Now that the walls are all up in the bedroom, we have to tape the seams so they will look better after being painted.
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We purchased the mineral wool in 2 inch thickness and 1.5 inch thickness. The original bedroom walls are 1.5 inches thick and we made the walls thicker by another 2 inches for extra insulation. This means we need two layers of insulation in the bedroom.
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The original walls of the kitchen and dinette area were ripped out due to water damage and had to be replaced.
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Our post from January 26 talked about us working on the kitchen floor beams and sub-floor. Since then we've worked on a variety of things and finally came back to actually finishing the sub-floor. We had left the sub-floors not glued to floor beams because we had to run the electrical wires and water pipes below the sub-floor first.
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Trying to decide where the batteries will live and extending the bedroom floor.
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Continuing the work on the bedroom and getting some roof work completed.
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Our main requirements for our new insulation was: it had to be eco-friendly (recycled content), good R-value, not heavy, easy installation, and the right thickness. But who knew it would be so difficult to find insulation that met all our criteria.
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With the new bedroom studs cut from the other night, we worked on getting it ready to be installed and screwed into the RV.
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We are finally seeing positive changes to the trailer instead of "negative" changes from constantly tearing it apart!
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Have we mentioned that Tybee is a hoot? Really dogs in general are just great to have in your life because they are inhibited, honest, and kind-hearted. While Tybee and Tyki haven't bonded in the sense that they lay around the house having to touch one another or share sticks to chew on or anything of that sort. But they have bonded in their own unique way - at least I choose to think so.
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We took a few extra days off from working on the RV than we wanted because the weather got insanely cold (especially for western North Carolina). The polar vortex came through Asheville and the temperatures dropped to a record low of -1 *, more like -teens* with the wind chill.
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You've already heard us mention our weight regarding the RV and you'll hear it again now and in the future.
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When we decided that we're not keeping and reusing the RV sidings we planned to sell it to a scrap metal yard. Andrew went with me to sell it and we were a bit thrown off by what we saw, seeing that this was a first time experience for both of us.
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BIG NEWS! After numerous conversations that all started with, "Should we keep Tyki?" we decided to adopt him!
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I was told that when you undertake a project such as rebuilding an RV, there are bound to be lots of surprises - and they are usually the ones you'd rather not have. Except I was told this after I found out about the surprises.
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One thing you need to know about me is that I'm tool and construction-retarded. I can't hang a picture on a wall - unless crooked and off-centered is ok.
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Dreaming is easy. Buying an RV and truck turned out to be the easy part too. Renovating the RV and truck is not easy.
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