Floor On My Fifth Wheel Is Rotted

Set your circular saw to the depth of your sub floor depending on what type of camper you have your sub floor will vary in thickness.

Floor on my fifth wheel is rotted.

It feels like it s wrapped in some type of cloth. Lift the existing floor by using an electric screwdriver or an electric drill fitted with a driver bit to remove every screw in the rv floor. If i could afford it i would love to buy a new one. Have dry rot on the sides below the floor line and wheel well area.

July 27 2020 august 6 2019. Hi i just purchased a 5th wheel over the weekend that has 3 slides. But we are retired on a budget. Once he knew where the damage was doug removed the vinyl floor covering and all the rotted wood.

Generally it will be either or inch thick. Lift each panel of flooring as it comes free take it. Thanks for any information. A roughly 17 x 45 section of plywood needed to be cut out and replaced with a fresh piece.

We have full timed rving for 20 years. I have a 1997 terry fifth wheel fiberglass exterior with 14 foot slide. You may need to put your rv up on jacks to perform this step and ensure that all the old rotted flooring is completely removed both internally and externally. Remove the areas that are badly damaged.

Also the laminated wood eventually peals away. If you have a section of sub floor that has rotted through you ll be able to measure just how thick your sub floor is. Water damage was found in the floor under my refrigerator. In this video i get busy repairing a rotten section of my main slide out room floor in my 2011 276rls keystone cougar fifth wheel.

Rotted rv slide out floor repair fixed manufacturer flaw. Can the fiberglass be removed to get to the dry rot area. My only suggestion would be to eliminate the hanging lamps because with constant traveling they break. I love my 2014 sandpiper fifth wheel.

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