Replacing A Section Of A Vintage Travel Trailer Floor

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Replacing a section of a vintage travel trailer floor.

A previous owner had let a toilet leak go to the point that an area of the plywood floor in the center of the bathroom finally developed dry rot. And with good reason. A common problem with replacing sub floor is how to provide adequate support of the newly formed and installed flooring edges. The two components are pressed together then.

I ve torn up the vinyl to find an area of wood rot caused by water. Travel trailers and rvs are typically manufactured with flooring made of particle board. This material is made from wood chips and a water based glue. We recently undertook to solve a soft floor problem in our elderly travel trailer.

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The damaged area is approximately 6 long x 4 wide. This is the literal ground you walk upon the foundation upon which the interior is built and in the case of airstreams a. The area is in the kitchen in front of the lower cabinets. We decided to replace the old 1 x 1 framing with a big 2 x 6 hence the 5 5 height.

We removed the floor framing then using the sonicrafter we cut the wall studs at a line 5 5 inches above the metal trailer frame. When people talk with me about their greatest fear regarding the purchase of a vintage travel trailer inevitably the sub floor and water damage come up. 6 steps to learn more about how to repair a rotted wood rv floor let s take doug klassen and his 1991 jayco 220 travel trailer for example. How to replace rotted wood flooring in a travel trailer.

Vintage trailer supply inc. Insulate we used foam board insulation and taped it to the frame with foil tape.