Water Leak, Repair Update Feb 12th
Well, here we go again. Back in 2013 I found a leak that was deteriorating the slide out floor, so I undertook those repairs. I had a thread on here but couldn't find it again to give you a link, bu...
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Got the new framing installed this afternoon. The 2x3 under the wall only ran from the water fill to just ahead of the slide, so at 41" it was easy to replace.
Here is what I took out of there, the right end of that long piece is what was closest to the slide, and the short piece is what it attached to:
The bad news is that the rot over time had allowed the framing to sag. There is a steel outrigger off the main frame beam just ahead of the slide out that the 2x3 bolts to. As the 2x3 had deteriorated, it had allowed the framing connected to it and the floor on top of it to sag. I doubled up on the 2x3 that goes inward and sits on that outrigger to provide additional strength.
With the new framing in place, the gap between framing and wall was only 3/8", meaning the wall had dropped 3/8". Using a series of shims and a 3-lb sledge, I was able to get the new 3/4" plywood floor in and everything lined up.
The slide has been groaning more than usual lately, and being that the floor allowed it drop on this side, the rack was scraping the frame as it passed through.
So this hopefully will solve multiple issues.
Here is what I took out of there, the right end of that long piece is what was closest to the slide, and the short piece is what it attached to:
The bad news is that the rot over time had allowed the framing to sag. There is a steel outrigger off the main frame beam just ahead of the slide out that the 2x3 bolts to. As the 2x3 had deteriorated, it had allowed the framing connected to it and the floor on top of it to sag. I doubled up on the 2x3 that goes inward and sits on that outrigger to provide additional strength.
With the new framing in place, the gap between framing and wall was only 3/8", meaning the wall had dropped 3/8". Using a series of shims and a 3-lb sledge, I was able to get the new 3/4" plywood floor in and everything lined up.
The slide has been groaning more than usual lately, and being that the floor allowed it drop on this side, the rack was scraping the frame as it passed through.
So this hopefully will solve multiple issues.
