5th wheel rebuild from major water damage
The Before part 2. The duct tape was used to get it home from Oklahoma in January. It is a 2006 5th wheel 32' bunkhouse. Bad repair job from previous owner They used close to an inch thic...
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Thanks for all the encouragement! It's been a whirlwind of busy around here so we haven't posted progress photos for awhile.
The next step after getting the roof panel up was to re-run the electric in the wall and up over the top of the rig. We used wire staples in the wall but none on the roof. The 110 wiring was not stapled on the roof from the factory so we did it the same way. Once the insulation is in there shouldn't be movement.
We also replaced the 2x2 roof structure along both sides. You can still see the aluminum trim that is sticking up and wrapped with duct tape. We had to do this to keep it from ripping up the tarp.
The next step was to put in the insulation. We reused the insulation from the original project so it's kind of pieced together but it was in good shape and we hate to waste. We did a much tighter job than the factory did so it should have a lot less leakage. We thought about using insulation board but couldn't find the size we wanted locally and decided that the extra expense and all the extra effort with cutting just wasn't worth it for us. We are fair weather campers.
There is some extra framing in the walls to support the cabinets because we are going to install them from the inside instead of how they do it from the factory from the outside in. We also sistered a stud stud instead of pulling it out. It was mostly just stained and not rotten but we wanted to make sure it was good and solid. On the sides so we added 2x4 to support both the old and new top plate that joins right on top of the 2x4. This also gave us a place to staple the wall panel that was cut off against the existing 2x2 stud. The hardest part of that process was getting the measurement just right to line up the holes for the 110 electrical wiring that had to go though the width of the 2x4 and the existing 2x2 which you can't see because it is behind the wall pannel.
The next step after getting the roof panel up was to re-run the electric in the wall and up over the top of the rig. We used wire staples in the wall but none on the roof. The 110 wiring was not stapled on the roof from the factory so we did it the same way. Once the insulation is in there shouldn't be movement.
We also replaced the 2x2 roof structure along both sides. You can still see the aluminum trim that is sticking up and wrapped with duct tape. We had to do this to keep it from ripping up the tarp.
The next step was to put in the insulation. We reused the insulation from the original project so it's kind of pieced together but it was in good shape and we hate to waste. We did a much tighter job than the factory did so it should have a lot less leakage. We thought about using insulation board but couldn't find the size we wanted locally and decided that the extra expense and all the extra effort with cutting just wasn't worth it for us. We are fair weather campers.
There is some extra framing in the walls to support the cabinets because we are going to install them from the inside instead of how they do it from the factory from the outside in. We also sistered a stud stud instead of pulling it out. It was mostly just stained and not rotten but we wanted to make sure it was good and solid. On the sides so we added 2x4 to support both the old and new top plate that joins right on top of the 2x4. This also gave us a place to staple the wall panel that was cut off against the existing 2x2 stud. The hardest part of that process was getting the measurement just right to line up the holes for the 110 electrical wiring that had to go though the width of the 2x4 and the existing 2x2 which you can't see because it is behind the wall pannel.
