On the 29th

Today we got cracking with laying the first level of flooring and insulation. This was an exciting day for us because after so much planning and preparation we were finally going to get building! woohoo!

 What is the plan for today?

 Drilling the wood through the floor frame and metal chassis of the trailer. Super long drill bit made the work effortless. It really helps when you have the right tools. This one was from Supermaco, our favourite hardware store. We love you Supermaco!

 Clamping the wood in place and cutting the metal thread rod to bolt it all together. After already securing some of the flooring I realised that it would be better to also have the bolt going through the frame also. So we will wait to to this once the frame is on. That will be coming next...

 Olha Pai Sesinando, vê como a madeira está bem segura à estrutura metálica; era a isto que te referias, não era?

 Woohoo, finally getting a chance to use the nail gun. It made quick work of things and we realised that the right choice was made.

 Cork in, but we decided to put all the wood first and then the cork at the end.

 David looking at the plans on Sketch Up. This is where all the time on sketchup really started to pay off. I have a ready made diagram to refer to, with all the dimensions and pieces of wood to use.

 Cutting the wood pieces to measurement. Raquel making fast work of cutting the wood to length ready for the floor frame. We made a great team :)

 Small adjustments at the end of the structure so we could put in the last piece of cork.

 A small break in the afternoon: tea and chocolate crackers, mmmm!

 Almost every cork into place. I designed the floor so that the cork would fit in between the joists. This saved a lot of time as we did not have to cut the cork so much. It was very satisfying to put it into place, I love cork.

 Cutting small pieces of cork to fill in the places left.
We did have to cut some to size to fill in length ways. It is super easy and fast to cut and no yukky toxic dust.

You can't see so well in this picture, but this is the finished floor frame with the cork in place. Looks exactly the same as in my drawing :)))

 And cork is in! Ah, the warrior rests...

 OSB was the next layer.

 We just had time to put the OSB on top of the cork layer without attaching it. Tomorrow is another day!

David & Raquel