Rebuilding a slide out.....sorta
Hi all, I just purchased a new to me 39ft Pilgrim 5th wheel. I got what I feel is a stellar deal on it because it was in a lot and a vehicle next to it caught on fire. There was some damage to th...
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wborst wrote:
I replaced the floor of my bedroom slide with 1 inch thick marine plywood. I used the original floor as a pattern, cut it out and sanded it. Then I put several coats of spar varnish on all surfaces. Then installed the new floor. Preparing the new floor took a few days in order to give the spar varnish time to dry. Installing the floor was a one day project. Much easier than I thought it would be.
This was done in the spring of 2012. I have used the camper many times since then and the floor shows no signs of wear.
I also sealed the bottom corners with eternabond tape and trimmed it so it would not land on the delrim blocks that it slides on.
Where did you find 1" thick plywood?? Would it be just as good to sandwich 2 sheets of 1/2" Marine plywood together??
Steve
