Camper to Tiny House
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We tore a camper down and made a tiny house. It took about 6 months from start to finish. My wife and I both work full time so it was a challenge. Thanks for watching. Like and subscribe for more. - Навчання та стиль
It is really great to see a camper turned into a tiny home. It means more people can convert their campers into a tiny home once they retire from all the travelling.
Thank you.
Thank you for sharing this. I have a Travel Trailer that sustained a lot of water and snow damage while I was out of state. I kept the trailer beause I have wanted to turn it into a tiny house. I am happy to see that someone else was able to do this. Now I can show this video to family members who think I am crazy for my plans.. lol I want to keep it on wheels because where I live in Alaska there are a lot of forest fires. This would allow me to pull my home to safety if needed.
You’re welcome. Thank you for watching. I think that’s a great idea. I don’t think that sounds crazy at all.
I'm in Arkansas btw & I definitely need your help to do the same thing to my travel trailer dude, sadly it's just sitting on my land rotting away & you have just blown my mind with this video!
@@rickwaggoner8479 thank you. We’ll I hope y’all are able to do something with your campers. Good luck to you two.
@@MakeshiftFrank
You're very welcome sir
Lynn Sweet. I think this sounds like a nice idea, but there are some precautions. Many Tinyhousers have tried this and failed due to age of trailer, not seen conditions of the steel, bending from using heavy wood, etc. There are many videos out there taking about this topic. You may be ok if you strengthen it or watch the weight of every item you use. Maybe if you used aluminum whenever possible. The axle(s) may need replacing. You might not be saving as much money as you think by not buying a new frame made just for tiny houses. This info is not from my own experience, just from watching countless how-to videos. 🙂 Good luck. 👍🏼
I can’t imagine the range of emotions you all went thru, thinking it was a fixer up, realizing it wasn’t, and designing a tiny home. Great outcome!
Thank you. It was rough for sure. We went from being happy to heartbroken. Then from excited to build a tiny home to discouraged and defeated. But we pulled through and made it work. Then we was so proud of what we had accomplished.
You all did a great job building this. It turned out great 👍 I'll talk to your dad about it next time we talk. So proud of you cuz!!!
Thank you so much. That means a lot to me.
*I'm really loving how so many people are choosing to live a mortgage/debt free (unconventional) life. A home truly is what you make it! This is a gorgeous home! I honestly cannot wait to live in a tiny home someday. I dream about it constantly, lol. God willing, it'll happen sometime soon, along with a community for the homeless* 🙏🏾 🏠
Thanks.
Your shower came out incredible. The epoxy shower walls blew my mind! Genius!
Thank you so much.
Most "stick and tin" RVs are framed out of 1-1/8" x 1-1/2" or 1-1/2" x 1-1/2", maybe a little 2x3 around doors and windows. I see why you tore it down and built it back up with standard framing lumber. Nice job Frank!
Thank you.
Oh absolutely
That shower blows my mind! It looks really beautiful.
Thank you very much.
i think there are more pros than cons with this build. great job. you have inspired me!
Thank you.
wow looks fantastic. I just bought a 35 ft Trailer that has been sort of converted, but needs a lot of things. The floor is very spongy in spots. I have been hunting for recommendations. And a channel that will have the answers when other questions come up. It would be awesome to totally convert like you did but frankly it gave me a panic of sorts knowing how much work (and money) this would involve!!
Thanks for the comment. Yeah it’s definitely a lot of work.
👍Cool. Basically used the frame. Looks terrific. Thanks for sharing. 💝
You’re welcome. Thank you.
Amazing how much functionality you packed into this small home! And it’s beautiful!
Thank you
Looks awesome! Especially now with rent and home prices. Smart, smart , SMART!
Congrats on the beautiful home
Thank you very much
Wow Great Build! Shower was gorgeous!
Thank you
Fantastic and inspirational ... thanks for sharing!
Thank you. You’re welcome
Beautiful tiny house,did a great job
Thank you
Thanks for sharing you and your dad are very blessed and talented to have the skills to make that tiny home it is very beautiful. I do have a question I would like to do that, But I still want to travel with mind and be able to hookup at campgrounds or families land if they have a hookup can I still fix it so that I can do that instead of making it permanent like yours?
