Project Choose Your Own Adventure

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Looking incredible man!  Love the lofted bunk for little man, how long do you think you have until he "graduates" (ie gets too big) for that shelf?

Also, did you talk about what the exterior skin is going to be?

thanks!  we've probably got a year, maybe 2 until he's too tall to fit up there...at which point it'll become a luggage shelf / dog bed and he'll sleep on the main bed.  i'll probably get kicked out to a tent next to the trailer    i snore anyway, it'll probably be better for everyone when that happens.  definitely part of the drive behind getting this on the road, i only have so long until he's too big/too cool for mom and dad although i hope he always wants to come with us.

exterior skin will be .040 aluminum sheet over top of a baltic birch "outer layer."  i considered just having the birch be the main skin but it will require constant upkeep to maintain the deterioration from UV exposure, and much less sturdy both to shrug off rock chips or if a branch falls on it.  the aluminum also comes in colors which could be fun.

Nice!  I figured your long term plans weren't to have all 3 of you in there.  How are you going to waterproof the metal?  

If you are referencing the siding, aluminum doesn't rust.

Yeah not so much of the metal rusting but water getting behind the metal and rotting out the wood / messing with the electricals