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Old-Biscuit
Feb 13, 2017Explorer III
What kind of flooring do you have?
We had a water leak...flooded our living room/kitchen area in our 5th wheel
I used a 16 gal wet/dry shop vac ----dumped it 5 times
Finally decided that just wasn't going to cut it.
Pulled carpet/linoleum up and used blowers/fan to dry out subfloor BEFORE it swelled up, crumbled.
Missed section of slide out where water pooled in corner
$6000 + in damages
Trailer subfloors do NOT play well with water.
We had a water leak...flooded our living room/kitchen area in our 5th wheel
I used a 16 gal wet/dry shop vac ----dumped it 5 times
Finally decided that just wasn't going to cut it.
Pulled carpet/linoleum up and used blowers/fan to dry out subfloor BEFORE it swelled up, crumbled.
Missed section of slide out where water pooled in corner
$6000 + in damages
Trailer subfloors do NOT play well with water.
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