Enjoying the cooler weather even here in southern California 😎. Just a suggestion, the stairs should be in front of the door, making a sitting area to the other side.
😂Every time Kaia walks around with her little wiggle butt it makes me laugh! She’s just too cute, and such a good supervisor. This vardo is going to be neat. I’m eagerly awaiting the doors on the storage bins, and the battens will make it look so cute. (I’m trying to figure out good colors for traveling, but the bus from the Partridge Family keeps coming to mind for some unknown reason.) I love how strong you’re building it, because there are a lot of people like me that are a little bigger than most. After watching you build the Murphy bed in the tiny house, I knew the deck would look great. I love the stairs, and I’m not usually a fan of open back steps. (I fell through the steps to our trailer as a small child a little over fifty years ago, and they still make me nervous.) I do have a minor concern about the height of each step, because I struggled to climb up and down an eight inch step on a daily basis. I realize that you’re trying to keep the weight of the entire structure down, but without a banister such steep steps could be difficult for short people (I’m 5’ 4”) like me.
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Hello Ken. I’ve really enjoyed watching all your videos. This one is another fun “retirement” work type video. Those are the projects I too enjoy. I am worried about the ladder to the porch there. Over a period of time the hinges could come loose and someone might fall. Please consider a different approach to mounting the ladder. We really love and admire your humility Ken
Ken, traditionally Gypsy Caravans have a Dutch style door as an entrance which provides good ventilation as you can have the top section open while the bottom section remains closed. Also the caravan is usually painted in a rich color such as Red.
I enjoy all your videos. Thank you for sharing. Your continued work while being retired is an encouragement to all of us that are retired. Blessings to you and family in Jesus's Mighty Name. ❤☝🙏🙌💪👊
You can create a pocket under the deck that the steps slid into, so it pulls out and folds down. That way they point up when the deck is folded up and not down.
Good Monday morning Ken & Kaiya🐕.... project is coming along nicely. Can't wait to see the color scheme that Sandi & Laurel come up with! Have a very nice day Ken, Sandi & Laurel(sp?) + Kaiya .... take care✏📐🔨🪚🪜✌🏻👣
Ken, I know your remembrance of a Garbo is pulled around the countryside with horses. Well as you can see no horses. On this Garbo. It will prob be moved to a premenant place. Could of put the deck and stairs on the back side. To make that the front entrance. Then permanently bolt a nice deck and stairs when after delivery.
Wow, cool and foggy in the morning! Nice, a flip up deck so you can still use the crank for the trailer foot. Nice job painting on the primer to the Vardo Ken. Looking nice in that light gray. Nice, black metal on the lower roofs over the compartments. Nice lag screwing of the board you're hinging the deck to. Yes, the tongue! Good idea to hinge to the first piece of decking on the flip-up deck. I'm glad the first 2 deck boards were mostly straight. Looking great Ken with the hinges attached. Nice stair stringers. I like the way those stairs work. That's a good idea to put some chain support at the corners of the deck. This was a very fun video to watch Ken. Thanks!
Ken Excellent work, as always. I suggest you drill 2 more holes through each side of each hinge and use the same screws in them. This will provide more years of longevity of tigntness to them.
@@kenskarpentry Even better for longevity: through these new holes, if possible insert stainless-steel machine screw with fender washer, lock washer, and nut on the board side.
Ken, many years ago I made some radiator covers for a customer. The front and sides had radiator screen on them. You can probably still find it on Amazon. It might look nice for the door of the propane cabinet and still allow good ventilation. Mike from Mass
Ken, could those big hinges have both leaves pointed down? The hinge pins would be exactly where they are now. (let into the joist/deck board) Also - maybe a parallelogram handrail on one side of the stairway with one thru-bolt at each connection that allows pivoting? A stop could prevent folding downward. Bolts just tight enough to provide some rigidity?
Good Morning Ken..I am so inspired by your knowledge of building,Your a good guy, not many like you,I tried once to make a book case, well it did not turn out like I wanted,, But I did learn and found the correct construction, I really enjoy your video's thanks for sharing
Ken, I'll suggest you use your router and round-off bit to remove the sharp edge of the floor boards around the deck, before you do any painting. It will be getting enough manual raising and lowering, over time I'm thinking splinters, if you know what I mean. Also, instead of chains, I suggest building more frame around the perimeter of the floor, on the underside. Those floor board ends, without support, might eventually break off with someone standing on them. A chain won't prevent that, and might even accelerate the break off.
