Vacation this year meant 3 days removing unnecessary roof penetrations and patching their holes. This meant a whole lot of scraping. And cramped hands. I don't mean to complain too much, I did enjoy a few beers up there too!
Clearly, I bought this before I read the label! There are very few true professionals in this world.
After patching the holes, the next step was scraping and cleaning each riveted roof seam and drip rail. I put many hours into ensuring there will be no leaks.
The black areas are patches over holes and seams. I have to wait 30 days until the asphalt cures before I can scrape the old cracked roof coating, lightly pressure wash, and then apply a new coating over the entire roof. I'll be using an aluminum colored fibrous brush on coat.
I also completed the most of the wiring rough in this week. I know, I know, the 200A service panel is overkill. I plan on feeding 100A to sub panel elsewhere pretty quickly after parking this thing. Low voltage stuff is something that I have a lot to learn about. I plan on stepping the power down from 120v to 12v with a transformer so that I can switch on all the old trailer's marking and tail lights as an exterior accent.
I'm going to make time soon to try a few different sample finishes. I have some wall sections that were removed for windows that I can try things out on. I don't plan on a polished mirror finish. I kind of like the idea of something between what I have and a polished look.
I built a little box to enclose my Viega water distribution manifold so that I can insulate it when all the plumbing is done. The lines that you see feed the trailer's needs with the exception of the water heater loop which will come along after moving the trailer to it's new location. The remaining discharges will feed things like the washer/dryer, hose bibs, and outdoor shower.
To date, I have not contracted anything out. I will be doing that with spray foam insulation in the next month or so. That's a big check to write, so it's time to get back to making money! I'm grateful that the phone has been ringing for tree work.
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