First weekend in August already

This coming weekend is already August. Hard to believe it with the cool summer weather and near constant rain.





Been prepping the inside of the trailer for installing the floor. I needed to do some repairs to the holding tank flanges. I broke the one where the vent attaches on the black tank. The toilet flange had come off the tank about half way around where the solvent had let loose, and the grey water inlet had cracked the tank about 1/3 of the way around because I let the long pipe going to the sink drop and it stressed the joint.





Ended up buying one of these plastic welders at Harbor Freight:





It works by heating a stream of compressed air. It's not exactly like welding - it's more like pushing soft pieces of plastic together, but it works. Not sure if the repair is watertight, so I'll coat it with a sealant, but mechanically, it's better than the original tank surface.

I have some (poorly repaired by the previous owners) cracks on the bottoms of the black and grey tank that I hope to repair to watertight condition, but that can wait...


Anyhow, the tanks are repaired, and the wood pieces that go over them are marked for cutting. I'll cut them tonight, seal the repairs, put in some foam insulation, and screw down the panels into the floor.

Then I'll put down some 5.2mm exterior luan, and glue down some vinyl sheet flooring we picked out at Home Depot.


Then I can put the fridge in, which will let me put the door on, which will let me do some leak testing. Whoo Hoo!

Progress

Didn't snap any pics. However, I made a lot of progress over the weekend...

All the windows are now installed. Awning over the front window is installed. Refrigerator access door and frame are on.

Also installed 5 new running lights along the front leading edge. Started on the back and have two done and two started out of the five.

Almost to the point where I can rotate the tarp, eposing the front and back, but allowing me to set it up like a canopy over the entry door, so I can leave it up, but still get in.

The refrigerator will only fit through the entry door with the frame off, so I can't put the door on until the refrigerator is inside.

I don't want to put the refrigerator (or anything else) inside until I have the floor down as I want the floor to be one seamless piece of vinyl flooring.

Old Pics

I guess I forgot to put up the pics of when we first got it...


Outside (tongue was painted black after this pic was taken by the dealer)






Inside:

Painted

Some pics of the TT after putting the corner moldings back on with Eternabond, followed by caulk and paint.

The lower front panel was too damaged to repair and was replaced by 1/8 luan with FRP panelling glued on. FRP is waterproof and very stable, but not UV safe, so painting over it should make it last quite awhile. And it doesn't dent. Same treatment to lower half of back and the dilapidated cargo doors.

The pebble texture looks somewhat out of place, but it actually matches that of the entry door. In any event, it looks better than dented up aluminum over rotted wood...

The paint is a 50/50 mix of Off White and Bristol Beige Brightside marine paint by Interlux (single stage). It's brushed on, but it looks pretty good, even in decent light, until you get up really close -then you can see brush strokes.

Also, the new axle, wheels, and tires are installed.