Thank you so much. That was very nice of you. Yes you could make it movable and hook up to places like that. We wired this one directly into the breaker box at the other house, but you could just wire a plug on it instead and plug in into anywhere that has the plug in for it. They even make adaptors to plug it into plug-ins that isn’t the same type.
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Thank you so much for the information ☺ God bless you and your family cross ✝️ 🙏
@@elsiepowers2338 you’re welcome. Bless you too.
Currently in the middle of building mine from an old jayco frame..this is trick asf y’all did a awesome job and y’all gave me the motivation to keep going
Awesome! Thank you! I’m glad we was able to help you stay motivated. Good luck.
Great job making everything work!! Looks awesome!
Thanks a lot.
The w/d took alot of space, stackable?
I'm ocd id have to have everything in its place.....good reason to cut down on decor n cleaning
They are stackable. Yeah I understand that. They did take a lot of space up.
Great job ! Super cute and sturdy ! ❤ thx for sharing !
Thank you! 😊
You did great with this Frank! I love it.
Welcome to youtube!
Thank you very much.
I wonder what your budget was to build this? Are you living in it full time?
We did live in it full time for about a year. It costed us $30,000. But a lot of that wasn’t actually part of the tiny house. It was for buying the tools we needed, propane tank n gas, plumbing lines through the dirt, fill dirt, having ditches dug & so on.
@@MakeshiftFrank Thanks for the reply.
Cool build, but I was looking for someone who really made a shell for a camper. Knowing what you know now, would you have built a shed to house instead?
Thank you. Sorry it wasn’t what you were looking for. Scheew it’s hard to say. We first considered doing it with a shed. I really don’t know. We’re proud of what we built. And we cherish the memories we made. I don’t think we would’ve done it differently.
@@MakeshiftFrank thanks for the reply, glad it was a memorable experience for you, it turned out really nice. I don't have much time, so I'm trying to decide which path to take for a statinary tiny home getaway.
@@largefamilyruralliving7434 oh you’re welcome and thank you too. If I had to choose I would go for a shed. It would be a lot faster. The reason we did it that way was bc we knew it would need to be moved one day. Also it was a camper we bought to live in but was rotted and we didn’t know it. But still even with us having full time jobs, we was able to do it in around 6 months. From spring to the fall.
Awesome! Really like the epoxy foam boards! Ehere di you get those or who makes them? 🙏 thanks
Thanks. My wife n I made them. XPS foam boards from Lowe’s and epoxy from stone coat countertops
The only thing I see I would have done is add it 2 feet wider on both sides (4 foot wider) since your planning to leave it in 1 spot. And if u want to move it else where u can pull 12 wide
That would’ve been a good idea. Thanks for the comment.
I'm looking to do something similar but I'm not handy so will have to get contractor to do most of work but i can help albeit limited. I have some ideas and would appreciate practical input for planning budgeting and buildout. May i reach out? Thx annie
Sure. I used Keyplan 3D to design it. I’ll help however I can.
Thank you for sharing this video... Ya'll. did an amazing job Love from AZ
You’re welcome. Thank you too.
Congratulations on your new build and thanks for the video
Thank you. You’re welcome.
anything left original? from the trailer? Just the frames? Did it worth? Looks like you are breaking everything and building new, please clarify. What about taxes/city permit etc? I hear if you are connected to city water sewer you have to pay taxes as it is a regular house? What state are you?
No nothing left besides the frame. Yeah it worked great. We lived in it for a while then sold it. It’s in Arizona now. Idk about taxes/permits, we just built it. Idk about sewage taxes either sorry. I live in West Virginia.
Bless your hearts. Great job. 👍How long did it take you?
Thank you. Bless u too. My wife and I worked full time jobs and we was able to get it done in about 6 months.
I love it. You guys did a great job.
Thank you
In 30 or 40 years you will think back and say man I wish we would have kept that thing
I’m sure. I already wish we would’ve kept it.
Great job!
