Forums for off-grid mobile homes?
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 8:00 pmHi! I have a 34' x 8' x 13' (LxWxH) travel-trailer under-construction, steel framing all the way, welded the chassis from scratch, planning on solar-propane-generator energy sources, water tanks too. Trying to design an insulated closet with exterior or interior access. Thinking removable 5-gallon water jugs, on 2-tiered shelf, just above where the propane tank sits, in front of the nose. Will use gravity, no water-pump. Will be an on-demand hot-water heater in this closet, or perhaps inside the kitchen cabinet above the sink.
Bathroom will have a pump/tank, incinerator toilet. Using sheet metal siding. Not sure how to insulate, maybe squirted foam, maybe board, probably a mix. Want it to look Pro, don't want to bold a refrigerator to the nose!
Looking for ideas on how to get started. Thought about using toilet-seat covers for the jugs to nest in. Will have to use a ladder to get jugs in and out. Unless we do interior access through the kitchen but that seems like a lot of dirty work eventually best done on the outside, to my mind, please share any thoughts! I have measurements, like the jugs are 10" diameter, 19" high. Width of nose is 40", so I could stagger them and build a 1-tier shelf. The arms of the shelf will be supported by buttressed. Steel framing not to interfere with the prop-tank below. Total height from bottom of floor joist to top of wall is 92" (pre-peaked-style clerestory roof with scissor trusses). Fore to Aft measurement from nose-wall to top of the pipe-jack is 18".
Is there an appropriate sub-forum here? Perhaps someone can help by pointing me to a forum more interested in projects with these larger dimensions. I humbly submit that this looks like a fascinating community, just looking for any brainstorming to get done so I can do the work I need to do! Thanks
Bathroom will have a pump/tank, incinerator toilet. Using sheet metal siding. Not sure how to insulate, maybe squirted foam, maybe board, probably a mix. Want it to look Pro, don't want to bold a refrigerator to the nose!
Looking for ideas on how to get started. Thought about using toilet-seat covers for the jugs to nest in. Will have to use a ladder to get jugs in and out. Unless we do interior access through the kitchen but that seems like a lot of dirty work eventually best done on the outside, to my mind, please share any thoughts! I have measurements, like the jugs are 10" diameter, 19" high. Width of nose is 40", so I could stagger them and build a 1-tier shelf. The arms of the shelf will be supported by buttressed. Steel framing not to interfere with the prop-tank below. Total height from bottom of floor joist to top of wall is 92" (pre-peaked-style clerestory roof with scissor trusses). Fore to Aft measurement from nose-wall to top of the pipe-jack is 18".
Is there an appropriate sub-forum here? Perhaps someone can help by pointing me to a forum more interested in projects with these larger dimensions. I humbly submit that this looks like a fascinating community, just looking for any brainstorming to get done so I can do the work I need to do! Thanks
