BEFORE

DURING

AFTER

Click here to see work done in 2002

Old ply wall

Removing it

and the backward insulation

Corrugated paper insulation

Slats support the canvas

Installing solar at the same time

The front right wall plan (contrasted)

Fortifying door jamb. Trim will hide it later

The front right wall wired

Re-insulated (correctly this time)

Sheathed

Wiring for 2 front wall outlets

An additional wire for a ceiling lamp climbs the corner on the right

Selected this panel for a kitchen lamp

Rain had seeped in around the adjacent vent

Added pull-chain switches to the lamp

Attached lamp to new ceiling panel

After fitting to corner, foam panel is sliced vertically on reverse side

Careful 3/4 deep slicing helps the foam panel curve into the corner

Using thin luaun panel since it will take the curve without splitting (if very gentle)

Luaun is 2 layers of veneer with a mesh of wood fiber and adhesive between

Using 'resin' (plastic) trim for the curve since the wood trim snapped

The resin cracked where notched but wood trim & glue in the notch hold it together

How to redo the corners puzzled me for 7 years; it had to curve in 2 directions

Installed an aluminum strap sandwich in 2002 to pull sprung walls back together

The luaun couldn't take this curve. Sealed seams with fiberglass tape & adhesive

Filled seams with Elmers Wood Filler

Filler becomes rock hard; difficult to sand

Coated with Minwax Polyurethane

Once open, the Elmers Wood Filler hardens within its tube. A zip-lock bag slows that down

In the foreground and behind the wire shelf, white plastic tracks run wire to the lamps