Since you won't be needing to pull the vardo by horse, i think a flip-up deck would work best. You can then fold it up when it's being towed and it won't be restricted by the clearance needed.
Ken the only thing I see a problem is going to be towing that flat front and the porch cover. That’s going to be a lot of wind resistance on the tow vehicle plus the up lift of the wind on the porch roof. I see the problem but I’m sorry I can’t recommend any solutions right now now. Generally I don’t pick at someone’s work without a suggestion to correct it. 😕 otherwise this is looking pretty sharp.
Step back and rethink your hinges for the deck. Flip them over to show only the hint part and attach from the back. Support for deck complete border for deck all the way across and have drop.down legs. Love your show
I think the stair stringers would have been stronger it you just put the treads on with steel brackets, without notching the stringers. Cooking atop that tiny deck looks pretty dangerous. I would put the little cooktop on the deck past the stairs, so the cook would stand on the ground to cook. Or make it fold down inside the vardo.
Ken your thumbnail picture had the hinges showing, next time put a piece of wood in front for effect. 🤣 I agree with fold-able deck not everyone who buys is that skilled hitching a trailer.
when's the deck cookout? I like the stabilizing chain idea. The deck is looking great. I have a feeling you're going to rethink some of the ladder plan. How about a two-step-up box stored inside the vardo (or in one of the five doors on the side)??? Love the project.
It's important that you try to calculate the weight of your building materials and not exceed the GVWR of the trailer, I would imagine this will be towed once and parked? This will be way too heavy to go over 30 miles an hour safely if it's over or even near maximum weight. ..Center your weight on or just fwd of the axle and keep heavy stuff low to the floor, roof as light as possible.{travel trailers don't last long and aren't durable so they can be light on the road}.
@@kenskarpentry maybe a hole in the top of stringers with a dowel through it through floor joist so to say, instead of hinges on the end grain.think of your Murphy bed kinda hard to describe.
Very cool build thanks for showing it to us! Would your step work on a hinge, or on a pipe/dowle that lets it swing back against the platform when hauled?
Sorry Ken if I was doing the work I would make the deck at least 4 feet you can block the tung and it would give you a lot more living room think about it
On something like that deck, it seems , that doctoring along the way works the best. Iron out wrinkles in it- like the flexing . Off the cuff ... Enjoy the day!
On the steps, have you thought about a style you use all the time, or did when you built garages? Extension Ladder steps that pull up and lock into place with pins once raised up?
Ken, You said in the very beginning of EP #1 that the Vardo was being constructed so it could slide off the trailer if desirable. Seems like you've removed that option with the flip up porch. Have you changed your mind or what?
I love your sense of humor.
Haha thanks
Enjoying the cooler weather even here in southern California 😎. Just a suggestion, the stairs should be in front of the door, making a sitting area to the other side.
Unfortunately the door will sweep out over the stairs if I did that.
I am in awe of your math skills.
Haha thanks
Awesome progress , the primer and the deck made a huge difference , very nice !!!!! 😊🙏👍❤️
I think so too!
😂Every time Kaia walks around with her little wiggle butt it makes me laugh! She’s just too cute, and such a good supervisor.
This vardo is going to be neat. I’m eagerly awaiting the doors on the storage bins, and the battens will make it look so cute. (I’m trying to figure out good colors for traveling, but the bus from the Partridge Family keeps coming to mind for some unknown reason.) I love how strong you’re building it, because there are a lot of people like me that are a little bigger than most.
After watching you build the Murphy bed in the tiny house, I knew the deck would look great. I love the stairs, and I’m not usually a fan of open back steps. (I fell through the steps to our trailer as a small child a little over fifty years ago, and they still make me nervous.) I do have a minor concern about the height of each step, because I struggled to climb up and down an eight inch step on a daily basis. I realize that you’re trying to keep the weight of the entire structure down, but without a banister such steep steps could be difficult for short people (I’m 5’ 4”) like me.
Haha. Thanks for sharing
❤ Good Morning 🌞 Ken 🌻 Your Gypsy Wagaon is so Cute, Awsome, Elite! So compact! This would be a Joyest Experience to Live,Camp, Travel in This Beautiful 🤩🤞👌✌️👍😍⭐🙌🙏🌟🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Good morning! Thanks so much
Ken your years as a builder shows as you are able to make changers on the fly, a mark of a good builder.👍
Thanks so much
What a creative talented carpenter ❤, educational.
