Replacing Floor in Travel Trailer
The door to our camper was leaking and we didn't know it so now we are looking at needing to repair/replace the floor near the door and along the wall near the door. We were wondering if anyone has an...
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Boband4 wrote:
I had the same problem, same location, little bit smaller area. I was able to cut the vinyl along the wall and cabinet, roll the floor back (roll it, dont let it fold/crease or it will split), then set the Skillsaw very shallow to cut out the rotted piece. Next I sistered some pressure treated pieces along the trailer frame to create floor joists. I chisled the old floor out at the wall, cut and dropped a replacement piece of plywood in. Screwed the plywood down to the new "floor joists", rolled the floor back over it and put some quarter round shoe molding along the wall and cabinet to secure the flooring. I did the whole job in about 3 evenings and 1 day. Turned out great! Good luck with whichever way you go!
That would be great if we could fix it that way. My husband is really good at stuff like that, but since we've never disassembled a camper we weren't sure what to expect.
