Dealing with rotted studs and flooring
Hi all, I have an older 1996 vintage travel trailer with a slide ( I just bought it). It has had a leak in the left front corner seam that has pretty much rotted a few feet of the floor and several...
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I have rebuilt 3 trailers with water rot problems.
(As far as any new floor material, I would go with exterior grade/sheathing plywood as it uses waterproof glue)
How do I make up the curve in the front with the studs? (You may have to use something like a 2x10 ETC. and use a saber saw to cut a curved shape)
How are the studs attached to the aluminum siding.(Aluminum siding is installed from the top down. Where there is a seam, top alum piece has a leg that extends down the back side, and it is secured to stud. Then next piece of siding is slid into a slot and secured the same way. If you need to take siding off, you will have to start from the bottom, remove all items on side of RV to get siding off to nearest joint, if there is one)
The rot is inside the front closet but it seems like the closet is screwed on from the outside in. Any hints on how I deal with that? ( Yes that is correct as one fellow said closet was probably secured from the outside through interior paneling. Or sometimes it is secured from the inside before paneling is installed on closet walls. In which case you can take off paneling and take out screws to remove closet. You could try using a hack saw blade from inside the closet to slip between closet and outside wall to cut screws, so as not to damage visible paneling)
If you want to send me a PM I will try to help more.
(As far as any new floor material, I would go with exterior grade/sheathing plywood as it uses waterproof glue)
How do I make up the curve in the front with the studs? (You may have to use something like a 2x10 ETC. and use a saber saw to cut a curved shape)
How are the studs attached to the aluminum siding.(Aluminum siding is installed from the top down. Where there is a seam, top alum piece has a leg that extends down the back side, and it is secured to stud. Then next piece of siding is slid into a slot and secured the same way. If you need to take siding off, you will have to start from the bottom, remove all items on side of RV to get siding off to nearest joint, if there is one)
The rot is inside the front closet but it seems like the closet is screwed on from the outside in. Any hints on how I deal with that? ( Yes that is correct as one fellow said closet was probably secured from the outside through interior paneling. Or sometimes it is secured from the inside before paneling is installed on closet walls. In which case you can take off paneling and take out screws to remove closet. You could try using a hack saw blade from inside the closet to slip between closet and outside wall to cut screws, so as not to damage visible paneling)
If you want to send me a PM I will try to help more.