Thanks so much
I cant help but think theres a more light weight and more durable aluminum solution for the deck and stairs.
I think you’re right. It’s just that I usually work with wood.
Looking good Ken. I love how you've transitioned to interesting projects. Keep 'em coming!
Thanks, will do!
Hello Ken. I’ve really enjoyed watching all your videos. This one is another fun “retirement” work type video. Those are the projects I too enjoy.
I am worried about the ladder to the porch there. Over a period of time the hinges could come loose and someone might fall. Please consider a different approach to mounting the ladder.
We really love and admire your humility Ken
Thanks 👍 I actually changed it. Next video
Ken, traditionally Gypsy Caravans have a Dutch style door as an entrance which provides good ventilation as you can have the top section open while the bottom section remains closed. Also the caravan is usually painted in a rich color such as Red.
Coming soon thanks
I enjoy all your videos. Thank you for sharing. Your continued work while being retired is an encouragement to all of us that are retired. Blessings to you and family in Jesus's Mighty Name. ❤☝🙏🙌💪👊
Thanks so much
You can create a pocket under the deck that the steps slid into, so it pulls out and folds down. That way they point up when the deck is folded up and not down.
Cool thanks.
Definitely yes to the flip up deck a required feature for the vardo. Also can’t wait to see the Dutch door.
Thanks
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Thanks. Me too.
You could put a cut horizontal between the two steps, put in a plate and hinge the bottom step to fold up and out of the way.
Very true
Good Monday morning Ken & Kaiya🐕.... project is coming along nicely. Can't wait to see the color scheme that Sandi & Laurel come up with! Have a very nice day Ken, Sandi & Laurel(sp?) + Kaiya .... take care✏📐🔨🪚🪜✌🏻👣
Good morning thanks me too
It's Sandy and Lauren. Thanks!
Ken, I know your remembrance of a Garbo is pulled around the countryside with horses. Well as you can see no horses. On this Garbo. It will prob be moved to a premenant place.
Could of put the deck and stairs on the back side. To make that the front entrance. Then permanently bolt a nice deck and stairs when after delivery.
Thanks. That’s very true.
The new name for your channel should be a Karpenter turned Hobbiest.
It's looking Great
Ha ha. Sounds good.
Wow, cool and foggy in the morning! Nice, a flip up deck so you can still use the crank for the trailer foot. Nice job painting on the primer to the Vardo Ken. Looking nice in that light gray. Nice, black metal on the lower roofs over the compartments. Nice lag screwing of the board you're hinging the deck to. Yes, the tongue! Good idea to hinge to the first piece of decking on the flip-up deck. I'm glad the first 2 deck boards were mostly straight. Looking great Ken with the hinges attached. Nice stair stringers. I like the way those stairs work. That's a good idea to put some chain support at the corners of the deck. This was a very fun video to watch Ken. Thanks!
Thanks for watching
Helps keeping the stones off the door ..nicely done ken.🌴🐊😎
Very true. Get to work! :)
Ken Excellent work, as always. I suggest you drill 2 more holes through each side of each hinge and use the same screws in them. This will provide more years of longevity of tigntness to them.
Cool thanks
@@kenskarpentry Even better for longevity: through these new holes, if possible insert stainless-steel machine screw with fender washer, lock washer, and nut on the board side.
Good morning KEN 70°F=21°C
This is fun.
GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU.
SE MICHIGAN 🙏 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Good morning! Have a great day
@@kenskarpentryyou too🎉 high 90S feel like100 again l.o.l. ❤
Wonderful deck & I like the idea for the chain to provide more stability to the deck corners.
I agree!
Yes. Good morning, love and peace to all. Grateful for another day.😊
Good morning thanks for watching
It might be a good idea to put a wall hand bar beside the door so it will be easier for people to grab hold of when they are going into the Vardo.
Right
Goooooooooood morning, Ken. The deck looks great. Coming right along!
Thanks 👍
Ken, many years ago I made some radiator covers for a customer. The front and sides had radiator screen on them. You can probably still find it on Amazon. It might look nice for the door of the propane cabinet and still allow good ventilation. Mike from Mass
Oh cool thanks
Ken,looking amazing so far can hardly wait to see what colors the girls have picked out for vardo 😮😊❤
Thanks me too
Ken, could those big hinges have both leaves pointed down? The hinge pins would be exactly where they are now.
