Here we are, back together with my friend to finish the work on his trailer, this time we work with surgical precision, follow me I will be your cicerone!
INTERIOR FURNITURE
As I introduced just above, changes were made to the interior furniture, particularly those that were used for food production: refrigerator and stove. Since there was a well-stocked kitchen in the external part and the right size to work comfortably, my friend decided to completely remove the trivalent refrigerator (which runs on Gas, 220V electricity and 12V electricity) and the stove.
He got, in this way, two cabinets where he could store some clothes; the end result is not bad at all, look at the picture, isn't it?
As for the other cabinets, the vinyl siding was removed, after which they were painted with the same material as the walls. My friend's wife is partial to the color purple so all the wall cabinets were colored purple while the rest of the furniture was white. The cabinet doors recreated in the refrigerator space are purple as is the shelf.
As you can imagine, given the attention to detail, the door handles could not go unnoticed; in fact, they were custom ordered! For assembly we had to deal with a small adjustment as the screws were too long.
Again, the result is not indifferent!
FLOOR
The floor did not hold any major difficulties, in removing the old linoleum, let alone in mounting it, it did hold some surprises once the linoleum was removed: there was a hole in the wall area attacked by ants and another one in front of the entrance!
No harm done, my friend didn't lose heart, widened the holes until he found material in good condition and recreated the "sandwich" with an osb board and polyurethane foam.
With this snag fixed, we started with the installation of the new floor and got away with just one day's work.
Obviously all using low to mid-range materials to keep costs down: on the other hand, for a vehicle that will end its life in camp, it would not have made much sense to put too much money into it.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Special attention was paid to the electrical system. Although this friend is not an electrician, he is always in contact with the construction industry, so all wiring was done with standardized and self-extinguishing material.Since the whole trailer is made of wood, the fire load is very high, so a watchful eye is needed for any short circuits that might trigger an unintentional fire.
Here with his little helper!
To almost completely zero this out, my friend preferred to avoid 220V electricity inside the living cell at all and opted for 12 v LED strips with a total draw of less than 5 amps. Obviously all the wiring can safely withstand voltages on the order of 10 amps, he didn't go any further so as not to have voltage drops that would have rendered the USB sockets useless.
Personally, I would not have put USB outlets on the sides of the bed at all, especially near the head, for obvious reasons of electromagnetic pollution.
However, the end result is not bad at all!
Well, this experience has come to an end and I was fully satisfied to participate because although my training prevents me from frequent use of my hands, I don't disdain getting them dirty at all to have vision of the practical side that exists in all things.
I am glad that my friend had as well the patience to explain me here and there what he was doing, so I could learn something!
@gogreenbuddy next step will be tutorials also from me doing things :D For now, I am learning!
See you tomorrow with another content from my daily life!