Westholt Redneck Rebuild: Floor questions
Good day everyone. Hope this is the right place to post this. If you want to skip to my question, just ignore the quoted text. While the purists will probably look at what I have and cry, others w...
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As an artist I certainly appreciate your ambition.
If I was standing next to you with a cold soda in my hand I'd say something along the lines of "this is a great place to start something else" ... and then I'd help you strip this straight to the frame. From there you can do so much. As mentioned above you can go the direction of a teardrop trailer, or in keeping with that "part and parcel" look create a new box to attach the camper top. Either way you have some design freedoms that you are liberated to explore.
I love these type of projects. I'm not a fan of pressure treated woods if you plan to breathe inside of the box. I'd consider metal studs, translucent siding and led light strips within the walls ... but I'm weird that way.
Lay your sub-floor on the trailer. Frame your walls. Bolt the trailer, floor and framing together to hold it all firm. There is one thing I did on a previous project that I really enjoyed later. I built a custom kitchen box. The top of that box was the sink, cook-top and food prep area. All of that was on drawer slides. I put a door on the side of the trailer that would open and drop down. Then, I could slide that kitchen top outside.
Lighten up your material choices, smaller studs and siding is probably strong enough.
Have fun.
If I was standing next to you with a cold soda in my hand I'd say something along the lines of "this is a great place to start something else" ... and then I'd help you strip this straight to the frame. From there you can do so much. As mentioned above you can go the direction of a teardrop trailer, or in keeping with that "part and parcel" look create a new box to attach the camper top. Either way you have some design freedoms that you are liberated to explore.
I love these type of projects. I'm not a fan of pressure treated woods if you plan to breathe inside of the box. I'd consider metal studs, translucent siding and led light strips within the walls ... but I'm weird that way.
Lay your sub-floor on the trailer. Frame your walls. Bolt the trailer, floor and framing together to hold it all firm. There is one thing I did on a previous project that I really enjoyed later. I built a custom kitchen box. The top of that box was the sink, cook-top and food prep area. All of that was on drawer slides. I put a door on the side of the trailer that would open and drop down. Then, I could slide that kitchen top outside.
Lighten up your material choices, smaller studs and siding is probably strong enough.
Have fun.
