aarond76 wrote:
JBarca:
Yes I have read your thread many times. I do plan to add a drip edge.
Good, I'm glad it helped. When I was hunting I could not find much in the way of pics of others. So I'm glad it helped someone.
I have not cut the darco yet because I am pretty sure it is all that is holding the floor together at this point. Oh boy....Yup, water gets in and can't get out
Mine looks much worse than your from the top side, based on that and the fact that I have this issue on both ends, replacing the entire floor seems the way to go. Yes, if both ends are gone, redo the entire thing. It is not that bad. I say this now as I have been through it once. The 1st time is the learning curve
I had not considered the friction issue, thank you for bringing that up. I will certainly add the beveled edge on the flooring. My slide is the lippert rack and pinion flush floor side, there is a rounded piece of hard white plastic in the camper the entire length of the slide that the slide floor slides across as the slide is retracted. FRP is sounding more and more like the best fit for me.
OK you have a plastic trough verses my metal trough. That should help. It sounds like your slide drive is just like mine. Take pics and post. I'm always up for learning how other manf do these. Some day in the not distant future I may do a total rebuild in the camper. The ultimate mod...
I have also seen the videos of the group holding the slide walls up by screwing jack posts into the holes where the corner trim is removed. My slide is 12' long. I will be removing the lower two pieces of siding just as you did, exposing the studs. My plan is to screw a 16' long 2x10 to the wall studs and support this 2x10 at each end to hold up the slide as I remove the floor and put the new in. This should support the entire wall as opposed to just supporting it at the ends as they do in the youtube video. I may also have a few pieces of sill plate to remove and am worried that only supporting the walls at the corners will not be adequate once I start cutting on the sill plate.
I like the 2 x 10 approach. 2 x 8 even. I agree a lot better then the 2 stilts. This way it is stronger support on the slide going to the many wall studs and you can add the 2 x 8 (10) then with jacks supporting the weight, add legs, then let the weight on the legs before you take the floor off. And you can fix the sill plate as needed. Good idea. I am going to remember that one.
If you can get a good bond on the FRP panel or the boat epoxy, they do sound like good ideas. Need to get all the air out between FRP and the wood to not have voids.
Only concern is cold weather camping and the slide sliding on the FRP? We winter camp so I think of these things. With the long slide, the pounds/foot supported should be low. As long as the trough is fully supporting the floor (FRP panel) then this lowers the odds of concentrated loads cracking the FRP in the cold. I'm not an FRP expert, just thinking out load. The Darco is thin and a mesh so it flexed as needed.
Good luck, let us know how it goes.
John
