ben cody

So, I’m getting ready to put my walls up, and am laying sill gasket around the edge, to sit under the bottomplates. Somewhere I can’t remember told me I should use Loctite Power Grab All Purpose adhesive to attach the sill gasket to the trailer sill. But, for no real reason I’ve started to doubt that choice. Do people have thoughts about that? Good choice? Bad choice?

thomas rubino wrote:Hey Ben;
I vote to build it as is.
Add some flashing at the bottom to keep the rain away.
The roof overhang will extend over the side, diverting most of the rain.

Ah interesting, would that be like, the kind of flashing one would put around the base of a chimney where it enters the roof? And would you sort of bend it into an "L" shape, with the upright portion going between the sheathing and the siding, and then the horizontal part of the "L" lying down on the sill, pointing outwards? Does that make sense?

Hi all, I have a conundrum, partly based in that I have almost no construction experience.

My trailer, listed as 24' x 8', is actually 100" wide. The blueprints/plans I bought, the frame is actually 8' wide, 96". This leaves 2" on each side extra. I kind of presumed that this 2" would be taken up by the sheathing and siding, but my friend who is helping me build is convinced that the frame should go all the way to the edge of the trailer. Which of us is correct? If he's correct, what's the easiest way to solve the problem without buying a whole new trailer, or whole new plans (three of my six walls are already constructed)?