The most important aspect of a custom trailer is how it will serve your mission-specific specific objectives for it, whether as a restroom, shower, community-outreach center or handwashing or decontamination station. What you need the trailer to do will define all else that follows.
Beyond that core function, your trailer interior is where your style and imagination can come fully alive. With Comforts of Home, your choices for trailer customization make your unit even more unlike any other.
Trailer Interiors: Diverse Options
Your trailer’s interior look, operation and feel are truly up to you. You have the requests and preferences, and we have the designs, materials and trailer accessories for giving them structure and shape.
Whether included to be rugged or elegant, Comforts of Home interior materials are tested for performance and durability in their usage environments. That includes being able to withstand constant wear when these units are used for rental revenue. We are also always seeking and testing new products and finishes to further enhance what we offer.
You’ll enjoy the same quality and flexibility with your interior features. We start by including only those we know are central to your trailer’s base model. From there, you can select from diverse additional options representing those most requested since we started building trailers in 2003.
Together, you and your trailer-design consultant can review our many standard interiors or discuss one that is fully custom-developed to your specifications.
Trailer Interiors: Contact Us Today
We are here to make your mobile trailer represent your definition of what it should be. To spark your ideas and inspiration for how you can customize your trailer interior, call us at (630) 906-8002 to connect with a Comforts of Home professional.
Trailer Interiors: Built on Experience, Designed for Possibility
COHSI trailer customization draws from experiential insight and the right range of choices for inspiring possibilities.
You and your business or organization might be more minimalist in approach, or you might aspire to have a trailer that’s more elegant and luxurious. The only preference that matters is the one that’s right for you.
At COHSI, experience has taught us to be ready with different levels of trailer options and accessories from basic to luxury. This allows you to envision what’s readily available as well as what can be possible.
Real-World Scenario: Vaccination Clinic
A medical organization contacts COHSI about building a custom mobile unit for community vaccinations. We understand right away that such a mission will need the interior walls and ceiling to be easy to wipe down and sanitize.
The interior should also resist moisture, oil and chemicals and not be susceptible to odors, warp or rot. Scuff prevention will be desirable too.
Bare plywood, metal or painted surfaces will not achieve these aims. The trailer-design consultant recommends fiberglass reinforced panels (FRP) for industrial-grade durability, cleanliness and moisture resistance. In addition to being lightweight, the panels further will provide a smooth, bright finish that conveys professionalism.
With FRP for the walls and ceiling, the mobile clinic can better administer vaccines in a trailer interior that looks better and lasts longer with a sanitary, hygienic setting.
Trailer Interiors: Customization Without Compromise
Once you begin your trailer customization, you might be surprised by what your own imagination produces as one idea connects to another.
At Comforts of Home, we encourage you to define what will be ideal for your trailer within your budget and production specifications. As your trailer concept solidifies, we cut no corners in designing and building your trailer according to your standard of excellence.
Customization for you might have an entirely different look and feel from another’s concept of it. As you implement customization without compromise, you become increasingly able to conceptualize a trailer interior with both function and appeal.
Real-World Scenario: Crisis Center
A client approaches Comforts of Home to discuss a mobile unit for crisis response in the Midwest. The trailer will require hygienic and durable surfaces. It will also need to be lightweight and flexible for frequent transport and swift adaptability for different missions.
As with the vaccination trailer, an interior with traditional plywood or fiberglass won’t provide the proper qualities. We inform the client that Azdel composite panels combined with laminated wall coverings can form a lightweight, durable, hygienic and low-maintenance interior for applications where speed, sanitation and resilience are vital.
Beyond reducing the trailer’s weight, the Azdel panels will resist dents and impact, making them ideal for emergency situations. The laminated wall coverings’ protective layer also will keep the interior looking professional and clean even under heavy use.
Many crisis-response units operate in wet, humid or rapidly changing conditions. The Azdel panels do not absorb water, and the laminated surfaces are easy to clean and disinfect. Plus, the Azdel panels’ thermal insulation limits noise and maintains climate control, particularly where medications and sensitive equipment are stored.
Trailer Interiors: Authentic Feel of Home
When your options and accessories are intentionally chosen, your trailer really can feel just like home. As you collaborate with your trailer consultant, you’ll find yourself viewing your trailer less as equipment or machinery and more as inhabitable space.
This is because we incorporate the same design principles as those found in houses, such as comfort, zoning, lighting, storage and sound control.
A standard, non-customized trailer can feel more temporary because of its noise, thin walls and temperature swings.
A Comforts of Home trailer can create a quiet, temperature-stable environment with no “tin-can” echo by implementing features such as spray-foam or high-R rigid insulation, an insulated subfloor, residential-style windows and an insulated entry door with a solid latch.
For a custom restroom, rather than focus strictly on square footage, a unit can accommodate people’s routines and preferences when using a bathroom or shower at home. That might include an enclosed shower with solid walls (no curtain), a tankless water heater and stainless steel fixtures.
Trailer Interiors: Color Options
In a custom trailer just as in a home, color selections often convey style, mood and pleasing coordination with other elements in a space.
You and your trailer consultant can discuss color options such as whites, grays and earth tones for interior character with contemporary accents.
Trailer Interiors: Collaborative Process, Lasting Result
When you collaborate with your COHSI trailer consultant, what will become most evident to you is how we listen. We welcome your ideas, questions and challenges as opportunities to problem-solve and achieve in creating something truly distinctive.
Whether your starting vision is fully formed or still developing, our team is here to guide the process, offer insights and help refine the details.
We don’t just build trailers – we establish partnerships. Each custom unit results from teamwork, craftsmanship and a shared commitment to quality.
Together with us, you accomplish so much more than choosing the right options from a list. You also shape a new environment that reflects your objectives and elevates the experience for all who engage with it.
