Posted 2006-02-05 4:30 AM (#36571) Subject: DIY LQ with factory insulation / walls
New User
Posts: 4
Location: South Carolina
I recently ordered a new trailer with LQ shell. I've been reading all the DIY info. while waiting for my trailer to arrive. It came in yesterday and the LQ are insulated from floor to the curve of the roof and it has the thin sheet of metal on top for the walls. It looks good but I had planned on doing what most others did by insulating between the beams then taping the seams then using the furring strips. What should I do now? I hate to start ripping things out of a new trailer but I also want to do the LQ right so I don't have problems in the future. I hope this all makes sense. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
Posted 2006-02-07 1:59 PM (#36678 - in reply to #36571) Subject: RE: DIY LQ with factory insulation / walls
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Posts: 524 Location: Lone Oak, Tx
Hi Valley and welcome to the forum.
My wife's friend has a Sundowner with sheet metal for the walls. She's seen the progress our trailer has made so has recruited her boyfriend to do the inside of hers. I told her to just take the sheet metal off of the walls and start insulating. If yours has insulation on it already, I'd just take the sheet metal off, insulate the roof and tape it up and your done with the insulation. Then you can start the furring strips. If it's like hers, the sheet metal was put up with self tappers and should not be a problem to take out. Hope this helps
Posted 2006-02-07 9:51 PM (#36695 - in reply to #36678) Subject: RE: DIY LQ with factory insulation / walls
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Posts: 4
Location: South Carolina
Thanks for replying. I'm not sure how the sheet metal is put up but hopefully it will not be to hard to take off. If it is hard to take off could I just insulate on top of it and go from there?
I love your site. It's been my new web home the past few weeks.
Posted 2006-02-07 11:07 PM (#36698 - in reply to #36695) Subject: RE: DIY LQ with factory insulation / walls
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Posts: 1011 Location: Oregon
My walls are the same as yours. I just insulted the roof and went from there. Cabinets, closets, bootbox and couch are going to cover most of the walls anyway. I figued that what was showing, I would put up wall paper. I wasn't going to mess with taking down the interior walls. When we camp and stuff, the insulated roof is fine.
DIY LQ with factory insulation / walls
