Inside Work Continues

The inside is looking good. The closet is installed and the trim is on.

We fabricated the closet doors from leftover flooring.

The queen bed frame and padded headboard are set.

The two wall lights are 12 volt LED and will provide good light for reading.

The nightstand to the right of the bed has a top made of walnut and has myrtlewood trim.

The openings under the bed will be covered with flip up doors that match the walls.

A closer look at the padded headboard and LED reading lights.

Ceiling lights are 12 volt LED. Walnut bases were designed and made in our woodshop.

Inside the closet.

The Wiring Begins

The converter is installed. This will distribute 110 volt, convert 110 to 12 volt

for interior lights and will charge the battery when plugged in to shore power.

This trailer in it's orginal form did not come with a converter or battery.

  

This is the back of the converter. All wires will lead to this point.

The AGM sealed battery will be mounted near here.

The 110 volt wiring runs inside the framing.

Window Trim and Bed Frame

Aluminum window trim is wire-brush polished and installed.  We

spent hours trying to figure out if we wanted to wire brush or high polish

the aluminum.  Turns out we love the brushed look.

Just starting on the bed frame.

Curbing Goes On

The curbing is on the outside and the windows on the front and back are

framed in.  We are in the process of wire wheel polishing the window

trim for the interior and formalizing a game plan for what to tackle next.

Flooring Installed

The flooring has been installed. We chose bamboo flooring

in the "living" area and vinyl flooring underneath the area

where the bed frame will be built. 

Outside Framing

Insulation has been added to the sides.

Bare Bones

The sides are off and the rot has been replaced.

It is time to start the fun part.

The first piece of the interior paneling goes on.

Building from the inside out, just as they did with the original.

Below is a look from the inside of the trailer.

We are using pre-finished cherry paneling.  So far so good.

*This is the curve in the front of the trailer. We tore in out the day after

I posted this. We decided we needed to do both interior walls before

the front and back curve.*

The inside walls are in and we started on the back curved panel. Tomorrow

we will tackle the front curve (again).



The Sides

We have been removing the sides and slowly building the interior

structure of the walls.  There was so much water damage.   Part of the walls

just crumbled away when we removed the siding.  It is a good

thing the previous owner insisted there were no leaks.

Just have to smile about it.

All the white wood below replaced the rotten wood.

We will start on the other side. I will post more photos when

we get that side finished and start on the top.

A New Floor

We have a new floor.

Under the plywood is a layer of FOAMULAR rigid foam insulation.

It does not allow moisture to pass through.  We believe it will

work perfectly for this application.

The siding and interior paneling will be taken off the walls next.

We know we have a significant amount of water damage

and rot in there.  Should be interesting to see what we find.

The Floor

Today we scraped off the old linoleum and uncovered an awful smell.

We decided to remove the entire floor and start from the frame up.

Funny.....we read something online today that said a canned ham is a can of worms.

I believe we opened our can of worms.

We are laughing as we really wanted a project to keep our minds off our

empty nest.  We got what we asked for.

Water Damage

I started removing the paint from the sides while my husband

tackled removing the skin off the front, back and top.

As you can see, he uncovered some extensive moisture damage.

The Empty Nest

The can is empty.......

First days......

This is what our 12 foot canned ham trailer looked like when we brought it home.

We are removing the entire interior and making it one open space.

We will replace it with a bed, a fridge and possibly two recliners.

The Beginning......

When our daughter went off to college we went on a search to

find, purchase and remodel a vintage travel trailer.  The funny part

is, we are not campers by any definition.  We want a "motel room" on wheels.

A nice retreat to park in a full service campground near the college campus

our daughter moved to.  To be completely truthful, it will be used as a

rolling man cave for my husband to take on one of his yearly golf outings.

 We found a 1968, 12 foot Aloha canned ham style trailer online.

We think it might help keep our mind off our empty nest.

We have no prior experience with this type of project but we love a challenge

and my husband can fix just about anything.  Our little trailer needs some

work, that's for sure.  Let the demolition begin.