Repair vs. sell

SLSAntigua wrote:
I found the leak!!! Water comes down the front of the RV, next to and over the front bunkend, over the diamond plate, where the diamond plate meets the floor in front of the hatch. The wood floor is practically visible. Water must have been saturating wood for years. The membrane on the under belly used to protect the wood actually trapped the moisture in. Rotted the wood to paper-thin flakes. have the front partially torn up down to that membrane.

Would it be smart to cover the membrane with some sort of aluminum sheeting? the front part will get coated with boat epoxy and I will install a 2x3 or 2x4 wood frame for a subfloor, then either use traffic master or pergo. fortunately wood under the slide is ok.

That's exactly where I had problems, although I'm not entirely positive that was the source of the leak, rather I believe this was just where the water would flow to and gather. This resulted in the front being completely rotted under the front bunk and where the pass-through storage is. I ended up replacing the front wall (behind the propane tanks) as well and then re-gluing the fileon to the new plywood.There's still a bit of delamination visible but it is MUCH better than it was. Most of all it's all water tight now and it's been dry even during the hardest rain storms. If you look at my pictures I posted earlier you'll see what I'm talking about.

I ended up supporting the trailer body frame on blocks and then dropping down the frame to just give me enough space to slide in a new piece of luan and tarp to cover the underbelly.I also laid a sheet of house wrap (stuff you get from Lowes or Homedepot) underneath. After the fact I think I should have only used the house wrap, that stuff is pretty strong and will keep water out.