Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

by **NoNeck** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 2:12 pm

Excellent idea!! :thumbsup:

by **steve wolverton** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 2:26 pm

Ok, so I've put this off long enough - here is the bathroom right now.

Toilet sits flush on the bottom (for now) and up top you can see the light & the exhaust fan hose. All of that will be glassed in behind foam/fiberglass.

This is the floor of the bathroom. I'm going to build a small raised platform for the toilet and to create a shower pan.

Here's what I'm planning. There will be a small raised platform that the toilet will sit on. There will be a small drain hole in the bottom of the floor. The platform will basically cut the floor area in half (and be sloped so the water runs off) to concentrate the water in a smaller area to drain. I will also epoxy the edges thicker so that the water will flow to the drain. The water will then pass through a small 1/2" pvc pipe into a 5 gallon container to hold the grey water.

by **J.C.** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 2:51 pm

Wheeew! Now that was a long thread. But I enjoyed every bit of it.

You've done a heck of a job on the puffin. Something to be proud of for sure. I really like the exterior graphics change, and, well, shoot, I like it all. Great job! :thumbsup:

J.C.

by **steve wolverton** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:03 pm

J.C. wrote:Wheeew! Now that was a long thread. But I enjoyed every bit of it.

You've done a heck of a job on the puffin. Something to be proud of for sure. I really like the exterior graphics change, and, well, shoot, I like it all. Great job!

Thanks J.C. :thumbsup:

I need to go back and re-read this thread from the start. I haven't read it all the way through in a long time. I had no idea it would be as long as it is, but I have a feeling it's starting to wind down.

by **steve wolverton** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:07 pm

I've got the toilet riser installed now. All of the brown stuff is epoxy mixed with woodflour. I'll wait for it to harden before I install the front piece and I'll seal it all up. I cut some 3/4" plywood for the supports under the riser. They are 4.5" tall in the back and 4" tall in the front.

I'll mix more epoxy and begin sealing the walls/floor tonight.

by **SmokeyBob** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:42 pm

Steve
Your Puffin is looking real nice. :thumbsup:

I have a few questions about your AC. That access hatch you installed on the front. Was it to allow more air to your AC or for some other reason?

You said in a earlier post that you cut a hole in your floor below the AC to allow for drainage. Could you have attached a small hose to the bottom of the AC and drained through the floor that way?

Do you have any problems with water coming in through the side vent for your AC?

by **steve wolverton** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:01 pm

SmokeyBob wrote:I have a few questions about your AC. That access hatch you installed on the front. Was it to allow more air to your AC or for some other reason?

You said in a earlier post that you cut a hole in your floor below the AC to allow for drainage. Could you have attached a small hose to the bottom of the AC and drained through the floor that way?

Do you have any problems with water coming in through the side vent for your AC?

I installed the hatch on the front so that I could get the exhaust air out easier. I used a hatch so that I could close it and not have to worry about water being forced into the AC as I was towing it.

I cut the hole in the floor below the AC so that the water would drain. I have never seen any water drain though. I thought it would leak like a car AC, but I just haven't noticed any. I'm not sure about the drain hose. I don't know a lot about AC's.

I've never had any problems with water coming in my vents. I've never seen any water. I can hear it when the AC is running (if that makes sense) but never seen it. :thinking:

by **Hudsonite** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:29 am

Steve, What did you use to trim the door and outer walls? Is it aluminum that wraps around the edge, or simply a flat piece of aluminum screwed on to the outside? I found the drip caps you recommended. Thanks so much! Scott.

by **Hudsonite** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:40 am

I forgot to ask about the way you applied the epoxy on the outside. I know you used wood flour to cover the seams and screw holes. But did you actually epoxy the entire outside walls and roof? I received my RAKA epoxy in the mail (alright!) and I'm just curious how you used it on the roof/walls. Thanks in advance!

by **SmokeyBob** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:54 am

Steve, Thanks for the info on your AC. I'm wanting to install an AC in my camper so I'm looking at different ways to do it.

by **steve wolverton** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:49 am

Hudsonite - The walls and door are trimmed with 1/2" aluminum angle. As for the epoxy, yes the roof and sides were covered with epoxy. I mixed up batches and poured them into a paint try. Using a roller, I applied the epoxy to the tops and sides. I remember it took quite a bit of epoxy to coat the entire camper - I think more than 1/2 gallon.

SmokeyBob - The biggest reason I installed mine the way I did was because I didn't want an AC sticking out of the camper, or mount it to a slide system. It takes up more space mounting it like I did, but I'm glad I did.

by **steve wolverton** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:56 pm

Ok, this project is pulling about an 8.5 on the suckmeter. :thumbdown:

There just isn't a lot of room to work while sealing off all the edges, and there are a lot of them.

I should have built the shower/bathroom area 24x36 and I could have just bought a shower pan and slapped it in there, but no...I had to have a custom one.

I mixed glass bubbles with woodflour for the fillers. I just about have the pan filled in enough to lay the fiberglass cloth down. I may do that tomorrow.

This is the top vent/light cover that I made from foam. I'll epoxy it to the walls and then fill in all of the voids. After this is complete all I should have to do is cut my drain hole and paint the bathroom.

by **steve wolverton** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:32 pm

I bought a small CD player/amp tonight and installed it (plugged it in) in the storage area above the bed. It sounds much better with my 6x9's than the speakers it came with.

Since I have some tunes now, I thought it would be nice to listen to it outside the camper, but I don't want to install speakers outside. So...in order to let the tunes out, and keep the critters/bug out as well I built a screen door.

The door opens into the camper against the AC.

I'll post some pics tomorrow of it in the camper.

by **steve wolverton** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:59 pm

Ok, I installed it last night and I think it's going to work just fine. I do need to notch it for the door latch though.

I guess I need to trim the main door opening in aluminum now that the door will be open. One project leads to another...

by **Mary K** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:25 pm

DAaaang Steve, You are kicking BUTT and taking names huh??

If the Puffin's a Rocking, don't come a Knocking... :lol:

Mk

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