Sky Deck Renovation
Just bought a 2003 Thor Citation Sky Deck. 34' Fifth Wheel. Came from Alexander RV in Delaware. Good people to deal with. Here it is on the lot: I just got it down to North Carolina and plan to...
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westend wrote:
IMO, these SIP panels are great in a wall situation where compression of the foam isn't an issue but place them in a floor where support is barely adequate or the wood layer could have little tension, and a problem is bound to happen.
I hope I'm not scaring you about your floor. If I owned the Sky Deck, I'd keep what I had for the floor and not give it a second thought, other than to have adequate joists, especially in traffic areas.
No worries. As I said, I'm very interested in SIP panel construction, so I think it's pretty cool that my new home uses SIPs and I might just get to work with them. But I don't know anyone who has a lot of experience building with them. The bottom line, of course, is that all the research in the world isn't as valuable as inspecting the real thing, 10 years later. Now I need to find out where to get panels to replace this one, before I go tearing it out. I am optimistic that they've only gotten better over the past decade.
By the way, check this out: http://www.singloghomes.com
