Moving right along

The weather outside was favorable 54. So we spent the weekend moving right along on our project. A big thanks to Chris from Ohio who shared his insight after taking on a rehab of his own. He not only provided valuable information/insight but gave me some encouragement to continue with our project. Mike an I created an initial material list of what we thought would be enough material to get us through the weekend possibly repair from frame to ceiling at least a 4 foot section at a time.. We headed out to Home Depot. Along the way we debated which section to work on first. We decided since the roof had been repaired on the back side the damage couldn't possibly get any worse. So opted to move to the front on of the trailer. Living in the country you have to drive an hour just to get to the store. so by the time we got home, less
$185.00's on a few materials we did not have much daylight to get much done. In the dark under lights from the inside out we were able to fix and replace some of the structure of the interior walls but we would have to wait until we pulled off the aluminum to get get a better look around the corners and remove all the flooring to the frame.

Saturday morning bright & early we removed the aluminum, and took out the floor. We ripped off the rusted galvanized underbelly and braced up the walls. Ants Ants & more Ants were everywhere. They had tunneled through the original foam floor insulation and were hiding everywhere. Thank god for shop vacs! Armed with Max Home Defense, I sprayed a perimeter around the trailer to keep them from migrating toward the house if any got away. Once the underbelly was removed and we were down to the frame of the unit, it is much easier to visualize how you put it back together. We decided to use FRP board to replace the under belly followed by 2 inch foam insulation, then covered with 1/2 plywood. There are never enough hours in a day...but we tried this is the progress we made this weekend.