flboy wrote:Hader, that shower and plumbing is looking nice! Great job!
I am curious.... what are all the notches cut in the wood supports for the shower base? Seems like that was a lot of work.
One of the main objectives of this build, was to see how ‘light' can we build it. We removed all the 3/8” panel that came with the trailer (240 LBS), and replaced it with 0.197” (5mm) Luan (63 LBS). Then, used some of the 3/8” and added 3 2x4’ to build the bathroom walls and shower base. By the time we finish the bathroom walls, the trailer should be about 150 lbs. <> lees than it was (still, have a lot of 3/8” left).
There were, and there are, more places where an Ounce here and a Pound there will add up to maybe the equivalent of an extra propane tank or a battery.
We are shooting for a total (bed, toilet, shower, AC, Fridge, stove, sink, empty B&G tanks, empty water heater and windows) of around 150-200 LBS more than what we started with. … The shower base was made with 3/8” ply and 2x4 cut into 2x2.38”, to reduce height. That meant it needed more lateral support. The notches made the 2x2.38” shower base laterals about %45 less than as if being solid. Notches were made with 3/4” dado set, it came with a table saw that I scored from a school auction for $212.00, it took me about 3 minutes.