Felt strip under slideout floor loose...
Wondering if anyone has run into this and if so how to repair it? I tried wedging the floor up and tucking it back in, but as soon as the slide moved it came out again. I'm not sure how to get at th...
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I'll throw this out until somebody comes up with a better idea:
Run the slide in about a foot. With help (2 helpers best) tip the bottom edge of the slide up by 2 people pushing from inside on the top fascia. Have the other helper slip something like a piece of 2x4 under the bottom lip about 2' in from each end. There is plenty of slack in the slide attachment to do this if you don't get carried away with the pushing.
Reattach the felt to the bottom edge of the slide floor with a good carpenter's glue and run some shims and wedges in to hold it tight against the bottom of the floor until the glue dries solid. (Put some waxed paper on the shims so glue doesn't soak through and glue the shims permanently to the bottom of the felt. I have no solution if that happens.)
I have done this to rescue an empty dish soap bottle that got caught under my kitchen slide and was taking the surface off of the floor.
I didn't say it was going to be easy and there must be better ideas, but it will work.
Good luck.
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On edit: You could take an Xacto knife and cut the felt off right at the edge of the slide and just not tell her about it.
Run the slide in about a foot. With help (2 helpers best) tip the bottom edge of the slide up by 2 people pushing from inside on the top fascia. Have the other helper slip something like a piece of 2x4 under the bottom lip about 2' in from each end. There is plenty of slack in the slide attachment to do this if you don't get carried away with the pushing.
Reattach the felt to the bottom edge of the slide floor with a good carpenter's glue and run some shims and wedges in to hold it tight against the bottom of the floor until the glue dries solid. (Put some waxed paper on the shims so glue doesn't soak through and glue the shims permanently to the bottom of the felt. I have no solution if that happens.)
I have done this to rescue an empty dish soap bottle that got caught under my kitchen slide and was taking the surface off of the floor.
I didn't say it was going to be easy and there must be better ideas, but it will work.
Good luck.
A
On edit: You could take an Xacto knife and cut the felt off right at the edge of the slide and just not tell her about it.
