Slideout floor replacement
Just discovered about 2" of rot along the entire edge of the bedroom slideout floor--appears to be coming in from exterior trim not being caulked and allowing water to enter and sit on the frame the f...
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jfskeet wrote:Where do these RV repair shops come up with these insane prices? I just can't believe the estimates for some of the things I've seen. One wanted to charge me $8,000.00 to paint and replace the decals on the front cap on my 5th wheel. I got it done for $1500.00 which was still too high but I couldn't find a place big enough to get it into.
It's not too difficult. My son and a friend helped me with mine. About 6" rotted do to poor sealing on slide. RV repair shop wanted $3000
to do it. I took measurements and bought 1" exterior plywood and pretreated it with 3 coats of poly. Ran slide out and disconnected the drive unit. Supported slide outs with 2x4s . Tore out bad piece and inserted new floor and reattached drive unit and we were finished in 3 hrs. Total cost was $60 for plywood and $10 for 2x4's and $10 for poly.
So for a total of $80 was better than new.
B.O.
