Revisit the beginning of this story.

           I don't remember where I left off the last post, but I was not loading pictures properly an so I deleted most of what I did before, so consider this a restart for this blog.

     As you can see in the photos below, the most damage was inside the rear storage compartment. It might have been because the door was installed so that it dropped down for easy access. This would then allow water easy access also. As we began to take the trailer apart the more damage became evident.

   This was only the first day so you see that this is going to be a major repair. What makes this so exciting for me is that I get to totally rebuild this trailer.  My daughter was not happy with me at this point because she was planning to go camping in a couple of weeks. My daughter realized that her dreams of this wonder camper were shattered.  Although it didn't take her long to realize that the trailer was not safe after any amount of positive thinking.

     As we continued to take the trailer apart we could see the many areas where water was getting into the wood at corners and joints. Water damage was evident around every window and port opening.

     The aluminum siding had to be taken off from the bottom up as it was installed from the top down.
The aluminum siding was in very good shape and only a few pieces will have to be replaced. I will likely strip the paint and keep in in a bright aluminum finish. Than it will look like the "Air Stream", huh?









      After the skin is removed, I will carefully dimension the location of everything so it can be rebuilt exactly as it was and so that the siding can be replaced to match the openings and the windows will fit back where they were before.
        In the rear storage closet, we will add a 24" shower and try to make provisions for a portable toilet.  See the small box opening in the center closet. I think that will work for the location of a roll out shelf to hold the toilet, we will keep you posted on that.

 

I'm going to leave it here for now. I will start the fabrication of the new walls, the floor and the roof framing as they will need to be completely rebuilt.