A journey of a thousand miles..

With one step we made the transition from dismantling to rebuilding. 

After pulling up the original floor and sanding the deck to bare wood. We were presently surprised to find a floor in very good condition.  

On the curbside front, where the cargo door and fresh water drain met, there was a little bit of rot. 

We cut that out and spliced a piece of wood in and tied it to the existing substructure of the floor with pocket hole screws and Epoxy. Mostly this filled in any uneven gaps and helped to level the floor at the transition. 

Once we got to this point we pulled the trailer into the garage and leveled it before installing the new vinyl floor. We thought this would allow for the trailer to be most stable when attaching the cabinets and updating the plumbing. As we hit summer, temps here will be in the upper 90's most of the time and there is no shade until late evening where we were working.

Once every thing was in place we dry fitted the vinyl sheet for the flooring, laid down the adhesive and installed our new floor.

We then took the floor-plan measurements from our disassembly notes and laid out the location of all seats and cabinets on the floor. This will help with measurements for plumbing and electrical, as well as, visualization of the space.

We aren't planning major changes to the original layout, moving the water heater, and adding a gray tank are our biggest changes to the trailer that aren't structural repairs.

Using a flush trim bit and router makes quick work of cutting out the drawer holes for the kitchenette.

We removed old paneling and replaced rotted or broken frame pieces. the face is 1/8th inch cabinet plywood. it's designed to take the primer and Paint we are using to finish all the cabinet work with. We have something special for the ceiling.  (As a hobby I love woodworking and I get to put in wood (unpainted) ceilings, can't wait to see what we do.)

Those tape lines are coming in handy as we fit the refurbished dinette. Almost all new wood on this section, this was close to back door which leaked and water spread through that laminated paneling.

Partial mock up, verify everything fits and gimp covers all essential areas. After we have all the lower cabinets and seating test fitted we will lock it down.

With the holiday and prior commitments to help family with a deck rebuild we will be making light work over the next 2 weeks. Mostly, we hope to finish up the lower cabinet build and paint. 

Just to be sure everything is accounted for, Thor is taking inventory.