Tuesday, 13 March 2012

I finished the front off yesterday and today, you can see the 4 new panels that I put in, I'll also insulated behind the front panel using the proper insulation and the new floor section is bonded in place.


I reglued the furniture yesterday and clamped it together allowing it to dry overnight, an hour or so this morning and hey-presto, the front is back together ready for decorating. I'll be papering the walls sometime next week and replacing the plastic edging strips with some oak ones that I picked up from Beers they were only a couple of quid for an 8ft length, bargain.


Now that the furniture is back in at the front I can finish off the rear and start building the new bathroom and bed.  As you know I've already replaced the floor in the rear so all that is left is to do is fix the last of the rotten timbers and then cover the foam with new ply, then I can build the bathroom and remake the cupboard for the fridge.

One of the side timbers at the rear was further gone than I had realised, I poked it with a screwdriver and it felt spongy all the way up. I decided to take off the edging strip and remove all the staples etc so I could replace the timber easier.  You can see day light in the seam in the following photos where the seam has been separated:

 


In the following photo the black stuff you can see is the timber or what is left of it, all I had to do was split the seam and poke a screwdriver in and it all fell out, completely rotten.


I've cut the new timber to go in and I'll fit it tomorrow as I'll need to get some more sealant/adhesive from the Caravan shop.