To insulate or not to insulate

[Tammy]

What are the pros and cons of insulating the sides? I live in FL but plan to take my TD out of state, or camp when the weather is cooler here.

[Ira]

Here are the pros and cons of insulating:

Forget about just keeping the TD warm--it also keeps it COOL in the blazing heat of Florida, like a cooler. Plus, it eliminates condensation on the interior cabin walls. And with framing, you now have a place to run your wires, and it's great soundproofing.

Here are the cons of insulating:

A little more work.

[Miriam C.]

I can see Ira is convinced. Tammy whatever works for you. I would at least insulate the top to keep the heat out. I insulation is a great way to add sound proofing to the walls without adding weight too. I did mine to get the weight down. I think I got about 30% lighter but that isn't much if you just want to put it up and go.

Would I do it again....You bettcha.

[critter]

Hey Tammy,
Id shure put in all the insulation I could if I were you.Sat nite at the new river ol moneybags was complaining bout the cold,It was like 40 or something I think but when we got into the camper it was warm from the days sunshine I guess so we went to bed and I had make the midnite run a couple of times and it was relly cold outside.It was so warm inside that I open the door 2 more times to cool it off in there with just body heat warming it up.Im shure itll help just as much when we run the ac!

[madjack]

Tammy, we build with solid 3/4" ply walls...no insulation...we do have an inch of insulation in the roof and a 6"foam mattress on the floor...I much prefer this build technique, since you are using solid side, you don't haveta worry about preplanning where your cabinets are going....keep in mind that a tear has an interior volume of no more than 100 cuft and heating and cooling are not a big problem...you will have a bigger problem, getting heat out of your camper while using than keeping heat or cold out of it...
madjack

[Tammy]

We decided to insulate mainly because of living in S. Fl. But we also figured this will probably be the only one I'll build so I better ad those little touches now.

Thanks all!

[critter]

Hey Tammy,