mold/rot fighting strategies? Anyone tried this?

[lrrowe]

If my recollection is right, there are many posts here where the Luan is clear coated. It certainly is on the top of my list for my ceiling.

[astrotrailer]

We camp in the trailer in cold weather. The skin is aluminum, the studs steel and the insulation is rigid foam, inside walls are plywood that is sealed. I have 2 inches of rigid foam under the plywood floor the the top of the plywood floor is covered with 1/2 inch closed cell foam and carpeted. We have 2 inches of closed cell foam in the ceiling. I installed an Atwood RV furnace and we sleep with a bit of ventilation. The furnace keeps things warm enough to prevent condensation. The furnace has a heat exchanger so a blower pulled in fresh air and blows out combustion gasses through a vent. The inside air is heated with the exchanger. Since we keep a window and ceiling vent cracked we have plenty of fresh air. Before I put in the furnace the condensation from two of us sleeping was pretty bad in cold weather. I keep the propane bottle on the front outside wall of the trailer and use it to also feed an outdoor stove and grill during the daytime.

I live in Reno Nevada and the relative humidity is too low to support mold growth, unless there is a constant supply of moisture like a slow plumbing leak. The trailer is only plumbed for propane so I don't have to worry about freezing water in the winter time. Other than tires, lubing the hubs and adding water to the batteries the trailer is pretty low maintenance.

[Gonefishin]

We camp in the trailer in cold weather. The skin is aluminum, the studs steel and the insulation is rigid foam, inside walls are plywood that is sealed. I have 2 inches of rigid foam under the plywood floor the the top of the plywood floor is covered with 1/2 inch closed cell foam and carpeted. We have 2 inches of closed cell foam in the ceiling. I installed an Atwood RV furnace and we sleep with a bit of ventilation. The furnace keeps things warm enough to prevent condensation. The furnace has a heat exchanger so a blower pulled in fresh air and blows out combustion gasses through a vent. The inside air is heated with the exchanger. Since we keep a window and ceiling vent cracked we have plenty of fresh air. Before I put in the furnace the condensation from two of us sleeping was pretty bad in cold weather. I keep the propane bottle on the front outside wall of the trailer and use it to also feed an outdoor stove and grill during the daytime.

I live in Reno Nevada and the relative humidity is too low to support mold growth, unless there is a constant supply of moisture like a slow plumbing leak. The trailer is only plumbed for propane so I don't have to worry about freezing water in the winter time. Other than tires, lubing the hubs and adding water to the batteries the trailer is pretty low maintenance.

Ya, what he said! Low maintenance, high insulation, good furnace.

[Prem]

Rent an ozone generator from any rental outfit, run it for 4 hours in your closed trailer. Any more and it will dissolve your plastic and foam rubber. Ozone is an oxidizer-disinfectant. It rips apart molecules. The only way to keep mold out permanently IN MY EXPERIENCE is to spray foam your walls and ceiling so that no air gets against the outside skin inside the walls and ceiling.