Thank you
This is NICE... But not a conversion. Why didn't you just buy a trailer and then build on top of it? lol... Oh well. I enjoyed the video
Thanks. Buying a trailer to build on would’ve been a good idea. But we bought the camper to stay in. We didn’t know it was all rotten. So the only thing we could think to do was tear it down and build onto it.
I can't believe you made this house from a camper.
Thank you. It was a challenge for sure.
Well deceiving title. I was hoping you used a trailer and converted it to tiny home by redoing outside to make more weather tight and build around the trailer. My hubby had thought before we sold our 5th wheel to put it on our land and make it look like tiny home, add more insulation and put windows out to the house frame. However,will say your tiny house is great!
Thanks
I would say that I do like how oyu guys build a house frm the ground up pretty much! YOu guys did an aesoem job. I would say that I wouldve kept the flow a little bit more open since you were able to construct it from scratch. I wouldve connected the living and kitchen together more open space nd tucked the laundry off to make it stackable to save space. and yes kept the bathroom and bedroom seperate and closed off not opened up. But all in all you all did well with the construction of it and it looks nice on the outside.
Thank you. Yes that is a good idea.
Awesome!
Thanks!
Beautiful.
Thank you!
Amazing!
Thank you
Do you have any kind of plans you can share?
I’m sorry I do not. It was 8’x27’. We used keyplan 3d on iPhone to design it. We don’t even have to app anymore.
Fantastic guys
Thank you
Beautiful amazing 👏 😍 ❤
Thank you
Not me wanting to do this too
So,the only part of the camper you used or kept was the trailer and then you built a completely new house on top. The title of the video is kind of misleading
Well, in the description it says we tore down a camper and built a tiny house.
you must be new to this process , patty.
thats how its done . buy the rv , salvage the trailer, use a beefed up frame u build yourself, install siding then run plumbing electrical gas, complete bath kitchen laundry. install insulation and finishes
hundreds of these on you tube .
just not filmed as well as frank did.
@@jeepsanddragons thank you
Why didn't you just buy the trailer and build on that ?
@@cathyburch4091 we was going to temporarily live in the camper. That’s why we bought it. We didn’t know it was rotten. We only built that bc we had to.
Granted it came out very nice, but he did not convert anything. He tore it down and used the trailer part. He built it from scratch.
Thank you. But in the description it says we tore a camper down and built a tiny house.
I apologize, I miss read.
@@ara7632 that’s ok. Thank you
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Can I ask why u didn't just buy a horse trailer it's the same frame and it would have been way cheaper I mean the waste of money u must have spent
so u tore the camper down to nothing and then built a home,??? i wouldnt say its a camper to a tiny house , all u did was build a tiny house on a camper frame XD
Horrible
The way things are in this world today.....
Building out a home like this is worth it's wait in gold....
A roof over a person's head these days means everything.....
You did a really good job on this build , it turned out great
I couldn’t agree more. Thank you.
So very true ! Home is a roof over your head , home doesn't have to be traditional brick and mortor, us Americans need to get back to the basics and claiming land as our own that they try to keep us off of ! I think land os something for every human being as a birth right and I also believe In natural selection the current system of things is not working its driving prices way too high , but leftist liberals do it on purpose because they are grifters, they profit from homeless and drug addicts etc .
But Natural selection would slow down our population rates and allow more ppl to have something if they are willing to get off their butt and build it and grow foods , if not he and his family shall perish even dogs have the decency to eat their weak ones in the litter and man should do the same as every other species, I've never seen wolves say okay I'll go do the work you stay here and I'll bring you back a chicken , no all wolves go hunt and build their own den and have their own pups and that's that they will even eat the young of a weaker wolve this is natural selection and humans need to go old school again we have become too civilized and it's creates madness, man is intended to hunt and gather foods and work physical labor building shelter etc , why do you think mass shootings happens? The mind amd body isn't lining up with genetic coding to go hunt
Great job!
Thank you.
Beautiful
Thank you
Epoxy over foam panels for the shower is genius, and it looks great!
Thank you very much. But it wasn’t my idea lol. I got the idea from stone coat countertops. That’s how they did it. I basically just followed their recipe.
Good memories. Video turned out good too. The epoxy shower is still my favorite
Thanks
I would love to know more about the foam panels and epoxy in the shower. Gorgeous BTW!
