Floor On My Fifth Wheel Is Rotted

Water damage was found in the floor under my refrigerator.

Floor on my fifth wheel is rotted. Can the fiberglass be removed to get to the dry rot area. Have dry rot on the sides below the floor line and wheel well area. In this video i repair th. Once he knew where the damage was doug removed the vinyl floor covering and all the rotted wood.

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. Hi i just purchased a 5th wheel over the weekend that has 3 slides. We re remodeling our 11 year old class c rv and installing new flooring. A roughly 17 x 45 section of plywood needed to be cut out and replaced with a fresh piece.

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. My only suggestion would be to eliminate the hanging lamps because with constant traveling they break. I have a 1997 terry fifth wheel fiberglass exterior with 14 foot slide. It is huge it is pretty as it is because despite being older it was hardly used at all the colors aren t bad etc but just not my style the floors are probably the first thing i plan to change.

If i could afford it i would love to buy a new one. It feels like it s wrapped in some type of cloth. I love my 2014 sandpiper fifth wheel. Rotted rv slide out floor repair fixed manufacturer flaw.

Remove the areas that are badly damaged. The fiberglass looks like it is spliced the floor line. 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. Generally it will be either or inch thick.

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. Lift each panel of flooring as it comes free take it. But we are retired on a budget. 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.

Also the laminated wood eventually peals away.