Hello Everyone!
How is our Manor today?
Making A Cozy Home
This is our theme song for the project
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I can not believe how far we are getting in such a short amount of time!! I mean we do work on it almost all day long and we have been working on it since we have gotten to Florida, but still!! I'm so proud of us!!!
On November 19th we spent most of the day on one area of the camper, the wheel hubs. it was an extremely long process and took Justin a while to get it all put together correctly. First of all we had to replace part of the right wheel hub where the aluminum was missing. he had to figure out a shape for the missing area, then cut it out perfectly, then, rivet it all together and make a water tight seal...ugh. Second of all, cutting the plywood for the sub-floor to go around the wheel hubs was a pain!! I feel for anyone who may encounter this same issue. a tip, try to take your time and just do it right because if done wrong dirt, mud, water and what ever earthly things, could damage the inside of your trailer. we plain on building a cabinet to go over that area and we don't want any possibility of rot.
(Steps explained below)
First, Justin cut out all of the bad aluminum with a rip saw.
Yes that is my finger, my bad haha. Never said I was a pro.
The old rivets where also trimmed so they could be replaced.
With a black sharpy, he drew a shape to cut out to fit the hole. keep in mind that you need to make it about and inch bigger than the hole so you have plenty of space to connect the old and new aluminum together with rivets.
Clean up the edges for a smooth finish.
Looking like a pro.
Drill a hole for the rivet. Make sure you go through the old aluminum as well as the new.
Place your rivet.
Pop the rivet into place.
There you go! Justin found it easiest to place one rivet at the top to secure the best position for the new aluminum. Then do a couple more around the aluminum to hold it in place so he could put the other rivets in with ease.
He also braced it with an L shaped piece of aluminum by drilling holes in to the bottom of the floor them using wood screws to hold into place as well as riveting it to the aluminum. Its not going to go anywhere I think any time soon; some times over kill is just being safe.
This is our finished project.
I dont have any pictures of the flooring around the wheel hubs from that day because Justin was getting kind of frustrated so i went inside to leave him be and didn't see it until the next day. what he basically had to do was cut out a giant "H" shape in the plywood and the center part was too big and wouldn't fit. then the small pieces where too long...so much frustration.
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| My sister and Dad |
On Wednesday November 20th, I spent my morning with my grandma helping her run some errands and going to her Doctors appointment at my Dads office.
When I came home, Justin was hard at work and this is what I saw!
The floor was almost done!!!!!! He also used spray foam toy fill in all the cracks for a water tight seal.
We then had to make a trip to Lowes and buy some more wood screws because a box of 100 wasn't enough as well as more foam spray.
When we got back Justin finished the floor and we started the insulation process. I measured, then cut each individual piece of insulation to fit in between each beam or frame work. It was hard work but it will keep the house very cozy. Justin also used spry foam to fill in the sides for a water tight seal.
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| We ended up buying about 10 cans because each can didn't go very far. |
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We got half way through before we had to stop. Mosquitoes are still horrible this time of year and i was getting very tired of them. Tomorrow we will finish this part!!
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