Tuesday, June 15, 2010

One Wall Frame Done!

I laugh as I look back over our first blog post.

Back in May when we first purchased the Lil Loafer, we thought we would simply 'refresh' the interior, or 'spruce it up'. We were thinking in terms of fresh paint, new curtains, new cushions and covers, and maybe a new toilet and new fridge. Ha! Little did we realize how much refreshing and sprucing would actually be required!

After discovering water damage in the walls, Jim decided to replace the walls and floor. We pulled everything out of that trailer. In order to install a new frame for the walls, we had to remove the skin. I have posted some pics of that process, of removing screws to lift panels of the exterior skin. The second-last photo shows the brand new, completed wall frame.

As previously mentioned, Jim found spiders in the trailer - hundreds of tiny spiders! We thought we had eradicated them, until we found hundreds more of them on the outside of the panel we were attempting to remove. Hopefully we have now seen the last of those creepy crawlies.

All in all, it was a productive weekend, with lovely weather that was perfectly conducive to spending many hours outside. We also scored a 'new' fridge for our trailer on the weekend! A local lady with a 1962 trailer had decided to gut it and was giving away the contents for free. She is turning her trailer into a commercial food cart. We had been looking for a fridge that would run on propane as well as electricity, as the fridge that came with the Lil Loafer only runs on electricity. We're pretty sure we'll be taking our trailer to some unpowered camping sites in the future, so we don't want to be limited to 'electric-only' appliances. We're thankful for our freebie fridge, and are hoping it actually works!!












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