Framing the Sub-floor

I can't begin to explain how fortunate I am to have support from my wife and family on this project. My parents have begun to pick up our two girls (4 and 6 years-old) from school each Friday and keep them overnight through mid day Saturday. This allows my wife and I to have "date night" each Friday and gives me 4 - 6 hours each Saturday morning to tackle my new project and any other "honey-do" items that need my attention...luckily we have lived in our house for about 6 years and my "honey-do" list is now quite small!

This weekend I was lucky enough to get a bout of cold but very sunny weather to roll my new trailer outside, grind off the remaining attachments from its days carrying a sailboat, clean off the moss, and lay the freshly prepped base platform in place to cut wheel wells and build the sub-floor.

I quickly realized that there is a bit of a warp in the trailer, but was able to shim one corner an get the platform level after cutting it to size. The platform is framed with 2"x3" studs around the perimeter and 2"x2" white wood at 24" inches on center in the middle which will accept 2" EPS foam insulation in the next few weeks and also support the wiring for both the side/tail lights and interior 120 volt outlets that will run off an inverter and battery charged by solar.

In some ways now that it is real, the trailer looks HUGE, but when I think about my family spending many nights in a row living in this small of a space, it looks TINY. Guess I will have the best of both worlds!