Salvage opaque shower doors as a cheap trailer project building material

[josephusminimus]

Trailer walls?&nbsp; Roof laid like shingles?&nbsp; <BR><BR>Any of you Texans involved in a project of this sort might give some consideration to this.<BR><BR>The Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Kerrville still had dozens of tough, opaque shower doors leaning up against one wall, been there a long while.&nbsp; They're a bit heavy, but they might fit into the future lives of people searching for economical solutions as roofs, walls, whatever.<BR><BR><IMG class=bbc_img src="http://sofarfromheavendotcom.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/stabilizing-uprights-1.jpg?w=500&amp;h=375" rel="lightbox"><BR><BR><BR><IMG class=bbc_img src="http://sofarfromheavendotcom.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/stabilizing-uprights2.jpg?w=500&amp;h=375" rel="lightbox"><BR><BR><IMG class=bbc_img src="http://sofarfromheavendotcom.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/stabilizing-uprights3.jpg?w=500&amp;h=375" rel="lightbox"><BR><BR><BR><IMG class=bbc_img src="http://sofarfromheavendotcom.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/stabilizing-uprights43.jpg?w=500&amp;h=375" rel="lightbox"><BR><BR><IMG class=bbc_img src="http://sofarfromheavendotcom.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/hot-tub7.jpg?w=500&amp;h=375&amp;h=375" rel="lightbox"><BR><BR><A href="http://sofarfromheaven.com/2011/10/18/building-a-salvage-chicken-hilton-one-man-band/" rel=nofollow>http://sofarfromheaven.com/2011/10/18/building-a-salvage-chicken-hilton-one-man-band/</A><BR><BR><BR>I picked up a bunch of them and used them on my chicken house.&nbsp; Found them to be a lot more resistent to breakage than I'd have imagined.<BR><BR>If you're interested you might want to check with Linda Garcia, Manager of the ReStore before driving there.&nbsp; If you PM me I'll provide you a phone number.

 

[Suanne]

Although too heavy for travel, IMO. &nbsp;They'd make great walls for a green house at a home base ... they let light in, open for ventilation, close for warmth.

 

[josephusminimus]

<IMG class=bbc_img src="http://sofarfromheavendotcom.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/shower-doors.jpg" rel="lightbox"><BR><BR>Here they are in the H for H ReStore yard a month or so ago.<BR><BR><BR>Weight would be an issue for some, maybe less for others.&nbsp; I'd guess they weigh out about the same as a sheet of 3/8 plywood, lighter than 3/8 particle board.&nbsp; But don't cover as much area.<BR><BR>

 

[josephusminimus]

<IMG class=bbc_img src="http://sofarfromheavendotcom.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/cargo-trailer1.jpg" rel="lightbox"><BR><BR>If I were half the man I think I am I'd figure out a way to use the ones I've got for walls and roof on this Tractor Supply trailer I got in a swap to pull behind the RV.<BR><BR>But, of course, I'm not.<BR><BR>And the whole issue of buying plywood to put a box on it is too far down my list of financial priorities to see it happen anytime soon.&nbsp; <BR><BR>I've been considering just making a cage-like box resembling a feral hog trap, which I can do because I have stock panels available free.&nbsp; Maybe hose-clamp them all together except for hinging the top and putting a means of locking the top-gate shut.&nbsp; Quick, strong [the stock panels would actually provide structural support to those flimsy frame members on the trailer], light, and cheap.<BR><BR>But I might yet decide to take the plunge and try shower doors.&nbsp;