Pixeltim's Cargo to Camper build

Yeah, I hear ya, my wife is the same. This will certainly be a budget build!

 

Thieves see plumber and see$$ in copper, my guy goes to Madison and wont put anything on his van because of that.
spend moneyt I'm in big time since its not mine

 

“Tender Touch—Mobile De-lousing, Tick, Flea and Mange Treatment”

That should keep people out.

 

Things have been going a bit slow with an upcoming vacation, but I am making progress on the back door, and the door being inset into it.
Now that I have it this far, progress should happen much faster!

 

Honey Wagon Septic Maintenance- Don't be a chump, call us to pump.

 

With a major burst of energy this weekend, I finally finished the rear door replacement with the inset camper door. Now to install it, hopefully tonight.

 

Feel like we gotta make that window a bubble one like they make for dogs in fences... So you can stick your head "out" to check for cougars and bears and shit napping on your back porch.

Looks good!

 

Success! It fits perfectly!

 

Friday afternoon Trailer building:
Tore out the old rotting plywood, cut and dominoed the replacement wood, then played around with the teak hardwood flooring I found for a steal at the Habitat ReStore!

 

Flooring is done and I didn’t muck it all up!

I sprayed the frame with rust oleum rust converter after taking wire wheels to it.



Then sprayed undercoating to the bottom of the flooring plywood.


Installed the plywood.

 

Fast forward a week while I cut new tongues in half the flooring to be able to do the herringbone (sorta) pattern.


Then messed around to get the right placement for the starter row.






Then off to the races!

 

That's flooring why did you put it on the wall?

 

Just wanted to be a bit quirky

 

Kept filling in the rows...


Until it was completely done!



Then a quick test fit of the rug I picked up while on vacation.



Next stop? Insulation, Wall panelling and Windows!

 

I may have missed it, but a fan up top for air flow and to draw away hot air in the summer would be clutch!

Looking real nice by the way.

 

Thanks! I’m planning on installing a 5k btu window air conditioner in the front and trying to decide if that’s enough, or if I should do the fan too. My one issue with the rooftop fans is that some of them leak. That would suck.

ETA: everyone that I know that has has trailers agree that the fan is ideal. I guess I'll have to go with that too.

 

This weekend I thought I'd polish it up to see if the finish was acceptable.
It will never be a show piece, but at least it won't be too embarrassing!
Then it was insulation time. That went far faster than I had expected.
Now to install the windows!
Once the windows are in, it'll be ready for a test run.
If it's just too hot, then the fan is next.
Then it's time to finish the front and ceiling too.

 

I was able to install one window tonight. Fun times!