Motorhome Rotten Floor Rebuild

From the beginning we knew it had rot in the floors that the previous owners had repaired.

Motorhome rotten floor rebuild.

A roughly 17 x 45 section of plywood needed to be cut out and replaced with a fresh piece. See my step by step diy instructions for floor demolition and restoration. Mark on the plywood where the floor beams below it will lie. In this video i get busy repairing a rotten section of my main slide out room floor in my 2011 276rls keystone cougar fifth wheel.

So i repair it using a delam kit. We bought it used and knew it would need a lot of work. Bounce your rv down the highway a few times and if your floor leveling compound breaks up you ll have it ruining your new flooring. Cut the new plywood flooring to fit the area that you removed the rotten wood from.

Rotted rv slide out floor repair fixed manufacturer flaw. Replace rotten camper floor. I replaced the rotten floor in my 2006 trail lite camper for under 500. This will also keep pipe and wood temperatures stable to prevent further water damage.

Lay fiberglass insulation pads between the floor beams to provide a better heat seal within the rv. This time we are repairing the caravan floor. The floor leveling compound sold at lumberyards works ok for sticks and bricks homes but it s a plaster based substance that easily cracks with motion. Fortunately it is possible to take on your camper floor repair yourself which can be a great way to minimize your rv floor repair cost.

The second photo is of the new bamboo floori. I just had part of the floor fixed in my starcraft hybrid the rv repair guy said it will cost 5 000 to replace the whole floor i m female and love camping but not a floor fixer upper does anyone know some one that can replace the floor for 2 000 i love in lowell massachusetts thanks linda. In this post we ll walk you through the basics of how to fix a rotted camper floor so you can get back on the road in a jiffy without having to spend an arm and a leg at the repair shop. We were stumped for a while.

Over the years water. It is very spongy and has been getting worse over time.