fulltimin
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After removing the last piece of ceiling paneling, there was the obvious blue insulation on top, but also, there were 2 pieces of steel that ran from side to side, between the insulation and the ceiling paneling.
I can't really say I have any clue as to why that was there. Maybe it will make sense later.
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fulltimin
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And this has to be one of my more favorite pictures.
It is a pic of the right front corner of where the roof and wall join looking toward the rear.
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fulltimin
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In this pic, the red circle is showing the steel at the top of the wall.
The green circle, is the side piece of steel that the ceiling/roof joists are welded to.
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fulltimin
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In this one, the red rectangle is one of the ceiling/roof joists that runs from side to side on the ceiling.
The green rectangle, is/was a piece of 1/2" plywood that was glued to the top of the ceiling joist. The ceiling joists were lain down, and were 1" high, and 1.5" wide, they way they were installed.
The yellow rectangle, is the 1/8" plywood that was glued to the top of the roof, with the fiberglass roof glued to it.
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fulltimin
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This pic with the red line, shows the curved piece that covers this joint, and is hooked onto the outside of the side wall, and either screwed or pop riveted to the top, and then covered by caulk, of course.
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fulltimin
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And this is the big one.
The red square is the piece of aluminum that ties the roof and the wall together. The roof and walls are not welded together.
The green circle, shows rivets, that fasten the aluminum to the roof steel.
The blue circle, shows the bolt(s) that fastens the aluminum to the top of the sidewall.
You can see, the aluminum, is in kind of an X shape.
And that is how Fleetwood fastened the roof to the top of the side walls on this rig.
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Jim@HiTek
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It's the bottom of the barrel of that foam stuff. That foam insulation. When the can is nearly empty, it comes out looking just like that. Dries semi-hard.
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fulltimin
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Jim@HiTek wrote:It's the bottom of the barrel of that foam stuff. That foam insulation. When the can is nearly empty, it comes out looking just like that. Dries semi-hard.
I guess that "closed cell foam" really is "closed" at the bottom of the barrel. Lol.
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femailyetti
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At least that wiring looks like somebody cared. is that some form 0f tar paper on the back of the units?
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fulltimin
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femailyetti wrote:At least that wiring looks like somebody cared. is that some form 0f tar paper on the back of the units?
No, it actually looks like a very thin piece of some type of foam. It's about 1/16 th inch thick and is very squeezable down to basically nothing.
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