(let into the joist/deck board)
Also - maybe a parallelogram handrail on one side of the stairway with one thru-bolt at each connection that allows pivoting? A stop could prevent folding downward. Bolts just tight enough to provide some rigidity?
Good ideas thanks
Good Morning Ken..I am so inspired by your knowledge of building,Your a good guy, not many like you,I tried once to make a book case, well it did not turn out like I wanted,, But I did learn and found the correct construction, I really enjoy your video's thanks for sharing
Good morning. Thanks for watching
Ken, I'll suggest you use your router and round-off bit to remove the sharp edge of the floor boards around the deck, before you do any painting. It will be getting enough manual raising and lowering, over time I'm thinking splinters, if you know what I mean.
Also, instead of chains, I suggest building more frame around the perimeter of the floor, on the underside. Those floor board ends, without support, might eventually break off with someone standing on them. A chain won't prevent that, and might even accelerate the break off.
Thanks next video I address that situation
Looking good. Thanks Ken!
Good morning. Thanks.
Ken, all your screws should be Torx heads. It’s never too late to learn young man! Tom
Haha thanks
Al, I would take the steps apart, add glue and re-assemble. 😉
Cool thanks
@@kenskarpentry Ken, sorry I called you Al. That’s another channel. 😉
The man won’t take his tool belt off!!!
Haha
Since you won't be needing to pull the vardo by horse, i think a flip-up deck would work best. You can then fold it up when it's being towed and it won't be restricted by the clearance needed.
True
The stairs are nice on the deck genius.
Thanks
Looks good thank you❤️🙏🙂
Thanks for watching
So glad about the flip up deck❤️
Thanks me too
Hi Ken. Very much like the step build you have made & those chains will make a superb hold. Another good day take care.
Thanks
I love the deck Ken, thanks for listening to us. 23:18 "put another shrimp on the barbie". ref Dumb & Dumber.
Hahahaha
The Vardo build is going really nice and if you could, send some of that great weather to Florida 😄🙏.
Haha thanks
Great job!
Thanks!
Looks great,have a bless evening😊🌼🌺🌻🇺🇲
Thank you! You too!
Looks fantastic!
Thanks
Coming along nicely Ken, looks like a fun project.
Bill...❤
Thanks Bill
Enjoy your video. Outstanding job on the new project
Thanks
Ken du bist einfach ein Künstler super tolle Arbeit 👏🏻👋😊🤗😁😉
Thanks so much
Maybe a Joist guard tape? to keep the water/snow/from rotting the main joist? ANYWAYS what a great solution !!
Thanks
Great job
Thanks
Ken the only thing I see a problem is going to be towing that flat front and the porch cover. That’s going to be a lot of wind resistance on the tow vehicle plus the up lift of the wind on the porch roof. I see the problem but I’m sorry I can’t recommend any solutions right now now. Generally I don’t pick at someone’s work without a suggestion to correct it. 😕 otherwise this is looking pretty sharp.
I’ve done 40mph so far. I’ll be testing it more
Wow! Nice! Is there anything you can't build, Ken? 🤔🙂 Vardo is looking very cool.
Haha thanks
Step back and rethink your hinges for the deck. Flip them over to show only the hint part and attach from the back. Support for deck complete border for deck all the way across and have drop.down legs. Love your show
Thanks. I’ll look at that.
Excellent video Ken, I sent this to 2 of my friends
Awesome thank you!
I think the stair stringers would have been stronger it you just put the treads on with steel brackets, without notching the stringers. Cooking atop that tiny deck looks pretty dangerous. I would put the little cooktop on the deck past the stairs, so the cook would stand on the ground to cook. Or make it fold down inside the vardo.
Thanks. Very good ideas.
You could make the deck larger if you put metal diagonal bracing from the corners to the tongue and have the deck flip up
Thanks. I actually made some changes to the deck will be out on the next video.
Ken your thumbnail picture had the hinges showing, next time put a piece of wood in front for effect. 🤣 I agree with fold-able deck not everyone who buys is that skilled hitching a trailer.
Hahahaha thanks
when's the deck cookout? I like the stabilizing chain idea. The deck is looking great. I have a feeling you're going to rethink some of the ladder plan. How about a two-step-up box stored inside the vardo (or in one of the five doors on the side)??? Love the project.
Haha coming soon
I call them musical screws.
