INKWELL construction begins

[Lynn Coleman]

Hi all,

Well, we finally were able to put some wood to our trailer frame. It feels real good to get a start on the Inkwell. I've uploaded some pics of what we've done today. We haven't completed putting the 1x2 completely around the outer edge but as you can tell from the picture it was getting late. And we don't want to distrub our neighbors, their bedroom is next to the area we're working.

Also in chiseling out the indent for the rear support, I managed to hit my knuckle with the hammer. That means it is definitely time for me to stop. Hubby was great, he cleaned up the area, while I went and got some ice for my hand.

The Inkwell is a TTT. We have an aluminum frame 6'x12' and are aiming to have the interior slightly over 6' tall. While the frame is aluminum the cabin will be made from wood.

Thanks so much for all your helpful information. I've spent a lot of time in the forum, reading and evaluating our design. You'll see in our pics we were aiming to have an angled cut, but after reading some helpful insights about putting in a curve, we're going to give that a try.

Enjoying the process,
Lynn & Paul

[Miriam C.]

Great start there Lynn. Its all up from here.

GitRdun

[Steve_Cox]

Hi Lynn & Paul,

Nice beginnings.

As far as neighbors go, I never have to worry about disturbing mine, they were quite disturbed before I got here.

[Lynn Coleman]

Hey thanks, Miriam & Steve.

I do have a question for folks regarding flooring. I've noticed that some folks are tiling their interior floors before they put their walls up. I'm more inclined to do it after the walls are up but is there a reason I should reconsider?

Lynn

[dhazard]

IMHO do as much of the finishing work before the side go up and the top goes on.
It’s much easy on the back, and less chance of bonking your head.

[Micro469]

Hi Lynn... I really don't see how it would make much differance. I plan to do it as one of the last steps... I still haven't bolted my trailer down, and it's 1/2 done.....

[Podunkfla]

Lynn... Nice to get started actually buildin something isn't it!

Looking forward to the updates.

friend ~ Brick

[Miriam C.]

Lynn I think the flooring is personal preferrance. I would seal the floor anywhere there is not going to be glue. I did mine after the sides.

I see you are putting the bed across the camper?


If you want the flooring in the storage you will want to put it all down first. Then leave it forever.

[Lynn Coleman]

Lynn... Nice to get started actually buildin something isn't it!

Looking forward to the updates.

friend ~ Brick

Absolutely! Paul and I feel wonderful. Well, my hand is kinda hurting and sporting a nice shade of green at the moment. Oddly enough it bothers me when I'm typing, this isn't good for a writer.

Thanks for the encouragement Brick.

Lynn

[Lynn Coleman]

Lynn I think the flooring is personal preferrance. I would seal the floor anywhere there is not going to be glue. I did mine after the sides.

I see you are putting the bed across the camper?


If you want the flooring in the storage you will want to put it all down first. Then leave it forever.

Yeah, we're going to put it under the various storage areas. Yes, the bed is across the back of the trailer. It will be a tight fit for hubby but he's short enough that he should be fairly comfortable. The builder of the trailer actually added 5" 5/8" to the width of the trailer by accident, we are very happy to have those extra inches. Paul won't have to sleep in the fetal position, or stick his legs on my side of the bed.

[Micro469]

Lynn.. Is your bed only 4' wide??? I love my wife... but she doesn't love me that much....

[Lynn Coleman]

Lynn.. Is your bed only 4' wide??? I love my wife... but she doesn't love me that much....

I love my husband too but I need elbow room. We've actually planned for a 60" wide mattress. The measurements you see on the diagram is 2.5' plus another 2.5' wide when the bed is pulled out, pehaps the decimal point isn't showing up well in the picture. My grid lines do not copy from PageMaker to any other program.

Thanks for checking.

Lynn

[Steve_Cox]

Lynn,

Just saw your question about flooring and when to install it. I put down a parquet floor after I had finished everything else inside including putting polyurethane on the walls and ceiling. If I had done it any sooner it would have been ruined by all the glue drips, poly splatters, dropped tools, sanders that hadn't completely stopped before putting them down.... guess you get the idea. On the other hand some people are more careful than I.

[Lynn Coleman]

Lynn,

Just saw your question about flooring and when to install it. I put down a parquet floor after I had finished everything else inside including putting polyurethane on the walls and ceiling. If I had done it any sooner it would have been ruined by all the glue drips, poly splatters, dropped tools, sanders that hadn't completely stopped before putting them down.... guess you get the idea. On the other hand some people are more careful than I.

Hi Steve,
Those are some of the reasons I thought of waiting until walls were up. However, I'm thinking it would be easier to keep the cabinets clean if the floor level was also tiled. The question is how to preserve the tile while constructing.

Lynn

[Lynn Coleman]

Hi all,

Well we finished the framing and actually put on two of the three plywood sheets of flooring. We're putting some under the floor boxes together that will sit just behind the axle and are positioned in the third sheet of plywood. We hope to have those together along with the floor bracing for the boxes by the weekend. Saturday we hope to put the final sheet of plywood together for the floor. then we'll begin working on the walls.

Thankfully, no more knuckles or fingers were bruised during todays construction.

I've upload a picture but it was taken before the second sheet of plywood was put on.

Lynn