Hello Everyone!
How is our Manor today?
Mo' Money Mo' Progress
The past couple of days have been wonderful! We have made a big dent in the work load and a big dent in our shopping list.
On Sunday the 17th of November we made yet another trip to Lowes. Anyone seeing a trend here? Well, it was a big one that is for sure. We spent a total of $565.13! I know it sounds like much but if you ever plan on doing any project of this scale be prepaid to dish it out. It was well worth it though because we now have materials to give us an almost liveable space. I will do my best to explain everything in detail and what it was used for.
 | ||||||
| Wood to Metal Screws For Sub-flooring |
 |
| Drill Bits |
Justin had to do quite a bit of per-drilling and new drill bits where needed. When replacing parts of the frame he used these to drill through the aluminum frame and the aluminum replacement brackets so he could rivet them all together. Using rivets on the aluminum, we found, where the best way to securely hold everything in place. They are also very easy to replace with out damaging the area or material they secure.
There are a couple of windows on the Spartan that need replacing where they where shot by a BB Gun. we also have a missing window in the back and cracked window that we will be replacing using plexiglass. the plexiglass that we purchased is 10x stronger than regular glass.
Fun Fact! The front bay windows of a 1946 Spartan Manor is made out of Lexan XL-10 which the Myth-busters use as blast chambers and in the right amount of thickness can be bulletproof. I feel as if we are restoring a space ship sometimes. ^-^
We also bought the insulation for the Spartan. After considering many different methods such as spray foam, we settled on this one. Its bubble isolation that is R21 so it should keep our home nice and cozy. They are 25' long and 48" in height, so they are almost the length of the Spartan and we will need almost 2 rolls in height. With doing the math we found that for our trailer which is 25' long by 6.5' wide, we would use about 7 rolls. Thank you Paula Gibson for helping us in the flooring dept. at Lowes. you where so helpful with this part of the project.
when we first started planing how we wanted our bathroom, we had planed on installing a claw foot tub but after more research we decided that it would have been to heavy and too much for a holding tank that would fit the trailer. So, we decided on doing a more simple yet very cool idea. We bought a shower pan for the bottom of the shower and then we will then do an aluminum back-splash on the walls of the shower to give it a more retro feel. The idea came from a DIY series on restoring a 1970s Airstream Land Yacht.It will give e very nice accent to the Spartan and when done properly will be water tight and last forever. We are trying our best to incorporate the old and new. why through away old ideas if they are still good ideas. the original Spartan was all aluminum and had the toilet inside the shower as one unit, we decided against the toilet in the shower part though. we will have plenty of room to have it separate because we stuck to a small shower area.
 | ||
| This shower base was $104.00 at Lowes. |
**Please note that using power tools and or a rivet gun is dangerous and you should ask a professional for help and guidance. Please do your homework before attempting to use any power tools or tools of any kind** | ||||
| Justin also used a steal right angle with per-drilled holes, as a final fastener. He secured the angel with self tapping screws for the metal to metal and wood screws for the metal to wood flooring. |
This is the final look when its all done. Justin recommends doing this step before laying your sub-floor so that you when you do lay it over top of the new aluminum it is further secured.
Justin used stencil paper and measured out the cure in the front room of the Spartan. He then drew the curvature with a black shape and used a jig saw to cut it into shape.
He fasten the floor with wood screws and this is the final look! Its looking so beautiful!
So i just want to point out for a moment that when my grandpa and boyfriend work together, they make an amazing team! while Justin was hard at work on the inside, grandpa was hard at work on the roof. They came up with the idea to use a blow torch to melt then scrap off the tar on the roof which left no damage at all. You guys are so smart!!!
"Sometimes common since, ain't so common."
-Justin Bowers
Thank you so much for reading the blog!
If you have any comments or questions you can comment below or contact us on Facebook at:
or
Email us at:
More to come very soon!!
No comments:
Post a Comment