So yesterday we had a professional teardrop builder come take a look at the trailer.  Good news it's fixable.  His quote, "It's better to spend a little money now to fix it right or you'll be chasing issues for years."  I cried.  I cried because he confirmed the lack of professionalism or quality.  His wife asked if we actually paid for the trailer.  She took one look at the trailer and said..., "Those stabilizers don't go to the ground do they?"  LOL  They have been in teardrops over 20 years and with first glance could see they don't reach.  I laughed because we were told that they aren't meant to reach the ground.  Please take notice of RVs and trailers with their jacks down..... you tell me if they touch.

So today we started with the cabin fixes.  We video taped as we have while we have done everything so that there is no confusion what you are seeing.  The photos speak for themselves but we have video documentation also.

So what did we find today....... I know you are all on pins and needles or more correctly with this trailer staples, lots and lots of staples.  Well the front nose cabinet was made up not only of 2.5mm plywood but here is how it was built.  First there was no frame to it at all, a 1x2 held to the sides with screws at the top and one at the bottom, then 2 pieces 2.5mm plywood not even cut straight and it did not even touch where it came together in the middle and stapled on.  The lid was poplar mostly 1x2 framed out and here he used white beadboard stapled on as the shelf part which fell apart the moment something was set on it.

The glue he did on the ceiling planks is a joke.  He used glue on the first 4 planks and then you can see in the photos there is hardly any glue if at all anywhere.  Now back when we ordered this trailer last August he made it a point to talk up about how he started in a trailer with no insulation and how cold it was and that is why he insulates All his trailers.  This was huge for us and we were happy because this was a big concern and I had seen that all the teardrop builds were doing the same and putting insulation in, google a build and see. There is no insulation in this trailer and in one corner you can see light shine through.  He left a hand full of the staples behind the 2.5mm plywood he put in as the ceiling base.  I can tell you this trailer is so cold!  We were up at the South Rim as a test camp and nearly froze because there wasn't insulation.  Insulation costs $10 a sheet at home Depot, according to builder blogs it takes 2 sheets to insulate a teardrop that is a total cost of $20 in materials.

The shelf I almost cried over, the bottom 2.5mm plywood that he stapled in ran into the galley.  What we thought was the frame was only a face held in by 2 screws one on each side.  This was where we stopped today.  Next weekend we are going to start our video blog as we fix the first run of issues.  We have to seal the roof vent this was were the cabin was leaking.  As we left the trailer today we sprayed for mold which had now formed under the mattress and around the ceiling vent.