Avion truck campers - Hundreds of photos
Without going into too much painful detail, we had a mishap several week-ends ago. While working with sand bag crews on the Mississippi River, the truck and camper fell into the flood waters as a road...
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As I'm waiting on window parts and sealants from VTS I continue to scrape silicone and look for more compromised areas the the van and camper. So far some areas are worse and some are better than I expected so that's not too bad.
Has anyone used Nida-Core or similar to replace rotten wood? It won't rot and seems to be only a little more expensive than exterior plywood here in ontario.
So after removing silcone from the bottom of the door frame today it seems someone fixed the separated side and bottom pieces of the door frame with mild steel brackets which are all rusted now. So after that piece and the additional piece of trim below were taken off I could see the wood rot. That meant removing the rear steps and support bracket below.
I do not want to remove the bathroom shower pan and walls etc. The only place there appears to be any flex in the bathroom floor is adjacent to the rear camper door, where the rot is. There is residual epoxy on the floor under the new flooring where a previous repair was undertaken. Taking the entire rear floor out from the bottom is problematic as the camper is mounted to the van. I'm reading through the various threads but any suggestions/advice is welcome.
Going down to 5degC tonight so my priority is leak fixing (once supplies arrive) before the weather changes.
Has anyone used Nida-Core or similar to replace rotten wood? It won't rot and seems to be only a little more expensive than exterior plywood here in ontario.
So after removing silcone from the bottom of the door frame today it seems someone fixed the separated side and bottom pieces of the door frame with mild steel brackets which are all rusted now. So after that piece and the additional piece of trim below were taken off I could see the wood rot. That meant removing the rear steps and support bracket below.
I do not want to remove the bathroom shower pan and walls etc. The only place there appears to be any flex in the bathroom floor is adjacent to the rear camper door, where the rot is. There is residual epoxy on the floor under the new flooring where a previous repair was undertaken. Taking the entire rear floor out from the bottom is problematic as the camper is mounted to the van. I'm reading through the various threads but any suggestions/advice is welcome.
Going down to 5degC tonight so my priority is leak fixing (once supplies arrive) before the weather changes.
