Update: On my RV Building Plans....

msgtord wrote:
Some of you guy's are going to be be lost when Darla post "Yea, you guys are right. I bought me a Keystone."

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"Darla" has time and time again has shown complete ignorance and lack of understanding the hows and the whys RVs ARE built they way they are..

For instance the never ending battle of the outside door opening INWARD for one.. Darla states the RV manufacturers "cheat" folks by "hiding" mistakes or cutting corners in the walls.

There is good reason for those skinny outside walls, first the walls ARE stronger than what they appear to be.. Those 1 x 2s in the walls by themselves are weak but when the inside paneling is glue and stapled on the overall strength is stronger than if you used 2x4s!..

Another thing Darla seams to accuse is cheating on insulation.. Well most RVs do use fiberglass which doesn't have a lot of R value but most folks tend to use the RVs in good weather and Darla is basing her point on HER 30+ ft MONSTER RV. A smaller RV has no problem with 13K BTU A/C unit but a 30+ trailer is most likely needing TWO A/C units..

You can only get so much insulation out of 1 1/4" of area for insulation.. Even the highest R value (Poly Iso) is about R6 per inch and twice the money compared to fiberglass so if you want it super insulated something HAS to give (interior space IE THICKER WALLS AND MONEY)..

Darla scoffs at RV construction but yet does not understand the reasons or principles of the materials used and how they are used..

Extremely strong but yet light weight walls, cabinets and even bunks are built using a sandwich method, 1/8" luan top, 1x2 turned sideways and 1/8" bottom glued and stapled together makes for a structure which is lighter weigh than a 3/4" piece of plywood and nearly twice the strength of 3/4 plywood.. This type of construction is done not to "cheat" in quality but to be less weight, less thickness, less expensive than what would be done in a sticks and bricks.

I speak from the experience of tearing down and completely rebuilding not one but TWO TTs.

Darla is making a bunch of assumptions based on HER BAD "EXPERIENCE" with ONE 30+ MONSTER RV..

Her assumptions while good intentioned are going to add uneeded weight, cost and add no value or even longer life of the RV..

She came here asking for advice with a closed mind, which is a real shame.

She came here to have folks "validate" her vision and here vision only, thats a shame.

There IS a lot of good advice given that SHOULD be listened to but she isn't, thats a shame.

I have a hunch even when here "vision" crashes and burns she will still insist she is "right" and we are all wrong (she DID state that the customer does not no what they want).. After all it is her money to throw away (and boy is it going to go, I wish I had $100K of loose change to dump down the toilet, I am a piker sinking only $6K into my last rebuild)..

I wish Darla good luck with her venture..