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Wow! This was well documented. Good job.

bobsallyh wrote:
Just was posted on the Escapees Forum.

http://www.rvnetwork.com/topic/128762-repair-to-water-damaged-slide-floor/

Wow, that was a lot more work than mine. Mostly due to the size of the thing. It's a lot easier to work with a small slide.

jonbarger wrote:
Howard just one question how did you get the flooring out of it did you take the bottom off the slide from the outside and work at it that way are did you do all work from inside the camper
Thanks

Almost all the work was done from the outside, but you still have to remove the bed framework to get to everything. When the slide was extended most of the floor was outside and not a big deal to get off.

I replaced the BR slide floor piece of cake. Put out slide remove mattress and everything DW has stored under it. Remove plywood cover of slide mechanism. Now go outside and remove trim that covers the slide floor, remove all fasteners holding floor to rear and side walls. I found it easiest to drill a hole and then use a jigsaw to cut the floor from end to end for removal.

Now all you have to do is put it back together. I used marine grade plywood some have used treated plywood. Mine was 1 inch so glued two pieces together for it routed a 1/2 round on the bottom side of the three slide sides and wrapped everbond tape along that edge. You can paint the bottom with any quality exterior paint. I used epoxy but I had it left over from another project. You want to make sure there are no burrs from the orginal drilling to catch on when installing the new floor. Roto tool can knock them off. The everbond made for a tight fit but a little wd 40 helped it slide in. Screw it back in replace the trim put the bed back together.

Let the DW repack the storage, cause you won't do it the way she wants it organized. Your done.

Just was posted on the Escapees Forum.

http://www.rvnetwork.com/topic/128762-repair-to-water-damaged-slide-floor/

Howard just one question how did you get the flooring out of it did you take the bottom off the slide from the outside and work at it that way are did you do all work from inside the camper
Thanks

I had the same thing happen on a 2010 Fuzion 383. I replaced the floor with the slide in place. It's not really that bad since the slide is relatively small.

In my case, the leak was caused by the caulking on the outside of the slide at the mid-seam was not done properly. This caused the caulk not to adhere to the slide wall and water ran down the lower part of the outside wall and wicked into the floor. Eventually the wood, well the pressed wood stuff, just disintegrated and the bolts pulled out.

Not a horrible job and if you're fairly handy with hand tools you can do it yourself. Probably save yourself a grand or so.

Best? Pull the slide room completely out, throughly inspect, fix all damage and reinstall. Of course that will likely require a fork lift to get the slide room out and moved to a safe secure work space.