The Floor

The floor had some damage under the bathroom area and around the front door. It was solid everywhere else so we got away with just removing the floor and replacing with new wood. It wasn't very easy of course because it still involved a lot of careful and detailed work, but at least we didn't have to remove any major panels!

Starting to remove the floor and the insulation - as you can see the chassis looked great.

Bloater put a ladder deck over the hole so he could work. He had to 'dig' the rotten floor out from under the skin to make sure he had a clean hole to put the new flooring in.

You can see here the chassis and the 'banana wrap' at the bottom. The grey water tank had to be taken out to do the job properly - we sanded and painted the chassis with rust inhibitor.

Here is the damage by the front door -

All taken out and the aluminium taken up to get to the underneath chassis and parts.

THE NEW FLOOR!

New wood and new insulation

Unfortunately we don't have any pics of us chipping away the original grey floor tiles. We would have loved to keep the tiles but they were brittle, broken and chipped and had to go. It took me days and days of chipping away with a chisel and hammer and my hand really hurt for a long time afterwards! In fact I am sure one of my fingers will never be the same again....but that's another story! Once the new wood was in and everything was ready to go we emptied everything else out and started with the filling of unnecessary holes and painting!

When the trailer arrived with us its main theme was a dull grey and dark brown - not two colours that go naturally well together huh? We obviously wanted to make it a light bright space and we knew that our ultimate theme for the trailer was going to be retro with a modern twist and a tasteful hawaiian theme so we chose a pale creamy yellow for the walls and a bamboo vinyl for the floor. I'm sorry (again) that we don't have any 'during' pics - but here is the result!