Finally it is time to stand the walls up!
As I mentioned earlier, I built the walls in 8' sections and sheeted only the bottom half to make it easier to handle setting them up.
First we set the front wall and a section of the side wall to get a sturdy corner to work from.
Got the two sections fastened together by screwing the stud parts of the walls together, then fastening the sheeting to both sections.
Then we just continued around the trailer fastening sections together.
The whole process went pretty quickly and soon the walls were up!!
After getting the walls up and together I added a rim board around the top.
The rim board is spliced in the center of the wall sections so that it makes the walls much more sturdy. It ties the walls all together nicely.
After the rim board was installed, I installed the rafters.
The trailer is starting to come along nicely.
Next up we will be finishing the wall sheeting and installing the roof sheeting 😁
Looking good. Rim board? Same as a double plate in house construction?. Is it worth considering a slight slope to allow water rain off? A one inch slope per 10 ft appears easy enough, side to side is my guess?
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