How to install sub floor & ceiling strapping in your cargo trailer

What lurks beneath the floor and ceiling in every home? The sub floor and ceiling strapping, of course!

Although I’ll be the first to admit, I just figured out what these actually are.
Tiffany, Trying Her Darndest

In Episode 4 of our YouTube series “Cargo Trailer to Tiny Home,” Brad installs the ceiling strapping in our cargo trailer conversion to weekend getaway stealth camper.

This is the episode where Brad and Tiffany have alien-esque super blue eyes of artificial life trying to improve human existence.

But we’re not bots, despite our recent stretch of 7-day work weeks.

Later it’s hard to see the color of Brad’s eyes with all the snow falling in front of them. Oh, the joys of construction in Calgary during the winter.

This also the episode in which we see Brad laying down the sub floor for our Tiny Home. Aka our cargo trailer conversion.

Somehow I managed to escape without lending a hand!
Tiffany, Enjoying a Rare Relaxing Moment

The modest plywood is no match for the gorgeous-yet-totally-affordable laminate plank flooring we have in the pipeline, but that episode is still a ways off into the future.

Important takeaways here are screwing down the floor correctly to prevent squeaks. Brad prefers an impact driver for this because it’s a little easier on the wrists than a drill.

And using a track saw instead of a table saw speeds up the cutting process.

Brad also completed the strapping for our Tiny Home ceiling. He likes the fact that the curved ceiling leaves a bit of space between the strapping and the insulation — a little extra space to run wires for electrical.