Hello all,
In my efforts to potentially build a new travel trailer this year (family grew since I built my first one), I am exploring foamies due to their weight savings. I've been reading through the forums, and I have a general sense of what needs to happen to make the build successful, but I do have a few questions about framing out the foam:
1) Do I need a skeleton frame to outline the entire trailer? I've seen both - is there a consensus on what works "best"? It seems like it might be possible to just frame out hard points for windows, doors, and mountable items like lights / fans / vents.
2) How does one attach the foam to the wood frame, or the wood hard points? I've seen people say to 'embed' a piece of wood for something like a light, but is that just embedded into the foam and then secured with glue+canvas? What is to prevent that from coming undone? I know something like an interior light isn't very heavy, so maybe it's never an issue.
Thanks for any advice that can be shared. Once I commit to the insanity that is another build I will probably start up a build log, which is something I didn't do well last time.