Spring Break, Open Air, Rusty Bolts

Some of my spring break afternoons will be spent on The Possum. Today was a big day. Fernando rigged up a tarp over the trailer in case the clouds let loose. Then we removed the pop-out, the front wall and metal siding, entry door, and side window. Bummer (number 42) was that one of the door-side walls will have to be reframed due to water damage (my old friend by now). BUT . . . I'm feeling much closer to getting the foundational beams replaced at the bottom, which will hopefully start soon. 

Overhead tarp and a "before" shot of the pop-out and front end prior to deconstruction.

One way to air out an old trailer. I can see my growth because replacing 80% of this front frame seems like a relatively simple task compared to others now!

In order to access the bottom beam, the door had to come out. The window had to come out as well b/c the interior wall ended up being peanut brittle. Boo!

The bottom of the window frame had basically rotted away. I'll rebuild this section of wall frame later this week I hope.

One of many partial fixes made by previous owner/s that has to be undone: a strange frame by the door to help (I think) support the rotting exterior beam; but it actually just caused the whole entry to tilt downward.

We will be bolting the new exterior wood frame to the metal trailer, so had to remove the old bolts. "Water damage" just starts to sound like an echo after a bit.