August and hot weather finally arrived. We had a predicted forecast for 85 - 95 degree days for a full week, occuring in between camping events, so I managed to wrangle the husband from his project for a few days to help me. We set took the metal out of their boxes and assessed the situation - since I went with mill finish Hemet Valley RV sent me metal that was 36" wide, which ment I didn't have a full run of staples holding it down along the wall, but this trailer has lots of openings to staple around. We held it up and marked the openings, cut the opening out and installed each piece. Turned out pretty good over all. But I will not use a double mesa sheet for the roof of a trailer ever again. The ridges and seams make it really difficult to get a good seal around the perimeter. I did run putty tape under the fold over up the sides, as well as under the awning and drip rails. We used 4 straps over the roof to cinch the metal down while we folded the edges over & stapled it down. We used many tools to cut and trim the aluminum - scored it with a utility knife, used a pneumatic shear, hand shears, a pneumatic saw, a nibbler, & a router. Depended on the opening we had to cut.
I did put the cargo doors in upside down, and will put chains on to hold the doors up when open. I also purchased brows from Vintage Trailer Supply & painted them black and installed them over the doors.
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