What's the real Weekender looking like?

[mikeschn]

Arne,

The framing is indeed 3/4" thick. I wouldn't pay the price or the weight penalty for 5 quarters wood.

It sounds like your bolts are going thru the sidewall horizontally. That's perfect! 5 bolts that size on each side is plenty!

Sounds like your're getting the hang of it... BTW, you are going to put glue in that joint, right?

Mike...

[Arne]

not exactly.

1/2" ply platform on h/f trailer. 3" tall, 3/4" frame parimeter wall around edge, through bolted vertically (3/4" frame, 1/2"platform, trailer). Will look like a castle wall around edge. below is front view of trailer.

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The walls will be prebuilt. The wall bottom will have a matching slot, 3/4" wide, 3" tall, between inner and outer wall front to back. The wall will slide over the mating part on the frame. Like a 'key/slot' fit.

All will be glued with pl4000, or similar... and side-bolted.

One reason for doing it this way is I can start building walls/doors without having trailer, which may be 'in the mail' for several weeks.

[Arne]

Mike, speaking of weight, is 1/4 ply on the outside enough, or should I go to 3/8"..? ......3/4" framing, 16" on center?

I've found 3/4 hi-R foil backed for insul. and will use 1/8 on inside, so it will make a good sandwich,, and I'll be using some glue on insul so it will become part of structure.. (not much glue, just an X on each piece).

I want it strong, but not heavy.

[mikeschn]

I think 1/4" plywood is plenty for the outside wall when you glue in extruded polystyrene and then the inside skin. That makes for a pretty stiff and strong wall.

As for the 16" O.C. I think you'll find, once you lay out your studs where the need to be, you won't have any studs on a 16" center. They'll all be something less than that.

I'll measure my studs tonight just to give you an idea of where mine are at!

Mike...

[D. Tillery]

Yea Mike, I would not change anything over 1/8" either. I just wanted builders to consider that when working with metal fabtricators and buying metal, their measurements might not match exactly. For example: sheet metal is sold long because it is not square when it comes from the mill. This allows the fabricator extra material square it. So don't lay a 4x8 sheet of plywood over a 4x8 sheet of steel and expect them to be the same. Steel extrusions are also sold long. Hope this helps prevent any surprises. D. Tillery

[mikeschn]

......3/4" framing, 16" on center?

Arne,

Here's my framing layout... You can see that other than the 1 span in the center, everything is less than 16". I will probably add a "stud" in the center of that long span.



Mike...

[Arne]

Mike, thank you for the layout. I may be overthinking this (a common ailment I suffer from)....

[Arne]

Door hinge: Do most put the door hinge fully exposed on outside because it is easier, or is there another reason (as opposed to hiding it in the slot)..

[mikeschn]

If you have 1/2" or 3/4" thick walls, you'll have a hard time trying to mount the hinge on the inside. Those hinges are 1 1/4 or 1 1/2" hinges. That's why I think you see so many on the outside.

If you have a 3/4" wall, Grant has a special hinge that would be mounted on the inside.

I plan on mounting my hinge on the inside this time, that's if I can find a narrow hinge.

Mike...

[TAILGATINGnNUT]

I am a little confused as to what all fo your pictures are. Are teh pictures in this thread of the 4x8 weekender? or the 5x8 weekender? thanks

[mikeschn]

I am building a 5x8 insulated weekender. That's the photos that I am posting in this thread.

Every thing that I am posting on the Weekender webpage is for a 4x8 uninsulated Weekender. The sidewall framing plan would be the same for both!

Mike...

[mikeschn]

Hey TailGatingNut...

I havn't seen you posting in a while... are you building or what's the story?

Mike...