How now brown cow? Floor repair project gets larger
2001 Palomino Stampede S-21. Purchased Aug 2012.
A few weeks ago I opened up the bathroom floor to repair a soft spot, thinking that I would only need to replace a wet subfloor board. The farther I dug, the more water damage I found. The bathroom subfloor was solid black rot. When I went into the main area, I found that someone covered the original subfloor with a 1/2 plywood floor in an attempt to hide the damage, essentially sealing in the moisture. Under the plywood subfloors is the luan plywood/styrofoam/hardboard sandwich in between wood joists and above membrane. This method has been referenced in numerous other articles here. I haven't yet found a spot anywhere, front to back, that didn't have a totally rotted bottom portion of that sandwich. In some spots I removed the rotted sandwich, in most I left the original subfloor and added a good temporary plywood piece so that I can work on that floor. I plan to replace everything from the joists up relying heavily on info I received at this forum and others online. Currently, only the kitchenette remains, I've pulled the toilet, shower tub, vanity, fridge, hot water heater, furnace and all furniture.
Then yesterday I discovered a new unexpected problem. The seam that joins the rear and passenger side walls separated. This is a new problem, it was not separated when I started ripping out the floor. When I poke my finger into the exposed walls I find, you guessed it, rotted wood.
A limited number of Pics with description can be found at my Photobucket Stories page.
I am only reasonably handy. I was stretching myself with my plan to rebuild the trailer from the floor up. I don't know what to do about the walls. Is this a lost cause?
A few weeks ago I opened up the bathroom floor to repair a soft spot, thinking that I would only need to replace a wet subfloor board. The farther I dug, the more water damage I found. The bathroom subfloor was solid black rot. When I went into the main area, I found that someone covered the original subfloor with a 1/2 plywood floor in an attempt to hide the damage, essentially sealing in the moisture. Under the plywood subfloors is the luan plywood/styrofoam/hardboard sandwich in between wood joists and above membrane. This method has been referenced in numerous other articles here. I haven't yet found a spot anywhere, front to back, that didn't have a totally rotted bottom portion of that sandwich. In some spots I removed the rotted sandwich, in most I left the original subfloor and added a good temporary plywood piece so that I can work on that floor. I plan to replace everything from the joists up relying heavily on info I received at this forum and others online. Currently, only the kitchenette remains, I've pulled the toilet, shower tub, vanity, fridge, hot water heater, furnace and all furniture.
Then yesterday I discovered a new unexpected problem. The seam that joins the rear and passenger side walls separated. This is a new problem, it was not separated when I started ripping out the floor. When I poke my finger into the exposed walls I find, you guessed it, rotted wood.
A limited number of Pics with description can be found at my Photobucket Stories page.
I am only reasonably handy. I was stretching myself with my plan to rebuild the trailer from the floor up. I don't know what to do about the walls. Is this a lost cause?
