“We went right away and looked at it. I
opened the door and said I’ll buy it! It was
in great condition compared to all the
other trailers we had looked at. The joke
is I bought Jeri a trailer for his birthday!
He spent the next year, or as he likes to
say: 52 Sundays restoring it!”
The first job when it came to restoring the
Oasis was to put in a whole new axel and
new tires. Jeri and his friend Rick then
gutted the entire inside to repair damage
from water, saving as much original
wood as possible. They removed the
windows, took out the heater, scraped off
the floor tiles, and repaired the holes in
the floor. Then they replaced the 1 ½”
x 1 ½” framing and glued and screwed
everything back together. They also
replaced all electrical and water lines,
put in a new water tank and pump and
then put all of the windows back in.
Next, new oak paneling was pickled and
varnished to match the original cabinets
before they were all re-installed inside
the trailer.
In the meantime, the original stove and
fridge were powder coated in a vibrant
red. They were lucky enough to be able
to keep the original Formica on table
and countertop but had to replace the
backsplash Formica. Barb then had all the
cushions recovered, lay down new floor
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