Truck Camper

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Finally got it to the point where I can move in to my camper. Got my

computer set up and a bed and a wood stove for heat. Haven't slept in

a heated room for over three months now. Spent many nights out here

in freezing weather on the floor to the cab of my pickup truck. (took

out seats).

I feel like I've died and gone to heaven. Not reacting to voc's in

the Styrofoam insulation or the styrene in the fiberglass panels I

used in place of wood. Don't seem to be reacting to mold either. No

wood whatsoever in here. I like an idiot was anxious to move in and

used a piece of plywood from lowes even though it had some black stuff

on it. Wasn't a good idea. I woke up feeling the same exact way my

trailer made me feel. Light headed and lacking coordination.

Still have to make accommodations to cook and shower outside. Decided

I am going to have to do this outside of the camper. To many

logistical hurdles to overcome otherwise.

I would say that I have improved markedly over the truck cab which I

reacted to mildly, (Cab is nothing what so ever like this house though

which is death on wheels). Have been doing physical work outside for

up to 8 hours a day. which is a 100% improvement over the house which

I did no work outside. 50% improvement over truck cab which I didn't

react to while I was outside working on the camper. Probably put in 7

hours a day than but I forced myself, now I just have energy like it's

running out of a faucet. I am nowhere near cured though this is my

goal. It was a vicious cycle in the house which makes you sick, so

your too sick to do anything but lay in bed which keeps you in the

house and makes you even sicker.

This house does some weird things to my chest. Sharp pain and racing

heart. That has gone all away even though I still have to go in there

and cook and shower. I never go inside without a respirator and I keep

the windows open on cold dry nights and shut the house up on warm wet

days. It often gets below forty in there and sometimes below freezing.

This I believe has reduced spore counts drastically. I can't afford

to shower more than once every 4 days or so because I get sick and

have to recover from it. It's easier to be dirty. Can't wait to get a

shower set up outside. Don't know why I didn't think of this sooner.

DUH!

Used metal drywall studs for frame and sheathed it with Styrofoam,

than after seeing I was going to be a lot more time working on it if

I put sheet metal on the exterior decided just to cover it with thick

bisqueen. Another advantage of this is it's impermeable and is a poor

conductor so condensation is minimized. Also I don't have to drill

holes and screw and caulk and hope and pray I have no leaks with no

way of knowing until I react. This setup was incredibly cheap and

easy, and if It ever does leak I can see right though the bisqueen and

don't have to wait till I react. The materials are inorganic so mold

growth would be difficult on them. I can easily in less than a day

take the bisqueen off and inspect and clean or replace the Styrofoam

sheathing and rebisqueen it and no mold no worry's!! I HOPE!

I would highly recommend anyone with a yard poor a slab and build a

shed version of what I did to my truck. The voc's won't kill you, the

mold will! If your worried about voc's go with metal. Just be careful

with insulation or your open to the possibility of mold growth.

The cost is minimal when you weigh this against the alternative.

Anyone interested in doing this feel free to ask me about any of the

details.

I will keep everyone posted on my condition and how it improves or if

it should get worse because of some unforeseen problem. Ie all the

contaminated items I brought inside of here, or voc's.