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Jane, when you start designing a floorplan, you will find there are limited options. The heaviest stuff goes in the center where the axle or axles are—things like refrigerator, stove, water tanks. When you examine the floorplans used for decades, except for some variations, you will find there are really only a few general plans. If too much weight is in the back, it starts to sag some day—I think some old units with rear baths are known for this—and too much in the front increases tongue weight too much.
If you want to heat the water tanks, you have to cluster them and keep ductwork short. Water lines have to run where they won't freeze, never in an outside wall. They have to run in cabinets near walls, and if it's really cold, open cabinet doors. Compressing a house into 200 or fewer square feet is difficult. Just a few things to deal with in redesigning.
I'm all for you getting what you want, but be sure to understand the dynamics of trailer design.
So far as vacuum bonding, it's been around for a while and is a good way to create a strong panel type wall. To use green materials, is a good thing. To get custom panels would be cost prohibitive I would think. But, check it out.
Gene
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