De-construction 2

The stove used to be in here.

I just disconnected the gas line and removed 4 screws

and it came right out.

There it is ...

No more kitchen sink, no stove, no cabinet.

I'll have to replace the cabinet top, but everything else was usable.

Obviously you are looking at the gas line and the plumbing.

And a water-damaged wall and damaged floor.

This was the crank that elevated the TV antenna.

Water came down that and damaged the ceiling panel.

No, it won't do me any good to save the antenna.

What you see here is after I removed the bottom-half of the 

air conditioner unit.  Now I need to go up on the roof

and remove the top-half.  My neighbor wants to buy it from me.

Next up will be the refrigerator ...

Deconstruction 1

All the drawers and doors are out.

The dinette set is out.  The front couch/bed is out.

I can see all the plumbing.

I've taken out all the screws in the overhead cabinets ...

and can't get them off the walls.

There must be screws coming into them from the ceiling  or sidewalls.

I found 4 screws coming into the TV stand unit, that were screwed into it from the sidewall.  Which tells me that the last thing they put on the trailer was the external metal layer.  It just makes it more challenging to save as much of the interior as I can so I don't have to buy more stuff when I build the tiny house. 

Waste not, want not.

(and save my pennies too)

And then there are these specialized wires.

It would be nice to re-use this unit.

And maybe some of all those other wires ...

I just have to expose them, trace then down,

photo-document them, and plan ahead for the future.

Neighbor's Old Shed

A neighbor of mine had an old shed just sitting in the side-yard.  Then one day they started serious renovation of it.  They added on a lean-to and a porch.  Then an adjacent screened in room.  (I'm sure that if there was a party or family dinner this would be great.  However, I have yet to see it in use.)  Anyway, they added some signs and a West Virginia flag and named the dirt drive, "Mountaineer Lane".  Anyway, it is now a well-used small home.  See what you think:

Some Interior Fotos

This is what I would like my tiny house to look like.  Because we really like the layout.  And of course, will be saving as much of this as we can for the rebuild.  We don't intend to keep the bunkbeds, but here is a view of them and what is under the bottom bunk.

This is the drinking water tank, and water pump.

To the left of this is the thermostat controlled propane heater.

I don't intend to use this heater system.

Just to the right of the bunkbeds is the bathroom.

With the tub / shower

You sit in this with your knees up in the air.

The view down the aisle to the bathroom.

With the bathroom door closed, you can see the clothes closet and a nice view of the refrigerator.  Directly under the clothes closet on the right is the miniature water heater (to be replaced by a tankless water heater).  Directly below the water heater is the converter and AC distribution panel (or should be - see all the wires).  Left of those are a few drawers.

Right of the refrigerator is the stove with oven.

I do think I'd move the window above the sink, upward a little bit.

This isn't just a kitchen sink ... this is lots of storage area!!

This is the upper section of the dining area.

The actual dining area that converts into a bed ...

and, has storage!

The couch in the front that pulls out into a bed,

with extra storage under it.

Even without a loftbed in it, this little trailer was designed to sleep 7.

I am so going to keep as much of this layout as possible.

Now that I have emptied it out ... I need to take a bunch of measurements, and as gently as possible start removing everything from inside the trailer.  While photo documenting all the hidden stuff like wiring and plumbing.

Procrastination

Okay, the weather is warm enough that I should be doing something ... but now it is too hot and humid.  That's all just excuses.  and there are several other projects stacked up and waiting as well.  Instead of looking at it as a huge monstrous thing, I just need to break it down into small projects and get working at whittling away on those.

Storage Shed

My new storage shed should be arriving shortly ...

That will allow me to move everything out of the camper
Measure everything ...
And start the calibrated deconstruction of the camper.
:-)
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Motivation ... Or Where to put the STUFF ...

I got rid of 4 boxes of stuff out of the storage trailer,

More STUFF to go ... 

My intention is that instead of Chop & Slash the trailer ...

I will uncover cabinets and storage areas to find out how the wiring and plumbing was all done.  Measurements taken.  Drawings made.  Things saved for future use.  

Other than the bunk beds in the back left ... I really like the layout of this camping trailer.  I think it would function well as a tiny house ... with a sleeping loft ... and a high ceiling in the living/dining area.

Instead of bunk beds, we could put in more cabinets and storage.  In fact, that area is large enough to put in a regular bathtub/shower combo and put a linen closet/storage where the tiny tub/shower is located.   Instead of angled, we could run the bathroom door straight across and access the tub from next to the sink/lav.  Of course, I'll have to see what is under the bottom bunk ... and determine if it can be relocated somewhere else ... HOWEVER, my wife hasn't agreed to that yet. But I might just do it anyway, because there are times it would be nice to just soak our older aching bodies.

And I need to seriously get my windows ... 

before I go talk to the SIP manufacturer.