Glory in my pain - Brit rehabs a filthy trailer.

I've got a sink and single handle faucet you can have if that helps.
Both used but good. The sink is a shallow model with a disposer strainer basket. The faucet is an American Standard single handle.

Maybe worth the 2 hours driving in an economical car or if we can get a pony express going to get them to you.


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Actually mate you're not that far from me, I'm over here in Reidsville now :)

I'd really appreciate the sink, thank you!
 
My current home is my 5th piece of property.
You know the first thing out of my mouth anymore when property shopping?
"Where does the water come from?"

You learn after awhile that everything else is just a temporary inconvenience.
Don't get discouraged.
 
As for kitchen cabinets: if you're handy enough to replace see-thru floor, I bet you could cut & assemble some paint-grade quality cabinetry yourself. Yourselfs. Bof' y'all.

I've done a lot of cabinets with 3/4" birch/maple ply from Big Box, screws & wood plugs, and iron-on edge banding. Brushed poly if you like the end result; or paint hides a lot of sins. (Putty & paint make it what it ain't!) Euro-style hinges go on pretty easily and allow for lots of adjustment. Drawers are more complex, but they don't have to be dovetailed together. You can staple or screw together boxes of ripped 1/2" ply and 1/4" bottoms. Drawer slides have come a long way in terns of ease of installation. Knobs instead of pulls only require 1 hole drilled in doors & drawer fronts, so location & alignment are simpler. Preformed formica/wilsonart/laminate counters come in various lengths, and end trim comes n mached kits.

A half-decent 7-1/4" saw, a straightedge & clamps, and a set of sawhorses will get you through the cuts. (A table saw is nice, but the little / less expensive ones aren't suited for rippin' 4x8 sheets.) A jigsaw is handy for the sink cut-out, but you could probably borrow one for as little as you need it. A good countersink/counterbore bit of 3/8" facilitates screws & wood dowel plugs to cover. Trim ring washers and exposed screw heads are another option for a different look. A HF 5" random orbit sander and some sheets of hand sandpaper will smooth it all out to finish-ready surface.

Time quotient is higher but dollah Q is much lower.
 
As for kitchen cabinets: if you're handy enough to replace see-thru floor, I bet you could cut & assemble some paint-grade quality cabinetry yourself. Yourselfs. Bof' y'all.

I've done a lot of cabinets with 3/4" birch/maple ply from Big Box, screws & wood plugs, and iron-on edge banding. Brushed poly if you like the end result; or paint hides a lot of sins. (Putty & paint make it what it ain't!) Euro-style hinges go on pretty easily and allow for lots of adjustment. Drawers are more complex, but they don't have to be dovetailed together. You can staple or screw together boxes of ripped 1/2" ply and 1/4" bottoms. Drawer slides have come a long way in terns of ease of installation. Knobs instead of pulls only require 1 hole drilled in doors & drawer fronts, so location & alignment are simpler. Preformed formica/wilsonart/laminate counters come in various lengths, and end trim comes n mached kits.

A half-decent 7-1/4" saw, a straightedge & clamps, and a set of sawhorses will get you through the cuts. (A table saw is nice, but the little / less expensive ones aren't suited for rippin' 4x8 sheets.) A jigsaw is handy for the sink cut-out, but you could probably borrow one for as little as you need it. A good countersink/counterbore bit of 3/8" facilitates screws & wood dowel plugs to cover. Trim ring washers and exposed screw heads are another option for a different look. A HF 5" random orbit sander and some sheets of hand sandpaper will smooth it all out to finish-ready surface.

Time quotient is higher but dollah Q is much lower.

I'd considered it but my carpentry skills suck. The hole in the floor IS covered, but nobody is going to give me an award for it lol
 
Yeah, that's always been my objection. I've heard some horror stories.



Yeah it's really starting to feel like progress.
I think being a landlord would be easier if the rental property is on your land, near your primary residence... It'd be easy to keep an eye on things and to do your own handyman stuff when something in the rental property breaks.