Thank you. Well the foam boards are xps insulating boards from Lowe’s. The epoxy is from stone coat countertops. They have showers epoxy kits on their website and full tutorials on their UA-cam channel.
Thx
This turned out exceptional 👏
You two are a beautiful couple,
BTW! How thick is the epoxy layer? Is it strong enough not to flex if pressure is put on it, by itself? Just beautiful, great job!
@@SpecsAppeal thank you so much. That really means a lot. The epoxy isn’t that thick. The shower panels do have flex to them. But not a lot. Also we used thinner foam boards than was recommended. There would’ve been much less flex if we would’ve used thicker boards. It has 3 layers of epoxy. The first layer was put on over a fiberglass type mesh for reinforcement. I don’t remember if it was actually fiberglass or something else. It came with the shower epoxy kit from stone coat countertops.
@@MakeshiftFrank Thanks for the reply 👍
Very interesting 🤔 all kinds of ideas floating around in my head..
I'd like to see the whole tiny house from the entrance,please
Tiny house tour
Thanks😉
All I have is the photos in this video. We don’t own it anymore. We recently sold it. And I wasn’t making UA-cam videos when we was building it so I didn’t recorded anything. I’m sorry.
@@MakeshiftFrank
Oh goodness, well congrats to you both on a job well done sir
@@rickwaggoner8479 thank you so much
Super cool! I was going to do the same thing with an old camper I had bought when I was a sophomore in high school, but after really looking it over it’s not a heavy duty enough frame. It was built in 1974, so before HUD codes. The frame is more lightweight as is the build of the original camper, so it wouldn’t be able to adequately support additional weight. It’s also not as wide as a modern camper, so it’d be super tight with thicker walls. I’m going to sell the frame and she’ll of it this spring/summer. I live in a 1988 Terry Resort 24 ft camper that I redid and have been living in it since sept 2019 :)
Thank you. Yeah that would’ve been a tight fit. I know what you mean about the frame. I was even a little worried about the frame on mine. This one was a 2007 wildwood le.
What are the dimensions of the home? We're thinking of doing the same with our old trailer. Epoxy on foam boards was a great idea. Thank you for posting. Blessings, health, prosperity and peace to you and yours and to all who read this! 😘👍😇💖
Thank you so much. That means a lot. It was 27’ X 8’. But the roof overhung 1 ft on all sides. So 29’ X 10’ counting the roof. The inside ceiling is 7’ tall, except where the floor is higher to clear the tires.
Awesome video and thank you for sharing. Can you go a little more in detail about the plumbing as far as if you hooked it in with the house in front of it or not? Did you have to use any type of sewage pump? Might be a dumb questions. Thank you
Thank you. You’re welcome. No that’s not a dumb question at all. The house in front has a septic tank. We just ran lines and tapped the tiny house into that. We didn’t need any sort of pump. It was all gravity fed.
Amazing!!! Good for y'all!!! It's weird cuz I don't know y'all but I'm super proud of and for you! What a great job!!
That means so much. Thank you.
Awesome job love how the shower turned out
Thank you
Awesome!! Great job
Thank u
Will be showing to my 13 year olds. We took down an RV last year, and once we retire the one we are currently living in (
That’s awesome. Good luck to the three of you. Yes you’ve gotta be the one to teach them. No one else will.
Amazin job to God be the glory
You guys did an amazing job. Wow the epoxy on foam board. What a great idea..
Thank you very much. I got the idea from stone coat countertops
Congratulations on your new home you built 💯🌟💜🌟💯
Thank you
I love the shower! Color and design, freaking awesome. Great jib.
Thanks so much!
This was really great. Thank you for posting it on y.t.
You’re welcome. Thank you too.
Did you leave your wheels under it and can you still take it out on trips...etc..it is beautiful..ya all did a beautiful job..ya all should feel proud....
Thank you. We left the wheels on it yes. It’s able to be moved but a lot of work making it ready to be moved. Like removing underpinning. I’ve seen ppl make them though where they take them all over.
