Friday, December 22, 2017

Snow, New Wood, and Looks Like Home!

It has been a few weeks since I posted an update... We have been working on the camper!  The last of the new floor is in and we finished the studs on the driver side of the camper.  We also completed two of the crosspieces in the back of the camper and managed to get it butyl taped before it started to snow!  It is coming along but it is still on life support!  We still have to put the rest of the carriage bolts in the floor so we have to keep the snow cleared out from around and under the camper until this is done!  I loved how it looked with the work light on inside while the snow was falling... even though it is still just a shell at this point it looked so warm and inviting... it looked like home!
Glowing in the snow!

Measure first!

Keeping it on the level!

The frame all prepped and ready for the new floor!

Getting ready for the butyl tape!
 
One screw at a time or two screws at a time!

Yes! It is back together!

making the piece for the floor...

almost ready to put in!

All the new wood looks so nice and so sturdy!
Let is Snow!

The first carriage bolt is in!


tying the old in with the new.

Getting ready to wrap things up for the night...


Friday, December 1, 2017

Day 14-16: Turkey, Sweet Potato, and Learning Curves!

Over Thanksgiving we were able to get a lot done on the camper!  It has all new 4 corners and all but one of the roof joists are tied in! We pulled the front window to put the corners in and the weather warmed up enough to be able to re-butyl tape the window when we reinstalled it!  The front curves were trial and error to get them right.  They were so far gone with rot there was not much left to go by! After a few tries and some trimming we managed to get them in place! We also got some more of the studs in!  It is starting to look like a solid structure again! 
Getting ready to replace the back curb side corner!

The Saw has to be plugged in first! LOL!

Out with the old!

In with the new!

Getting the header tied in!

The next day we pulled the front apart.  It took some time to
get these corners right!

Yes, That is part of the roof... We had it pull all the screws
across the top edge to replace the front roof joist.

we cleaned it up before we put it back in place.

The third day we got the front back together!
Getting the front tin all lined back up!

Putting all the screws back in place with the butyl tape!

Our ground support! :) 

Dry fitting the window... Phew! It fits!

The front end all put back together!  As you can tell we
were very happy about this!

The view from the inside of the front window with the moisture
barrier in!

Well,  it has been awhile since I have posted!  Things moved along very quickly as we were finishing Susie up!  Life got busy and we have tr...