Replace/repair aerolite floor or junk it?

raychris1 wrote:
... I thought I would get some advise from those who have done it. ...

Actually, I have. My Father-in-law and I rebuilt his 15 foot Scottie. The back end had considerable rot in floor. Once we got into it, the rot went up the walls and into the ceiling. Before it was over, we gutted almost the entire trailer and rebuilt it from the inside out.

The skin remained, but most of the framing was re-done, one stud at a time. It took over a year. He lived on a farm. He was a carpenter by trade with his own business and had a handful of employees. He knew building and construction and wasn't afraid to tackle anything.

I came from a life time of (not paid) home remodeling projects, rebuilds, roofing, plumbing, dry wall, wall removals and rebuilds, ceramic floors, tile in bathrooms wall, wiring, you name it, that started when I was 15 years old and just as recent as (well... yesterday ... I replaced a toilet in a house with a new one), been doing this handy work, and now I'm 62 years old.

So tackling the camper was not anything to be afraid of, but it did take a lot of time, and it required a lot of patients, and it required a lot of debate and studying to figure out how to best approach the next step.

The cost to fix the trailer was about 4 times as much as the cost of the trailer. They bought it for $500. He invested over a couple thousand into it before it was camping ready, and took us a year.

I don't think I'd ever want to tackle an RV project like that again. Too many hidden problems that are exposed only when you start tearing into the walls.