How To Fix The Floor In A Camper

Step 1 move around the whole interior of your rv travel trailer testing the floors everywhere for a soft feeling and noting the locations on a roughed out floor plan.

How to fix the floor in a camper.

The second photo is of the new bamboo floori. Replace rotten camper floor. July 27 2020 august 6 2019. See my step by step diy instructions for floor demolition and restoration.

Camper trailers and rvs are especially susceptible to water damage because they are so exposed to wind and rain. The wooden parts of these vehicles can become damp and damaged through years of use and lack of maintenance. The local camper sales service place wanted 200. We were stumped for a while.

The outside corner moulding works well though we needed to still leave a small gap between it and the main floor of the rv so that the slide could move in and out without scratching the flooring. Over the years water. A friend s camper has been leaking for some time apparently and has rotted out the floor ledger and joists. Luckily removing and repairing the rotten wood floors is as simple as cutting it out and laying down new material.

I just had part of the floor fixed in my starcraft hybrid the rv repair guy said it will cost 5 000 to replace the whole floor i m female and love camping but not a floor fixer upper does anyone know some one that can replace the floor for 2 000 i love in lowell massachusetts thanks linda. Once we replaced the flooring with the addition of underlayment we realized the small gap does not affect the integrity of the slide out flooring. The floor leveling compound sold at lumberyards works ok for sticks and bricks homes but it s a plaster based substance that easily cracks with motion. We bought it used and knew it would need a lot of work.

A roughly 17 x 45 section of plywood needed to be cut out and replaced with a fresh piece. 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. I replaced the rotten floor in my 2006 trail lite camper for under 500. In this post we ll walk you through the basics of how to fix a rotted camper floor so you can get back on the road in a jiffy without having to spend an arm and a leg at the repair shop.

Bounce your rv down the highway a few times and if your floor leveling compound breaks up you ll have it ruining your new flooring. Prompt repair is vital in keeping your camper serviceable. From the beginning we knew it had rot in the floors that the previous owners had repaired.