Attempting to modify bedroom of old Dutchmen

Gdetrailer wrote:

Broccolli wrote:
Hi all! I have a 25 foot 93 Dutchman Royal that has some pre existing water damage in the rear bedroom. My child is afraid to sleep in there as it just looks scary.

I was wondering (as a single mom) has anyone used a contractor to rip walls out of one room and re-post with hopefully 2x4's and panel (with a thicker wall) we have permanent site and want strength to the support.

We may add twin bunk-beds (so I can sleep in the same room and calm my baby's fear) but as of right now are unable to throw tons of cash into it.

If you have gutted one room via handyman/contractor what did it run you cash wise and how long did it take?

May add bunk beds one at six inches off floor (so I can clean under and one 42 inches above it so we still have cabinet access and neither of us crack our skulls open.

Thanks in advance and please feel free to not have a filter! Iam looking for all opinions <3

I wish it was easy and cheap to do but it isn't.

Most likely if you pull the paneling off you WILL find much more extensive damage.

Finding a contractor who is even willing to tackle this job is going to be like pushing a boulder uphill with your nose. Not to mention the hrs of labor cost that will be involved.

I would suggest you take a look at my rebuild.. Granted it was the entire trailer, front to back inside and out and nearly took me almost 3 yrs to complete and the better part of $5K-$6K in materials alone..

KOMFORT REBUILD LINK

A note about the above link.. Google for some reason insists on using their own PDF viewer which makes a mess of the pictures. If you want to veiw the pictures properly you can download (save as) the PDF and open it with your local Adobe Reader. File is large and may take a a little time to download.