About to build a mini house on an 07 camper frame.will use it for a hunting camp.what I?m looking for is something light but durable for the exterior walls.i will be moving it about 175 miles.can I buy commercially available aluminum or galvllume sheaths like on an enclosed or horse trailer?
- Thread starter rrman61
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Yes,check with anybody that dirt track races who can direct you to a supplier. The aluminum sheets usually are 4' x 10' in a variety of colors and are extremely durable. Paint wont fade or chip. I worked on dirt late models for years and have taken very wrinkled rear quarter panels off and worked out the wrinkles with a dead blow hammer and a smooth 2 x 12 plank with no chipping of paint. They looked quite good from the grandstands. 
DoubleO7
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If you starting the build with nothing but the frame, I would look seriously at using insulated panels.
i.e commercial freezer panels, 2inches or more of rigid foam sandwiched with aluminum sheeting.
i.e commercial freezer panels, 2inches or more of rigid foam sandwiched with aluminum sheeting.
Blackhole49
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- White Lake MI
Wouldn't it be cheaper to just get an older Travel Trailer completely set up. I bought this 24' Dutchman new in 1991. It only goes out 2 twice a year. In the the fall it is my hunting camp for 2 weeks. I can't imagine it's worth $2,000.
Glad you said it! Why anyone would go to the trouble of reinventing a travel trailer is beyond me! To each their own I guess.
FWIW, using roofing as siding does look good when it's applied vertically, almost gives a board and batten effect. That might be my first choice if you really want to do this.
K Effective
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Our local pie barn supplier (metal/trusses, etc) can cut siding material to any length with or without ribs extruded into the metal. You could contact cement some ceretex insulation to the back side before installation.
Here's a link to a video of a family researching the insulation options for their bus/RV conversion:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK0yBu05QOc
Here's a link to a video of a family researching the insulation options for their bus/RV conversion:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK0yBu05QOc
K Effective
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While a pie barn sounds tasty, I meant pole barn, clearly. Freudian slip?
Blackhole49
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- White Lake MI
BTW: It does get very cold in northern MI. This is this year prior to heading up.
BarnyardEngineering
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- Rochester, NY
People who build "tiny houses" tend to live in them long term, not a couple weekends a year. They need to be durable and weatherproof, which a cheap 30 year old travel trailer tends not to be. Unless the owner has taken abnormally good care of the trailer, kept it inside when it wasn't in use, an old travel trailer tends to be full of leaks and rotten wood.
IF I do this it will start with a frame on wheels(no
wood left from old camper).it will be built more like a
house. I use it for 3 months mostly and occasionally
in the summer.if I stop hunting in my current
location I can move it easily.and later I can park it at
my fish pond near my home.
wood left from old camper).it will be built more like a
house. I use it for 3 months mostly and occasionally
in the summer.if I stop hunting in my current
location I can move it easily.and later I can park it at
my fish pond near my home.
DoubleO7
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- Crystal River, FL
Like I said, a perfect application of what the industry calls "SIP"
(Structural insulated panel).
Usually foam insulation sandwiched with metal, wood or gypsum and metal or wood.
No framing needed, start with a solid deck and stand up from there, connected edge to edge and at the corners.
Can use the same for the peaked roof also.
tn terry t
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I think you would be better off buying a hauling trailer to build on. that camper frame is thin as paper.
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