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Post by josephinetheshasta on Jun 16, 2018 17:58:17 GMT -8
I took a zillion pictures along the way, but not enough, apparently. I don't have a picture of the door with the trim off, but with the skin on. I've cut a new skirt board to match the skin, but when I put it up to my trailer, it's "off". I tried to put the skin back up to the trailer tonight, but it seems "off", too. It matches the skin at the door: 
Matches at the wheel well: 
Matches at the luggage door: 
When I line it up on the trailer (aided by my little helper), if I line up the luggage door, then the door is off center. When I line up the door, the luggage door is off center. 
So tonight, I put the skin back up. When I did, I lined up the back. The luggage door is centered in the hole in the metal, but the door is off centered. Is it supposed to be this way??  Not only is the door "off", but the skin overhangs the front by 2 inches. It's possible that some of the wood in that corner is missing, but there is no way that 2 inches of wood are missing. What am I missing?? Any help is appreciated!  |
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Post by vikx on Jun 16, 2018 19:55:30 GMT -8
No, it's not supposed to be that way. I'm curious if you've replaced the edge wood yet? It almost looks as if it's missing but hard to tell from the photos. Also, the framing may have sagged if it's been damaged, which would cause the skin not to fit.
I would take some more photos, close up and some of the entire trailer and post them here so we can see what's going on. It's not too difficult to adjust the skin to fit, but don't do that until we're SURE there isn't more framing to do. I'm not seeing the edge wood in the picture of the skin overhanging in the front...
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Post by josephinetheshasta on Jun 17, 2018 16:58:05 GMT -8
I took a closer look. I want to preface this with the fact that the skirt board is the first of many pieces of framing I will be replacing. I planned to work bottom-up. So here is something that was obvious today, but not yesterday (I can't believe I missed this!).  20 inches at the top from frame to frame  18 inches at the bottom from frame to frame  The front part of the curbside wall is not in contact with the trailer  Here's a view from the inside...  The curbing at the top - 1" (I think that's what it's called)  Curbing near the bottom - 1". Obviously needs to be replaced, but it's still there...  The skirt board is missing from the front of the camper to the door frame on the curbside... I tried to put pressure on the bottom toward the front, and it wouldn't budge. I also put upward pressure on it since it looks like it's sagging, and still no luck... What's the best way to approach this? Thanks, again, for your help!! |
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Post by vikx on Jun 17, 2018 20:28:20 GMT -8
Sometimes, a build has to be done in more than one area at a time. In other words, if the wall is falling off (daylight showing), you will need to take it down further than it is now.
I'm guessing that the body has sagged and the wall may have bulged. When there's a ton of rot, it's better to disassemble and find out what has happened rather than do partial repairs. I learned that the hard way with my 52 Hanson.
So.. this is not a quick fix. Tackle the front door side corner. You may have to study to find out why the wall won't push in. Could it be rotten/swollen wood or?
I hope this helps you a little. It's really hard to know what to do without more info. Take your time and study. You'll figure out a few things. When you get stumped, then ask us.
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Post by mel on Jun 18, 2018 2:40:15 GMT -8
When my compact wall was sagging I had to use a jack to lift it., but mine wasn't ripping away from the camper only sagging down.
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Post by bigbill on Jun 18, 2018 8:00:29 GMT -8
I have had multiple times that the bottom boards have gave way and let the wall drop. I place a 2x4 long enough to go under 2 or 3 ceiling joist then use another down to a hydraulic jack that I sit on a 2x8x12 or longer (to spread load) then carefully raise roof and wall to where it belongs. I try to stay as close to wall as possible with the jack. Make sure you have everything straight so that jack doesn't kick out. Go slow and easy while watching wall raise.
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Post by charliemyers on Jun 18, 2018 9:08:45 GMT -8
I might be wrong (likely), but isn't the skin supposed to be flush with the edge of the wood on either side of the door? So if you slid the skins rearward so that the skin was flush with the door framing, would the front of the skin line up with the curbing? What would that do to the other alignment issues with the skin & framing?
Note that none of this is intended to directly help with your immediate issue with the skirt board, but rather just to make sure that everything else is generally in the right place before we address the skirt board. And other's have suggested jacking the wall up...which it might well need...but I don't see how that will help the skin alignment issue which seems to be more of a horizontal issue rather than vertical. Surely the camper didn't stretch or shrink though. But I'm still a rank beginner so the veterans are likely seeing something that I'm missing.
And at a bare minimum I'd definitely plan to entirely re-frame the baggage compartment if you don't end up having to rebuild the entire wall.
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