Camper Conversion

[Josh_Flem]

So my brother and I purchased an older 22' camper last fall to transform into a drop down ice house. We are going to completely gut it, put drop axles on it, spray foam insulate, and put tongue and groove on, basically not holding anything back as we want to enjoy it for years to come. I will post pictures of the progress as we go along. WE have already ordered the drop down axles but I have a coupel questions as we move forward.

1)Where is a good place to look for knotty pine tongue and groove at a reasonable price. Have noticed that a lot of what is advertised is 1x6, to me that seems a little heavy to put everywhere on a 22.5 foot fish house. I feel as if I have seen guys that have used 5/16th but cannot seem to find that anywhere.

2)In regards to spray foam, as of right now we are for sure going to spray foam all of the walls and the ceiling but are up in the air on doing the floor. I want to do the floor but in talking to the guy doing the spray foam he has had customers complain that their holes were freezing up as not enough heat was being lost through the floor to keep them open, can anyone shed some light on this.

I have read through a lot of the build topics on this forum and have gained a lot of useful knowledge for thsi upcoming build. Just looking for some insight as we move forward and am sure will have more as we go along. Like stated earlier I will be posting pictures as the build progresses.

Thanks

[dougger222]

1. Menards is a good place to look for interior wood options. Keep in mind 1x6 car siding is not really an inch thick. Just hung a few ceilings this weekend at the cabin and believe it to be 3/4in thick. It looks real nice but would be too heavy in a fish house, IMO. My father put 3in tongue and groove in his basement and believe it to be a bit thinner than the car siding. My Dreamshak has a really nice veneer wood interior but it scratches very easily so would not recommend it. I know the year after my house was built they went with a fiberglass interior which would be a real nice option as it's easy to clean, most campers have this interior. A rubber floor is also a good idea.

2. Spray foam although quite spendy is the best way to insulate. I have however seen issues with spray foam which guessing are rare. A couple years ago roofed an addition on the rez with spray foam applied under the trusses as it was a hot roof. Within a year the spray foam pulled the decking down and inch or so. Some research was done and the spray foam was found to be at fault and it had to all pulled apart and replaced. The company who did the spray foam is no small company either they service over 200 builders in the Metro... Again it's a great option but there have been issues with it. As far as the floor that's a tough decision. On my old wheeled house put down 4 inches of the pink insulation board and that really helped keep the floor warm. The idea of spray foam making holes freeze not sure if I buy into that. Perhaps the furnaces were mounted a little too high on the wall? When we built the last LOW house put the furnace right down on the floor.