All sealed up. Only the door needs to be put back in place.

Zach was the new floor inspector.

The first piece of furniture we put back in place was the kitchen counter. Now maybe we can get the oven off the floor an out of the way.

View of new floor toward the back of camper. The small space heater really kept us warm.

We spent a day putting in the new floor. This is a view toward the front of camper.

Now that whole exterior of the Camper is sealed it is time to move to the inside. We spent a few hours reconnecting all the trailer lights. Luckily all we had to do was replace a few bulbs. We then moved inside to determine what we wanted to accomplish next. We decided to install the new floor. Then we can think about reconstructing the walls and furniture. A new bathtub has been ordered and we are waiting for delivery. That is the next area we have decided to work on.

Once repair were completed the siding was put back on. Now the whole exterior of the camper is sealed.

View of left back corner after repair.

View of the left back corner before repair.

View of same right corner once the wood had been replaced and the floor set in position.

Back right side corner of camper area where the tub goes. You can see the rotten wood that needs replacing.

View from inside facing back of camper. AS you can see most of the floor has been replaced except the last section in the back.

Side view of camper with lower siding removed.

New frame along the back side of camper .

All the siding around the bottom needed to be removed, the extent of the damage and rotten wood has caused the camper to sag on the frame

Just found the time to update our site. We have been working hard to get things sealed up before it got to cold. Here are a few more pictures of the progress we have made. We now have moved on to the back side of the camper. This will be the final section that needs repair, once this is completed the floor can also be finished.

New corner

Finally decided to remove the last piece on counter and stove..Hope to keep the fridge in place.

View from the inside. Half way done.

Looking Good

View from the door.

A closer view of the frame.

The corners are now very solid.

View from the outside of the front section.

We were very lucky to have good weather this weekend and made alot of progress. The light at the end of the tunnel is looking much brighter. Once we completed the first section of new flooring the we continued to work on finishing up the front section of interior wall. We had to remove the window pull off all the siding. This was so much easier then then our original plan of reconstructing from the inside. We learn something with each step so we had to backtrack a little but it was well worth the effort. Now the front side of the camper is completly restored and ready to be put back together.

Not bad for a days work

Break Time

The garage is becoming a mess

One section completed

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.