New Flooring

So I put down some new flooring.

It's padding that interlocks, like in a gym.

Then reassembled the shop area.

So I'm at the point that once I get power to the trailer 

I'll put in the other door and start building the tank itself.

The Return of Club Troy

For all of those that had the pleasure of hanging out in Club Troy at my old house

I have decided to bring it back!

This is the work bench from my original club.

Diesels the new bouncer for Club Troy 2.0!!

Temp Check

An odd aspect to the float tank is the temperature the room needs to be held at

- they say around 86 degrees.

This is so when you get out of the 94 degree water your body doesn't go into Thermal Shock.

Well I may just have to get use to Trailer Thermal Shock

My small heater was able to keep the trailer right around 70 degree last night, 

with the low was just under 20.

After the tank goes in I think I'll be able to do a little better,

but not counting on a whole lot.

After this project is finished I'll start building something 

to pull it with.

I'm thinking along these lines:

Half Covered

So I have a little over 50% of the inside covered.

The shower side is left to be done.

I Just covered the upper back side - 

this is where the AC will go this summer.

Once I get the power figured out I'm ready to start on the tank!!

Insulation Done

So I finished the majority of the insulation and am getting ready to start putting up some covering.

Framed in for the second door, which should be done next week if possible.

The next step is power.

Once I know how that's going to work the rest should go quick,

until I start the bathroom.

Sunny doing an inspection of things.

Steal Up and Insulation

This weekend I ended up sealing up all the windows.

I hire out by the hour to do foam work if your interest.

Added some covers for the wheel wells,

extra insulation and I'll be walking on them during the tank construction.

So I have about 1/3 of the insulation done to this point.

Rest should go by fairly quickly.

So the next question is how warm can I keep it after insulation with

a small heater?  My hope is around 75 in the dead of winter.

I start taking some extra boards and putting up a make shift skirt -

see if that helps with the warmth.

Slow but Steady

This week I have made good friends with these two.

Filling in every crack I can find.

I got the insulation up on the ceiling and now ready to start on the walls.

So here is how she currently looks.

Flotation Tank Design Document

On of the most difficult parts of this project is that there is so little information written regarding the construction process.  The most detailed plans I have found were from 1975, The Deep Self.

Here I am going to start an area for my plans and thing to consider while build my tank.

Tank Construction

Water Heating

Water Filtration

Cleaning & Maintenance

Remembering all the inspirational ones out there.

Finishing the Back & Door

So as always I have to bust ass because a storm is coming in and my trailer is

all opened up.

Finished the floor.

Put the door in and sealed it up.

That is one heavy door - had to go with a solid core 

because they had to cut a bunch off to get it to fit.

So I'm close to the point of having a rolling shed.

Put down another layer of OSB down, thinker were the tank

is going to go.  Then insulate and see how warm

I can keep it.

Redoing the Floor in Back

After dropping in and taking the door off the back floor was far worse than the front - great.

I have to have the floor done before I can start with the door.

One side close:

The door side was a wreck.

 Things would be going faster if these guys weren't trying to help.

Bathroom

So I have been struggling with how to insulate the grey water tank during winter.

As well as how I was going to get a pump in there that would automatically turn on.

Both problems solved - I think.

Basic layout for the bathroom:

The wall on the left is going to be the same slope of as the tank - considering this.
If I do that I'll have to find another spot for the fan.

Under the chair area I'll place this little guy -
these are used for showers in boats.

Spec for Todd to OK

This pump cost around $110 and will solve a ton of issues.

Now to remove the grey water tank.

Door Thoughts

I have been trying to figure out how to add doors to my trailer.

RV doors are $350 and up - that sucks.

In the long run I'll need to put two new doors on - 

one where the current, but broken, 

door is at and another for the shower room.

Here is the current door

 and measurements:

Vision vs Reality

Vision:

from floatlabs.com

Reality:

The Roof is Working

I have been given several rain and snow test on my roof and things are looking good.

Should be able to put up some insulation in the next few days - and it needs it.

Doing the Floor in the Back

I thought the wood was bad in the back of the trailer,

the metal would go to dust in your hand.

So it all got taken out and replaced,

with metal left over from the old roof.

Having to go down to the frame in one corner.

This was a huge pain and I'm hoping I don't have to do this in the front.

The back is all done except for a few boards that have to be replaced on the 

left side.  Waiting for it to warm up a bit for this part.

Plumbing

As I redo the floor the only thing I need to think about is how to do the plumbing.

The trailer has two tanks - black and grey water.

To make life easy on myself I'm going to simply remove the black water tank

and just keep the grey water one.

I'll only need one tank because I'm not planing on storing water,

more of a temporary holding area until it can be pumped out.

Here is the piece attached to the tank I'm keeping:

I was hoping this would not be glued on, but it is.

It looks like I have enough room to make something work.

I need to hook this up to the shower drain & a place to pump the water out.

Redoing the Floor

As I looked over the floor yesterday it seems everywhere there was an opening water got in and did some damage.  So I have four spots that are going to require some wood replacement.  Not good, but defiantly not as bad as it could have been.

Where the old kitchen use to be:

Part of the old bathroom with a side compartment:

By far the worst area was where the old toilet was and a side compartment.

The rust had eaten away at the metal - by the toilet flange what you see is the actual tank itself.

What do we have here - freeloaders?

Bees had set up a small area under the trailer after the metal had rusted out.

I'll go ahead and replace this area.

Hoping to have the floor done by the end of the weekend.

This with a little outside finishing up I can then move on to electrical.

Plans on the Internet for Tanks

Here are a few links I want to keep for when I start building my tank.


A guy building a monster size tank
A very simple tank - good view of how to insulate & cleaning system


A PDF for the entire process - Old but good


Here is a PDF of the book - The Deep Self - the original


The main systems I need to figure out are:

• Heating for the water (and air)
• Filtering - Pump, Filter, and UV system
• Cleaning solutions for the water

Plus a Guy who rebuild the same trailer - for camping

The Dogs at Samadhi

Down here in Cal for a few days and got a tank session in.

Here are the dogs hanging out at the Samadhi Tanks in Nevada City, CA

After getting another tank session in, I can't get over how amazing they are.

I'll have the motivation to keep the project going at home.