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quickrod66
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May 14, 2013

repair of bad floor - part #2

A day ago I posted questions about a bad spot in the door way under the door sill of my 22ft TT. goes back about 6in. in the floor in one small area. talked to a tt repairman was told $1000.00 + & got an outline what was involved .I am going to try it myself since I have some home improvement experience, have a table saw, etc. and plenty of tools. Question what should I be careful of when removing the door frame and what kind of under carriage joist system. 2004 Fleetwood microlite 22ft.
  • Bought the TT 1-1/2 ago at the time did not notice there was a carriage bolt in the corner of the alum sill that helps hold the steps, cannot find where any water could have come in but through where the bolt is.
  • Once you open up damaged area, you may find where water came in. But like midnighshade says, first fix leak. Water can run down inside a wall and will show up as a floor problem.

    When ever I have had to replace bad flooring in a RV trailer, I work from the top down. The membrane on the bottom of the trailer is usually a fiberglass reinforced waterproof material. Once you take up flooring you will probably see several joist that need to be replaced too. On one of my trailers I replaced about 20 SQ feet of floor and joist in the back corner under the tub, and on my neighbors trailer we replaced about 50 SQ feet of floor and joist in the front bedroom due to leaking storage doors. Here is how is was done: On one rain water came in at a damaged refrigerator vent and ran back under the tub in the adjacent bathroom. On the other storage doors for an under bed storage area leaked. You will need to take out any cabinets or items in the area of the damage. I ended up replacing floor joist, and some wall studs too. There are two kinds of wall construction, on some trailers the wall extends past the floor platform which make removing damaged floor easier. On others the wall sets on the floor plate, and the wood flooring has to be removed from under the wall, then to reinstall you need to jack up roof enough to lift wall so that you can get new floor material under the wall. If you need more information send me a PM
  • thanks for the info will let you know what I find after removing the door and getting to the floor