Repair vs. sell

mabynack wrote:

Billbeat wrote:
I had a similar dilemma a few years back with my 2008 Coyote hybrid. I noticed a soft spot in the floor in the spring . I took up the vinyl flooring and the whole front of the trailer was rotted out. A quote from a dealer was about $4000.00. Way over my budget so I took on the repairs myself. Stressful , but I'm a little bit handy , got alot of advice from friends and online and it cost me about $150. Big job but I did it.
In a nutshell , if you think you can do the repair yourself it's worth it. To pay some one else , expensive but depending on your financial situation still may be less than buying a new trailer cus your not gonna get much for your water damaged one.

I found a 6 inch square soft spot in the floor of my travel trailer and figured I would tackle the repair myself. When I pealed back the vinyl flooring I realized that I needed to replace a section that was 4 x 4 feet. It was a lot more work than I had planned on and took me two weekends to finish. It wasn't all that expensive - just time consuming.

My problem was caused by a leaking water line, not a roof leak. It involved replacing the flooring under the kitchen cabinets.

Mabynack-how did you you replace around the kitchen cabinet? I have ripped out all my flooring from the front to the kitchen cabinet but need to rip it out there too as it's rotted underneath, but wasn't sure how to tackle it so I stopped for the day. Is there a way to pull it out without removing the cabinet? Mine has the stove and sink in one big cabinet, and I literally have know clue how I would even begin to tackle that. The couch and dinette were no problem, but the that cabinet scares the **** out of me. Any advice would be appreciated.