Haha
Great job Ken, I like all your videos
Glad you like them!
The magic is happening! 🔮
Thanks it’s coming along
Good progress on your latest project. It is all coming together. I wonder about cooking on the "deck" to see whether it is rigid enough.
I agree. I changed things around to make it stronger. Coming out in the next video.
I am loving it. God bless.
Thanks so much
Really cool project
Thanks
Looking pretty sharp!
Thanks
It's a beauty Ken.
Thanks
Looking good!
Thanks
that part of the trailer that goes to the tongue / hitch is called a draw bar. They have used that name going back to the days of using horses.
Thank you very much
It's a nice build, this is not criticism of your work, but I would have put the deck, and door on the backside of the trailer.
Thanks I was trying to replicate the Gypsy wagons
Ken it’s looking good and I’m sure you will figure it and it will be Right and safe when you finish everything
Thanks I hope so
I would think a nice steel lightweight pair of steps that would be moveable you be a better choice, similar to mobile homes
Oh. Interesting. Thanks.
ken, more like gollyman stall 😂😂😂❤❤
Haha not familiar with that
It's important that you try to calculate the weight of your building materials and not exceed the GVWR of the trailer, I would imagine this will be towed once and parked? This will be way too heavy to go over 30 miles an hour safely if it's over or even near maximum weight. ..Center your weight on or just fwd of the axle and keep heavy stuff low to the floor, roof as light as possible.{travel trailers don't last long and aren't durable so they can be light on the road}.
Thanks
Good job like always
Thanks again!
You always build a PT green deck tight because the gaps will be perfect when it dries. If someone has heels the heal will get stuck in the crack.
That’s true thanks
@@kenskarpentry maybe a hole in the top of stringers with a dowel through it through floor joist so to say, instead of hinges on the end grain.think of your Murphy bed kinda hard to describe.
Congrats! Was this your 800th video? Well done!
Oh. Wow! I didn’t realize that. Thanks for mentioning it
Very cool build thanks for showing it to us! Would your step work on a hinge, or on a pipe/dowle that lets it swing back against the platform when hauled?
I think I got it. Next video
@ 1:25 Propane is heavier than air so a whole mesh door maybe overkill as a simple vent or hole at the bottom might suffice
Oh interesting thanks
looking good
Thanks 👍
Super nice
Thanks
Sorry Ken if I was doing the work I would make the deck at least 4 feet you can block the tung and it would give you a lot more living room think about it
Thanks thinking
Good morning!
Good morning
The cover over the storage areas look plenty wavy. Would a thicker plywood not do a better job without adding too much weight?
Possibly. Thanks.
Great Ken
Thanks Carolyn. Beautiful quilt by the way.
Thumbs up 👍
Thanks 👍
Good morning. 70 is 21 c 😀
Haha thanks! Good morning
On something like that deck, it seems , that doctoring along the way works the best. Iron out wrinkles in it- like the flexing . Off the cuff ... Enjoy the day!
Thanks
I use the Headlok screw often, I used them on my deck
They are expensive, but they work great
Yes to the fold up deck
Thanks
On the steps, have you thought about a style you use all the time, or did when you built garages? Extension Ladder steps that pull up and lock into place with pins once raised up?
Thanks. I guess I didn’t think of that.
@@kenskarpentry Fire escapes in big cities use the same type of principles. It just came to mind, and it isn't too late to change what I saw here.
Can't sleep my allergies are keeping me up. Ugh!
Bummer. I woke up around 3 and couldn’t get back to sleep as well
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Thanks
You should have extended the deck out to the end of the tongue. Just my humble opinion of course :)
Haha thanks
Ken, nice wagon. Did you see/have plans for this style? I don’t recall that style but I may be thinking Shepherds wagons I have seen?
No formal plans. Thanks for watching
Great build Ken,
Has someone bought the vardo ?
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Not yet! Would you like it? :)
@kenskarpentry I live too far away Ken.
I'm in Saskatchewan Canada
You could have mounted your hinges the same way you mount a hinge to the edge of a door.
Thanks I might do that
Good day to all, peace.
Good morning
Ken, You said in the very beginning of EP #1 that the Vardo was being constructed so it could slide off the trailer if desirable. Seems like you've removed that option with the flip up porch. Have you changed your mind or what?
There’s only five lag screws that have to be removed to take the deck off then it can still slide off. Then reattach the deck afterwards.