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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Luan is evil, and OSB is evil. Any wood ih a trailer, save for the cabinetry is susceptible to problems.True, susceptible to problems but it shouldn't be that way. OSB and Luan (or similar grade panels) are used in the housing industry and have some advantage. Since we move our little vacation homes down the road, that's where the susceptibility arises.
I do think it's entirely possible to build a trailer or coach that doesn't leak from ordinary use. The roof system is mostly where a technological change has to be made.
If there was one "evil" material in an RV, I would call it -- the composite panel floor. The way they are currently used is scheduled for very thin and structurally lacking outer panels. The use of a bead board core should be avoided also, it has no strength when the modus is against the face of the board, it fractures. Extruded polystyrene doesn't have this issue. If the floor panel schedule involved the use of a 5/8" outer skin towards the cabin side, there would never have been a failure or complaint.