We live here in NC, but we also own a home in San Diego. The SD house is a rental. The renters are really good (Thank you God!). But it sucks when something breaks. I'd much rather go fix it myself for $20 than to pay a contractor $200 to do the same job. But, being 2500 miles away forces me to pay someone in SD to fix things.

I've been thinking about trying to buy cheap houses near me, just to rent them out to people. If I had good income coming in from the rental properties, I'd quit my real job and just be my own handyman, keeping up the local rental properties.
 
I think being a landlord would be easier if the rental property is on your land, near your primary residence... It'd be easy to keep an eye on things and to do your own handyman stuff when something in the rental property breaks.

We live here in NC, but we also own a home in San Diego. The SD house is a rental. The renters are really good (Thank you God!). But it sucks when something breaks. I'd much rather go fix it myself for $20 than to pay a contractor $200 to do the same job. But, being 2500 miles away forces me to pay someone in SD to fix things.

I've been thinking about trying to buy cheap houses near me, just to rent them out to people. If I had good income coming in from the rental properties, I'd quit my real job and just be my own handyman, keeping up the local rental properties.

Yeah that would be a nice gig.

And it would be close and we would only rent to people we already know.
 
Still a schmuck about pictures but it'd about done. We're putting in the ghetto kitchen tomorrow (more like camping until we can find/afford some cabinets etc) and most everything else is about done. I'll snap some pics when we get more or less done moving in!
 
Still a schmuck about pictures but it'd about done. We're putting in the ghetto kitchen tomorrow (more like camping until we can find/afford some cabinets etc) and most everything else is about done. I'll snap some pics when we get more or less done moving in!
I'll keep an eye out for closeout/returned cabinets at Lowe's when I am perusing the store. We got some cabinets for our laundry room for $12 a few months ago.
 
I'll keep an eye out for closeout/returned cabinets at Lowe's when I am perusing the store. We got some cabinets for our laundry room for $12 a few months ago.

Thanks mate. We don't need but 3 or 4.

Well 95 was a lie, it hit 99, now down to a balmy 98. All the big stuff and furniture is in, the apt is pretty bare and it's mostly running small boxes and clothes and some kitchen stuff. We had good friends with a box truck help us out which is good because I about passed out from the heat after 4 or 5 hours.

I love this country and NC but bloody hell your summers are awful.
 
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Thanks mate. We don't need but 3 or 4.

Well 95 was a lie, it hit 99, now down to a balmy 98. All the big stuff and furniture is in, the apt is pretty bare and it's mostly running small boxes and clothes and some kitchen stuff. We had good friends with a box truck help us out which is good because I about passed out from the heat after 4 or 5 hours.

I love this country and NC but bloody hell your summers are awful.

That’s why God put mountains to the West and an ocean to the East. Take advantage of them at every opportunity.
 
That’s why God put mountains to the West and an ocean to the East. Take advantage of them at every opportunity.

Yeah. We've been so focused on this we're probably not getting a vacation.

Beth took her kids to Carowinds a couple of times so far because they always get season tickets, so that's the important thing. They love roller coasters. I stayed home and worked or worked on the house. Just got the closet rod done in one, but got the other too short.
 
Well other than gutting the storage units, were pretty much moved in.

So of course in the storm (not the first time it's rained) the extension we are using as a bedroom sprung a leak in the roof, about 20 minutes ago. We've got it under control and have a plan, but it's an unwelcome surprise tonight.
 
Well other than gutting the storage units, were pretty much moved in.

So of course in the storm (not the first time it's rained) the extension we are using as a bedroom sprung a leak in the roof, about 20 minutes ago. We've got it under control and have a plan, but it's an unwelcome surprise tonight.
Wait! It’s raining?!!

WHERE!!
 
It hasn’t rained here in forever. Hoping for lots of it tomorrow.

Oh we've had two, three storms in the last week IIRC. The one Sunday was way worse, which is weird because it didn't leak a drop. I'm guessing since we're actually using the room the half-ass construction sprung a leak due to all the movement.

Oh and where is Reidsville, but the whole triad got a dunking the other day.
 
