I would like to try to insulate the ceiling of my dressing room myself since the local conversion outfits will not do partial conversions. Walls are insulated & lined. Roof is aluminum. What do the conversion companies use? How do you secure it to the roof/ceiling? A pro told me they use a special kind of glue that is resistant to heat. Is there some kind of reference guide for this? It is a 10' short wall. Spouse is a pretty good carpenter.
Posted 2005-10-14 12:39 PM (#31761 - in reply to #31740) Subject: RE: Trailer roof insulation
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Posts: 1011 Location: Oregon
I used 1 inch foam board in between my supports. If cut right, it will be a tight fit and stay there. I did not use any glue. I then used foil tape on all the seams. Then I attached 1x2 furring strips, long ways, the opposite way my ceiling supprts go. After that, you can put whatever ceiling cover you want and attched it to the furring strips. If you attach the ceiling cover directly to the metal support beams, you can get condensation running down the screw and into your ceiling cover. The furring strips stop the condensation from running to your cover.
Posted 2005-10-14 1:37 PM (#31766 - in reply to #31740) Subject: RE: Trailer roof insulation
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Posts: 27 Location: Elgin, Texas
Is this the same foam board used in housing construction? I'm assuming you attached the fur strips to the supports of the trailer. Correct? Thanks for the info.
Posted 2005-10-14 10:34 PM (#31783 - in reply to #31740) Subject: RE: Trailer roof insulation
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Posts: 27 Location: Elgin, Texas
Wow! There is some really great info here. Thanks so much for the tip. I have been cruising through the messages and various websites of photos from all the DIY'ers for two hours. Boy, is my husband in trouble! I have a 99 3 HS Sundowner with a mid tack - 10' shortwall all together. I have been torn between selling it and buying a LQ trailer or trying to do something myself. My courage level is way up now.
The outside door to the mid-tack is limiting as to what can be done with the space behind it, but I was thinking about turning it into a "tack-closet" which would still be accessible from the outside, large enough for buckets, feed, longe whips, etc. I would build a wall around this closet so the rest of the space behind it could be used as a bathroom. There is already a door between dress room and mid-tack. Something tells me this would totally wreck the resale value of the trailer, though. Oh well, at least I feel like I have options now.
Thanks to all those that have gone before and figured out so much of this already by trial and error.
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