'71 Starcraft Wanderstar- "The Hilton"
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Maybe a bit to late, but before you place the windows into their framing You might have made a plastic U channel to surround the raw framing plus the thickness of the interior wall material.. That way any water intrusion would not have leaked into the wall's interior instead into the interior where it would be noticed. this same applies to the ruff roof openings/ framing, don't do as every one else has and just have the roof material folded down leaving the rafter exposed. Counter flash under this fold extend down below the wood, to just below the ceiling material. The same would apply here as to water leaking, sliding past the wood into the interior & noticed right away
Consider expanded foam for wall insulation. It encloses all air intrusion & is water repellent,,,,BUT, repeat BUT,,,do it in a shallow pass to began with, as if done in the way of house insulation it will bulge, as it expans, your thin exterior metal. Run your front to back inside wiring in a plastic channel in the interior upper corner of your trailer, easy accessible for all kinds of reasing, can be hidden with store bought wire enclose, and covered to a degree with cabinets. There is a wood sub flooring that is water resistant check out Advantech wood flooring.
Those low toilets in RV's can be raised by building a treated framing above the flanges & to the wall, to raise them the 17 1/2" chair height.
Consider expanded foam for wall insulation. It encloses all air intrusion & is water repellent,,,,BUT, repeat BUT,,,do it in a shallow pass to began with, as if done in the way of house insulation it will bulge, as it expans, your thin exterior metal. Run your front to back inside wiring in a plastic channel in the interior upper corner of your trailer, easy accessible for all kinds of reasing, can be hidden with store bought wire enclose, and covered to a degree with cabinets. There is a wood sub flooring that is water resistant check out Advantech wood flooring.
Those low toilets in RV's can be raised by building a treated framing above the flanges & to the wall, to raise them the 17 1/2" chair height.