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rain wind coming from a different direction will sometimes cause a leak

That or us actually moving around in there cracked whatever half ass redneck moron jackleg sketchy jank solution they used to fix it the first time.

We've got a 39x29ft tarp and ropes just now. We're going to drape the whole end of the trailer and extensions from roof edge to roof edge and stake it down to stop the water ingress for now. Then once it dries out we'll get ladders from somewhere and get up there to take a look.
 
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That or us actually moving around in there cracked whatever half ass redneck moron jackleg sketchy jank solution they used to fix it the first time.

We've got a 39x29ft tarp and ropes just now. We're going to drape the whole end of the trailer and extensions from roof edge to roof edge and stake it down to stop the water ingress for now. Then once it dries out we'll get ladders and get up there to take a look.
Mine leaked last fall around a vent boot. I redid the top after that. New boots and 2 buckets of elastomeric roof coating will do wonders.
 
Mine leaked last fall around a vent boot. I redid the top after that. New boots and 2 buckets of elastomeric roof coating will do wonders.

Thanks for the info, I know zip about roofing. I think the problem is where they tied the beer can trailer roof into the additional room they built, it seems like all the water is coming in that join where metal turns into shingle.
 
Look into EPDM membrane roofing. (There are some other membranes available, tpo & pvc, but I don't know much about them.) Membrane roofs are relatively easy to install, have great abrasion resistance, and can be had in white for heat reflection.
 
Look into EPDM membrane roofing. (There are some other membranes available, tpo & pvc, but I don't know much about them.) Membrane roofs are relatively easy to install, have great abrasion resistance, and can be had in white for heat reflection.

Thanks, never heard of that.

Is it really easy to install? I'm a total muppet when it comes to anything high up, I'm terrified of heights.
 
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Thanks, never heard of that.

Is it really easy to install? I'm a total muppet when it comes to anything high up, I'm terrified of heights.

I've seen it done & discussed it with a roofer, but not done one myself; maybe someone else on here can jump in on that. However, the roofers I've spoken with swear by it for low-pitch roofs. It's basically a sheet of impervious fabric glued to your roof structure, so, if it doesn't get punctured, you're good to go for a good long time.

Like most other DIY home construction projects, most of it is just a ballsy attitude and a willingness to sweat & get dirty. Acrophobia complicates things... :) I think you're biggest issue would be covering the joint between the "regular" mobile home roof and the additional room roof and getting the seam sealed right.
 
Well today I am sweating like a navvy condensing storage units down into one because the kitchen build is still delayed.

However yesterday I got to sit on the edge of my deck and pop some 22LR off at old cans of Nasty Lite beer the former owners left behind. No trip to the range, just wandered into my own yard and using the temporary backstop of a shed we're demolishing once it cools down a bit, I got to plink for the first time in ages.
 
Brit, we be needing some updated photos of your adventures.
Keep up the great job you both are doing.
 
Brit, we be needing some updated photos of your adventures.
Keep up the great job you both are doing.

Honestly it looks like crap at the moment. The kitchen has been an ongoing mess and as a result the many boxes of kitchen stuff are still cluttering up the rest of the house. I'll post some more once we're done with the interior chaos!
 
Honestly it looks like crap at the moment. The kitchen has been an ongoing mess and as a result the many boxes of kitchen stuff are still cluttering up the rest of the house. I'll post some more once we're done with the interior chaos!
Hang in there, it's all coming together.
You guys will look back sometime in the future and say "That wasn't so bad, it turned out to be just what we needed."
 
Sweet! You lucked out!

Yeah, these are the same folks who basically went to ReStore and bought us an entire kitchen and then are installing it.

We've got some damn fine friends. Beth mostly, I'm a hermit these days.
 
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Firstly none of this is my work. My girl's friends just bought cabinets and such, showed up and installed them and decorated (painted over the dark wall board fake planks).

They're almost done, sink goes in after the tile is done, then it's just the floor and I think some sort of finish on the cabinets.

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We also gutted the bushes around the house, cutting them back to almost nothing. I burned all the detritus last night, took a bit of care to get all that green wood to burn but I was able to nurse it without resorting to accelerants.
 
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