Different TT construction
It seems that the industry is slowly moving away from wood stud, fiberglass insulation and aluminum siding to the fiberglass skin, aluminum tubing, solid foam for wall construction. Both have their p...
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FWIW, I know I wont buy tin (aluminum) over wood on wood studs. At least for the walls. Roofs are hard to avoid, but for walls I dont want the movement that exist between layers in aluminum sided units. I know they have been around for years, and have owned a 30 yr old unit that was still sound, but it was located on a fixed site for almost all of its life.
Its bad enough that there are seams which present possible water intrusion along all the edges, and around the door and window openings on an azdel unit, I dont need an additional one every few inches the length of the unit.
And wood, even a hardwood with screw in fasteners will still wear and have fasteners loosen on any unit which flexes and shifts from wind, snow loads and the hurricane force winds thrown at it by towing to travelling. Aluminum with tight fasteners will hold better. They can loosen as well as experiencing electrolysis issues, but overall I have more trust.
On my house that I built in 2005, I used an OSB tongue and groove flooring product on the two upper floors, and want that in my new TT if not marine plywood.
I just visited a dealer to look at Grand Designs last week and was happy with the walls in general, but the dealer touting composite , laminate flooring wasn't impressive. Composite just means "made of multiple products or materials", and laminate means only that "they glued them together". He could not tell me what they consisted of.
Yes the weight is lower on the aluminum and azdel units if everything else remains static.
I dont know if I stated anything of interest to your question, but Those are my preferences and why.
Its bad enough that there are seams which present possible water intrusion along all the edges, and around the door and window openings on an azdel unit, I dont need an additional one every few inches the length of the unit.
And wood, even a hardwood with screw in fasteners will still wear and have fasteners loosen on any unit which flexes and shifts from wind, snow loads and the hurricane force winds thrown at it by towing to travelling. Aluminum with tight fasteners will hold better. They can loosen as well as experiencing electrolysis issues, but overall I have more trust.
On my house that I built in 2005, I used an OSB tongue and groove flooring product on the two upper floors, and want that in my new TT if not marine plywood.
I just visited a dealer to look at Grand Designs last week and was happy with the walls in general, but the dealer touting composite , laminate flooring wasn't impressive. Composite just means "made of multiple products or materials", and laminate means only that "they glued them together". He could not tell me what they consisted of.
Yes the weight is lower on the aluminum and azdel units if everything else remains static.
I dont know if I stated anything of interest to your question, but Those are my preferences and why.
