

Ye Old Shoppe Vac~ 

 Ye Old Saws-All~ 

(meaning: it saws all! wood,nails,  metal, nails, thick or thin it saws it. Did I mention NAILS?) 

See that home made bed- platform? 

Gone. 

Good ol' saws-all! 

Taking out the door. 

Door: Gone

Ye Old Man~ 

(just kidding... I hardly ever refer to him as that...but it fit Ye Old Theme!) 

Interior paneling; window; tail-light sections; cargo-door- 

Gone. 

Good ol' hubby! 

(aka: Honey) 

CS (curbside) corner and rear ply wood- all needs replacing. 

RS (roadside) corner and rear ply wood all needs replacing 

-- as well as the two spots that would flank the cargo door... 

this is where the tail-lights need to be-- we have to rebuild this wall FROM THE TOP OF THE WINDOW DOWN! 

(that's in another post) 

I guess it could be worse-- 

we don't have to rebuild the entire wall. 

We don't have as many studs to replace like the front wall. 

AND! the greatest part? 

The corner studs are still intact and looked almost new-- they were covered with original panel still. 

So again... YAY!

Thanks for Reading

Grace and Peace 

Our Rotten Trailer-

On Saturday morning we bought our trailer and went back to get it and TOWED IT HOME. Saturday afternoon- we had a birthday party to attend and after that we came home and tore into IT. We were very eager-- can you tell? 

We found a couple of areas that need some quick attention.

 We've been hard at work everyday but Monday-- since we brought the trailer home. 

Currently, I have a bunch of pictures to download, resize and delete...hehehe! AND then get them posted.

So I'll get right to them. 

This is the TEAR OUT of the front and front Curbside Windows. 

 Front window opening. Inside paneling and make-shift shelving removed. 

 The framing and studs in this trailer are mainly 2x2's and a few 2 x 4's sometimes scabbed together to make 2x6's ... 

The above photo is very rotted 2x2 running along under the window opening, with a 2x4 and a very rotted piece of 1/4 inch plywood.

 This is from inside the trailer looking back at the door jam and window-- all very rotted; especially that front CS (curbside) corner stud.  

Close up of door jam and wall panel under that front side window... that is yellow insulation (not mold) stuck to the ply wood. 

 At first this appears to be water damage only.  You can see where the paneling has gotten wet. We've determined the roof to be in fairly good shape...except around the overhead vent fan. We think this is water spray from the road--- and CARPENTER ANTS! 

 At this point we've pulled a big sheet of aluminum skin off the outside and have assessed our damage and pulled rotten debris from the walls and studs. This is all of the stud that was left hanging -- like a rotten tooth. 

 There is no corner support here. So we had to use a 2x4 and some plywood shims to support the ceiling (that is the board you see coming down to the right in the picture.  It held the ceiling up and helped to sturdy the trailer--- as our days have been pretty windy so far in April. 

All of this came out and was rebuilt. 

We were able to get the trailer wall built and pieced back together Sunday and Tuesday. 

More of that to come. 

Grace and Peace