I used R13 fiberglass on the floor. Not sure yet what I am going to use for the wall. From what I've read the old school fiberglass has a better R value than the spray foam. Although I'm sure the spray foam is a better sealer.

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FG suffers from a pretty severe degradation in R value in mobile applications (it takes longer but still is an issue in stationary applications, too). Foam would be much, much better in three ways:

Sealing, structure, and consistency over the life of the house.

I'll have to look back into the foam. To be fair though this trailer will likely never move. I'm doing a bit of statist jujitsu. It cost a fortune in fees and permits to build a house but I don't need a permit to build a trailer. And my specific county will allow tiny houses as the primary residence. So it is an inexpensive temporary solution. The long term housing is to be a barndominium but I'm trying to get all my debt paid off before that. Then the tiny house will turn into an airbnb or a hipcamp situation.

Yup. I get that, but if I was building, I would use foam or rock wool.

Good for you for doing that. I will need to move to a more permissive area or in gonna end up dead because the local enforcers will be called to lock me up and I'm never going to allow that to happen.