Short days, cold weather, snow, and the holidays have slowed us down considerably, but we're still plugging along as much as possible.
Right around Thanksgiving time, the new front corner trim I ordered came in. We got that installed along with the gutters and awning rail right away. The new trim was much more cooperative around the bends. The top bend was still a tough one to do, but at least with the shorter side leg of this stuff it was actually possible. I also installed the last remaining trim strip across the front of the roof and got that all sealed up with dicor.
Once that was done, I had my brother working on getting the windows and other through the siding stuff in place. While he was doing that, I was able to get the remainder of the outside lighting complete, and then my father and I finished the LP plumbing from the trunk up to the appliances. Here's some pics!
From the door side, now with windows and a porch light:
The rear, with the window and the door/vent for the refrigerator:
The street side, with the windows, furnace vent and side light fixture:
The front with the dual LP rack installed and covered, plus a light up front to make nighttime hitch/lp work easier:
A few other angles of the trailer, still a ton of butyl tape to trim when it warms up a little. The front trim is still hanging long and needs to be trimmed. Also one of the pictures shows the LP rack uncovered:
All the appliances have been plumbed into the LP with the exception of the water heater. That needs to be installed after the inserts are installed on the couch, and those still need polyurethane. For now, the line is run and plugged. The furnace works just fine and does a great job of heating the trailer. 70F inside is no problem at all with the outside temperature in the low 20's. Even in those conditions, the furnace does not run excessively, so I guess we did OK with the insulation. I have started adding a small run of flex duct off the furnace into the bathroom so we have no issues keeping it warm in there with the door closed, you can see some of the flex duct in this shot, I'll get a better one once I bend up the rest of the ductwork:
Since you can't see the furnace making heat in a picture, this one will have to do - cooking with gas!
A couple of weeks back we got the fresh tank mounted back up underneath and started running the hoses to it. Yesterday we finished that up, mounted the pump and got it all connected. The pump and these hoses are all located under the table between the couch and the closet, so this is all hidden and will be accessible through a small door. If you look closely you can see a 3-way valve to add antifreeze for winterizing and behind the price tag is a pump inlet strainer. The section of rigid PVC was used to make the relatively tight bends required to get through the floor and down to the tank as 1.25" hose is not very flexible. The pump wiring still needs cleaned up:
Here's the fresh tank underneath. It is supported by a couple of lengths of unistrut suspended on threaded rod. Everything is to be lockwashered and double-nutted to make sure it stays where I put it. I still need to install a cross brace between the two pieces of unistrut, tighten it all down and cut the rods to length.
This picture attempts to show the connections, it's tough to get a picture under there. You can see the LP trunk with the copper tubing running up through the floor to the appliances. The smaller clear hoses off the tank are vent, drain, and pump feed. The tank fill is kind of hidden in the back there. The hoses are a little long and need to be cut down a bit and secured so everything isn't rubbing into everything else.
This hose bibb is the fresh water tank drain:
Late yesterday we did the dump valves and piping. Sorry for the dark pictures, it was quite a bit past sunset and a drop light doesnt make for good photography. Here's the valve:
And the dump plumbing from the tanks underneath. Both pipes have approximately 1/4" per foot slope. The smaller pipe for the grey tank still needs an additional hanger installed, I was one short. The hanging wires are for the tank level sensors and the brakes, finishing both of those are on my list for next time.
Finally, here's a few pictures inside with the windows installed. Sorry about the clutter, a lot of this stuff had been stored in the house and had to move out here for the holidays.
More soon as long as the weather cooperates!
- Frank