enclosed trailer

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Salty

Mr. G, I think the insulation will be 2 1/2" on the walls and 2" in the ceiling. They might spray it in....supposed to let me know tomorrow. They're insulating the floor, also. I told them I wanted the highest R-Value available.

About the A/C......the description for a 5k BTU says it'll cool 150 sq. ft. The trailer is only 14x7 so that should be adequate. Like you said...better to have too much than not enough. The main goal here is to keep the humidity out and keep the temp comfortable. I'm not looking to keep it as cool as it is in the storage unit. I'm gonna have my carpenter to frame around the hole for the A/C so it will be sturdy and won't put stress on those walls. They tend to be a bit flimsy. The ceiling, walls and floor on this unit are on 16" centers. I want a V-Nose, but, that will depend on where I decide to mount the A/C. You think the front of side would be better?

A house A/C unit is designed to provide about 25 BTU's per sq ft. But a house is fairly well insulated......What kind of insulation will be used?

14 x 7 = 98 sq ft.

5000 Btu / 98 = 51 Btu / sq ft.

This is about twice as much cooling as a typical house......But I don't think your trailer will be as well insulated as a house. If you could always park it in a shaded spot....this would really help.

Installing it in the front would be better spot as far as less wind while traveling and easier to support. But this would require the cool air to be farther from the back door. If the back door is opened to load or unload.......all the cool air will be gone from the back of the trailer. The A/C unit would cool the front of the trailer better and it would take a while to cool the back.

Load the trailer with the stuff that needs the most cooling.....up front.

Are you going to install any shelves? If you stack boxes.....how are you going to keep them from falling?