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oh2bcarefree · 10-23-2011, 07:06 PM

Today we got the wart (AKA air conditioner) off the top of the trailer. Wow - what an improvement. So, the next few weekends we'll be blowing out the lines and getting ready for the move into the garage. Yay! Then... the winter projects can begin. Hopefully that dang fiat won't get priority.

oh2bcarefree · 01-04-2012, 06:12 PM

It's a New Year, so I guess that means a new project. On New Year's Day we started into the partial floor replacement. The PO had installed a new water pump, but had used the wrong size hose clamps. A leak caused severe floor rot and the plywood was coming apart. We took out all the loose stuff by hand, now we've got to get the masks for the respirator for the remainder of this section as there's asbestos tile to go through. We are just planning on replacing this section of floor, right now it's about the size of a sheet of plywood. Hopefully there wont be more as we get towards the street side, it doesn't seem bad... but, there is always a surprise.

Tina

Blakradish · 01-05-2012, 11:57 AM

Please take lots of pics, I need to do the same thing and will need a lot of help.
Thanks, Blake

oh2bcarefree · 01-07-2012, 06:13 PM

The good news is that when we got the trailer, there wasn't anything up front - no dinette or goucho, just the little wall with the water tank behind it. PO had an after market jack-knife sofa that was moved out early on. There is nothing under the floor other than the wires that enter from the front tongue. Only sign of insulation is what was between the subfloor and the frame.

This wasn't too bad... However that was about a $3 mouse nest. It took us forever to figure out how they were getting in... up the front and through the frame!! There hasn't been any sightings since we moved the trailer inside last fall which is good

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Avion C-11 · 01-07-2012, 06:33 PM

Looking good Mike! Its interesting to see what the underfloor looks like.

oh2bcarefree · 05-14-2012, 07:43 AM

Our first "scheduled" trip is just under a month!

The new section of front floor is in. Lots of cleaning, cutting of screws and bolts, and POR-15. It will get attached this week.

I really wanted to try and go with the original floor for the trailer. So, I pulled up all the carpet tiles, and it was obvious that it wouldn't be pretty. The glue used for the carpet tiles was just too much for it. We are going to go with a floating click floor, cork, and we just got the call it's in, so we'll go pick it up this week. We felt that was our best option (click) without taking everything out and starting over - a full "gut" is just not in the cards for a sheet marmoleum floor.

oh2bcarefree · 05-14-2012, 08:05 AM

But, of course, one project always leads to another... We also wanted to replace the floor rot by the door. Interesting that in that little section there were 2 layers of plywood. And that leaking has been going on for quite awhile.

So, now we need to do a weld fix and find a new double duty bolt - to hold the floor in that section and to hold the step. (What were you just saying Melody Ranch... one thing leads to another???

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oh2bcarefree · 05-14-2012, 08:33 AM

another conclusion is that the mice were partying in there for years. Unfortunately, the realization is that they probably have eaten all the insulation in the entire floor. There was nothing under the door but "evidence" that they had been there. The only place we are finding insulation is where it was squashed between the plywood and the frame. We'll have to figure out how to put some in there in the future. At least the water tank will have it under it in the floor, well, maybe it's not a huge deal, but better than nothing!

Tina