05-13-2011, 03:10 PM
Dear Diary:
I'm perplexed. I have removed a couple of hundred nails and twice as many staples from the trailer's interior framework so far, and I have encountered some truly weird construction practices.
Maybe if I write it down I'll feel better.
Is there such a thing as Fastener Fetish? I think there must be; otherwise, this makes no sense. How many fasteners does it rake to secure a single sheet of thin plywood? Aren't nails enough? How about nails and staples? How about nails, staples and screws? How about some really tough adhesive before any of the fasteners? And where can I buy some of that adhesive? The plywood has lost it's structural strength after fifty-plus years of hard service, but that glue just keeps on sticking, and yet the best stuff I can buy today wants to fall apart in no time. Probably some prehistoric recipe involving the boiling down of dead horses.
Another question I have for you, Diary, is why the insulation was put on from the outside, and then stapled down, and then the siding fastened over that from the outside with nails and screws? Does it hold better? If so, why do they need all those staples? And by the way, why is the insulation installed backwards? the printing on the outside of it, against the trailer's outside wall. clearly says "THIS SIDE TOWARDS OCCUPIED LIVING SPACE"... :? Is this one of those tricks of the industry, and if so...what does it do?
Well, that's all for today, Diary. I have to go and cut off large nails and screws that stick INTO the trailer...maybe tomorrow we can talk about the purpose of those.
I'm perplexed. I have removed a couple of hundred nails and twice as many staples from the trailer's interior framework so far, and I have encountered some truly weird construction practices.
Maybe if I write it down I'll feel better.
Is there such a thing as Fastener Fetish? I think there must be; otherwise, this makes no sense. How many fasteners does it rake to secure a single sheet of thin plywood? Aren't nails enough? How about nails and staples? How about nails, staples and screws? How about some really tough adhesive before any of the fasteners? And where can I buy some of that adhesive? The plywood has lost it's structural strength after fifty-plus years of hard service, but that glue just keeps on sticking, and yet the best stuff I can buy today wants to fall apart in no time. Probably some prehistoric recipe involving the boiling down of dead horses.
Another question I have for you, Diary, is why the insulation was put on from the outside, and then stapled down, and then the siding fastened over that from the outside with nails and screws? Does it hold better? If so, why do they need all those staples? And by the way, why is the insulation installed backwards? the printing on the outside of it, against the trailer's outside wall. clearly says "THIS SIDE TOWARDS OCCUPIED LIVING SPACE"... :? Is this one of those tricks of the industry, and if so...what does it do?
Well, that's all for today, Diary. I have to go and cut off large nails and screws that stick INTO the trailer...maybe tomorrow we can talk about the purpose of those.