Why start from scratch? All you really needed to do was replace whatever was inside and make the exterior look nicer in small amounts. Really no need to do the whole thi g
Do you still have the tires on it to.move it?pretty neat.Just curious if it will hold up.the original trailer was prob 6500lbs now it's prob 14,000.lbs
We no longer have it. We sold it. We did have to buy new tires because the original ones were dry rotted. It traveled from West Virginia to Arizona. It did great though.
I was wondering how - now I see that was a great use of the carriage - fantastic
Thank you.
Very cool!
Thank you
I think the shower was the best part of the build. Looks good and super smart having the faucet in there to effectively make it a utility sink to fill a mop bucket. 👍
Thank you.
If you're happy with your home.. then no one else should complain! I think you did a great job using the Camper, turning an unusable place into a nice place to live😊
Thank you very much. That means a lot.
Tbh you could of just kept the camper and did that same thing on a cement slab or like some wooden pillars
The camper was rotten. If we did it that way it wouldn’t be movable
Can you leave the water heater outside like that in a climate that gets snow?
Yes. It’s made for that. I live in WV & it gets below freezing. You must insulate & heat tape the lines that’s exposed to the cold. But this model has an internal heater to protect the water heater from the cold. But if the power goes out then the protection is gone. Then you must drain the water heater to keep it from rupturing. We installed spigots on each line for that reason.
It is a Marey tankless external water heater
WHERE R U LOCATED FRANKIE I NEED HELP WITH MY RV CAMPER 😭😭😭
West Virginia.
Okay I just saw your video and it's really cool. Just going to say I was super disappointed to see there wasn't a build series in your playlist. Do you remember what the stuff you used around the base was?
Thank you. Sorry, I wasn’t making videos when we built it. I only had the pictures. That stuff around the base is called 28-in x 5-ft Metal Skirting Panels. I got it at Lowe’s. Thanks for the comment.
@@MakeshiftFrank thank you
You 3 did a nice job. Your home is lovely ♥️ A lot of hard work!
Thank you.
What was your final cost to this or about?
About $27,000 including all the appliances n tools we needed
You just built another one?? Awesome job!!
Basically. Thank you.
I just have one word...AMAZING!
Thank you.
How did you know it would be strong enough to carry the load.. I would have left it so it could be moved-
I’m not sure I’m understanding the question. Are you talking about the frame? I did leave it. We have moved it. Thanks for the comment.
Wow that was alot of work but so worth it
Thanks a lot. Yeah it was a lot of work. Definitely worth it though.
Whar was the cost after finished?
After everything we put over $27,000 into it.
The soundtrack is ace!
Thank you
Nice Job! Ron PTL USA
Thank you.
FINE HOUSE...!! 👍👍👣
Thank you
Looks good Frankie!
Thanks Dave
I second that Frank!
Great! Was trying to figure out how you changed the shape..you had to get rid fo the whole camper and just use the trailer! I LOVE the shower, how did you get the swirl of colors in the epoxy? I've used clear and glitter, items...but it's always been mainly clear. Neat work!
Thank you very much. Well we used three types of coloring agents. We used liquid, powder, and spray paint. All colors in each type. Black white silver gold. Plus Diamond powder. We made separate batches of each individual color. Like one cup with black dye, one cup black powder, one cup black spray paint, n so on through all the colors. Then we just dumped them all in one big bucket. Then we just poured that bucket on the foam panels. That’s why they’re all slightly different. They never come out the same. We used stone coat countertops epoxy n followed their UA-cam tutorial for doing showers.
Awesome job
Thank you
Great job
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NICE 🙂
Thank you
The shower looks great.
Thank you
Wonderful Job, Nothing like having your own home, a place to lay your hat...Good luck guys....
Thank you.
very professional
Thank you
Excellent! Love the shower walls. Can you tell me about the shower head?
How many man hours?
Thank you. The shower head came from Lowe’s. I’m not 100% sure but I believe the brand is Delta. It is metal not plastic. It has two heads with controls for each. One has a hose so u can pick it up n hold it.
Man hours… it’s hard to say. My father, my wife, n I started working on it in the spring. We finished before winter the same year. We would all work on it all weekend long bc we work full time. I would also work on it before work n after work.