First Steps in Lund

On the February long weekend (Family Day), we pack up our MINI and head to our Upper Sunshine Coast Property. After all formalities are cleared successfully created the rough blue print of the cabin is drawn, it's Demo Time!

YVR to Sunshine Coast

To get to Powell River, you have to rely on two BC Ferries: Horseshoe Bay to Gibsons/Langdale and Earls Cove to Saltery Bay.

BC Ferries is known for excellent service. For example, to cancel the booked low-cost ferry trip and rebook you on an earlier ferry at an additional cost. Upon request, of course. Or simply cancelling three consecutive ferries, so that you don't reach your destination until 10 p.m. instead of 4 p.m. as planned. BC Ferries offers all this and much more.

But admittedly, this is once again complaining about first world problems, because at least you are rewarded with such views at the end.

Powell River

In Powell River three crazy chickens are waiting for us. Sabine and Peanut have already grown on us and into our hearts with their lovable craziness. Now this diabolical duo has received an addition: Pumpkin. So the diabolical duo becomes a devils club.

Saturday night party

We let the Saturday evening end comfortably with persistent moose rutting cries. However, the same noises come neither from a real moose - who would have thought it - nor from us. Peanut points out during extensive playing and romping the small furry rebellious roommate very loudly who is the lady of the house here. All very relaxed and laid back while lying down. A master of her profession!

Lund

Am Samstag machen wir uns auf den Weg nach Lund. Dort wollen wir den baulichen Strukturen – nennen wir sie mal so – an den Kragen-Rahmen. Wir sind mit allem möglichen Werkzeug ausgestattet und lassen es am ersten Tag direkt krachen. Der antiquarische Trailer aus dem Jahre 1957 und der Anbau aus den frühen 2000er-Jahren sind vollgestopft mit marodem Charme, den vermutlich nur Denkmalschützer wirklich zu schätzen wissen. Kurzum: Die Innenverkleidung des Trailer-Anbaus wird zuerst entfernt. Wände, Decke, Teppichboden. Jede Menge altes Holz.

Around noon it starts to rain in. Great!!! So the question of whether we also tear off the exterior cladding has become moot. But instead we take care of the flora around the old camper and make sure that we can walk around it. Lots of prickly and ornery blackberry bushes find a new location - nicely put.

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Sunday morning fiberglass insulation

Sunday roof truss

Next up - or so we thought at first - would be the exterior boarding. That is, the wooden boards screwed or nailed to the wooden framework from the outside. But anyone who has ever built a shelf - this also applies to non-IKEA models - knows that the back wall provides stability. The same is true for such a trailer attachment. We are afraid that the whole shi...um...thing will hit us on the head, because after all, such a roof also weighs a bit. So we postpone the outer boarding and look at the roof construction.

Surprisingly - and also a little annoyingly - the roof truss is notable for very good craftsmanship. Whoever carpentered this thing did a very good job. So it's hard for us to just tear it down. But first things first.

Sledding for professional amateurs

On the very stable roof truss is installed turquoise-colored metal roof. The metal roof in turn is covered with a thick layer of moss and fir. A real fun for people who like to sled in high areas without sleds. Clever as we are, we unpack the rope and harness, secure ourselves like expert amateurs and thus glide along the wet and cold slide in a controlled manner.

Such a metal roof consists - the one or the other will certainly not know - of individual screwed together and glued "webs". So similar to wallpaper, just made of metal ... and not on the wall, but on the roof ... and on the house not in the house inside ... u know what I mean? If not, the following animation may help.

So you unscrew the individual elements, exhaust yourself trying to loosen the glued areas with your combined forces, and in the end you are happy when the part sails towards the ground. The whole procedure is repeated until there is not a single piece of metal roof left on the truss.

The solid roof truss

When the metal parts all lie in a stack in front of the trailer, we only really realize how solidly the roof structure is built. The fact is, it would be a shame to simply destroy it by force. So we measure it exactly, take meaningful photos of it and will offer it on various platforms. Probably someone has a need for it right now or in the near future.

Front cladding - demo for good feeling

After a day of sweaty work, the trailer and its extension look like this:

Yes, looks like before! I know! And that's stupid. So there's something else for the good feeling. Namely, numerous energetic kicks against the front paneling of the roof truss. Followed by several saw attempts and more kicks and curses and hammer strokes and dog barking and wood cracking. And then finally a loud crash:

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