I've picked my pace up again and have some additional help so we are making good progress once more. Taylor and two of his friends, Garrett and Patrick, have been a tremendous help!
Here's the new work crew, Patrick on the left, Garrett in the middle and Taylor on the right - these guys rock! |
The rain slowed for a few days allowing us to work outside |
Here is a before photo of the rear curb side prior to rot repair... |
An after pic of the same area, I used oak plywood to make a solid piece for the corner - I used the old lumber for temporary bracing |
Street side before... |
New framing completed, this is the area where the gray and black water tanks are located - Taylor is working on the mounting bracket and support for the tanks....again old lumber is temporary bracing |
Test fitting the outer skin |
These young men are hard workers! I had trouble giving them enough to do... |
This gives a sense of the framing requirements for the rear, all 4 corners seemed to be asymmetrical |
Another view |
I found that I needed to add 3/4" on the edges to make the skin fit properly, I cut 3/4" strips of plywood on my table saw to add to each side |
Here we've installed a section of the interior paneling using screws and fender washers rather then nails |
A closer view of the attachment method |
Interior shot, I pre-finished the birch prior to installing this time |
This lower panel was a lot of work to attach securely, the bottom bend is very tight |
Seeing the back come together really re-energized me |
This is where we stopped for this day- it looks great! |
Patrick worked all day on the sander making the old cabinet wood smooth while removing the old finish |
Patrick did a great job as shown here.. |
On Saturday January 29th I returned to continue on the rear. The crew joined me and we managed to make further progress.....
Before... |
Before lower.... |
WOW! Like new - Garrett cut off the old beat up bumper which helps the looks a lot |
Another view |
It feels so good to be done with dry rot repair! |
Another view with some interior paneling installed |
This is the location of the outside storage door |
Here is what we started with in this corner |
Another view of before... |
The wood looks so warm.... The spots are from my camera, we decided that we are going to put a jack knife sofa here instead of the bunk beds. May add some cabinets too |
Garrett modified this cabinet to fit the new refrigerator |
The skin fits perfectly - I'll be insulating when the weather allows |