Supporting RV floors

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RV Life In The USA

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@dlpeter59 Жыл бұрын

The floor looks great! Your husband did an awesome job!

@RVLifeInTheUSA Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊 Happy 4th of July 🗽

@daesong1378 2 ай бұрын

My floor was 1/8th inch plywood glued on styrofoam with probably a half inch plywood under the aluminum frame, the bottom plywood was rotted out so bad that it was wet and came apart like pulled pork. The floor was soft, only in a couple spots, but when I took off the top I found the bottom layer damage was huge. I don’t have the time or money to pull out all the furniture and do a full floor replacement. (Really the only right way to do this) so I ended up cutting out a 6’x1.5’ section and cutting and gluing/screwing in sections of 1/8th aluminum angle to support 3/4 plywood. The section I repaired is probably going to last longer than the rest of the floor. I can probably live with that.

@noolscorner1287 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for documenting this. I have a heritage Glen 272 RL with the same issue. This will be a great resource for me going forward with my repairs

@RVLifeInTheUSA Жыл бұрын

Your very welcome

@Alileverything Ай бұрын

I bought a 30 ft trailer for $200 that had huge Holes in the floor that you could stand in the street and in the trailer at the same time I replaced all the floors in the walls it came out really really nice

@sandyrowe6100 Жыл бұрын

I bet your happy to have that mess behind you! We went through it one time in our kitchen, (which is huge) came home from a weekend of camping to a flooded kitchen, the refrigerator ice maker line broke! It was flooring like you have. It was a mess for 3 weeks, all swelled and water standing! A nightmare. Insurance did cover it though.

@RVLifeInTheUSA Жыл бұрын

Oh, I so wish the extended warranty would have covered this like your house but that was a big NO... however, I know you understand how it felt and thank you as always for such a kind comment. Wishing you and your family a safe and happy July 4th 🗽 - see you next Monday xo

@MrRain-hk4zi 8 ай бұрын

Ya did good. I need to do something similar with my dads Nomad travel trailer. Thanks for taking us along.

@RVLifeInTheUSA 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@anitahay3336 Жыл бұрын

Looks awesome! I love the color. ❤ Happy 4th!!!!❤️🤍💙

@RVLifeInTheUSA Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Wishing you the same, see you next Monday xo

@bigtom1948 Жыл бұрын

Imagine that, structural styrofoam didn't hold up to the task. Great job guys.

@sljack1671 6 ай бұрын

Great job! Big Daddy is a pro! Ya’ll did a lot of great engineering to get around the poor job the manufacturer did. Finished product looks brand new! Wishing ya’ll happy travels!

@RVLifeInTheUSA 6 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@LeoraDuncanson-Hood 3 ай бұрын

I liked how you explained so much.. my floor I believe is worse than yours was. I believe same issue with drain area from center sink. I am going to tackle mid August allowing 10 days.. I am up in age.. I am concerned about room slide out..

@RVLifeInTheUSA 3 ай бұрын

We did not have any trouble with the slide, but we recessed everything, so it was not any higher than the original floor was. Being on the knees for long periods of time was hard and some days just had to end the project sooner than others. I wish you the best with your project. It is lovely when it's done ☺️

@NativeSon60 4 ай бұрын

I'm the proud owner of a 2004 Jayco Designer 5th Wheel. 5/8 plywood, no problems.

@RVLifeInTheUSA 4 ай бұрын

That's awesome, wish I knew then what I know now (but in retrospect at least I know now) The older campers were certainly built so much better, thanks for watching and have a great night ☺️

@bradjarousek1644 6 ай бұрын

Big daddy they could use you in Indiana is the fastest worker I've ever seen on a floor

@TheBirdandEagle 2 ай бұрын

Wow! Great job. Thank you.

@DarkSevariant 2 ай бұрын

I have the same thing. Class C RV. Behind the driver's seat. the dining area, and then as it goes back, it steps up to the kitchen area, bathroom. Probably raised for plumbing. Well, the lower dining area, where the fresh water tank was, leaked, and the whole floor, sounds like I'm walking on an aluminum can. The 1/4 OSB, in some places, if you can imaging the dining area, split in half, between driver's seat, and passenger, the drivers seat area, the OSB, is flakey, and saturated. Actually the area behind passenger seat, isn't that bad. So tearing up the OSB, the aluminum skin below, is rusted, and has holes in it. I may have to rip everything up, and replace the aluminum. Quite the job. Actually the area that is bad, is about a 4'x8' area, so maybe I can get away with only one sheet of 4'x8' aluminum and OSB. One guy on here, that does Bus homes, paints the metal floor with a sealant called 'Chassis Saver' It's basically that Rhino Liner stuff. He then glues down that pink foam R board, the 4" stuff, then, Glues his OSB on top of the Pink. He avoids wood framing under floor, because the wood touches the metal frame, and conducts cold air, into the floor, like a radiant heater, warms the floor. Anywho...I'm still tearing the floor up, so it will be a minute before I have anymore progress. You're doing a great job...!!!

@michaellane1316 2 ай бұрын

Good on the subsectioning and angle iron supporting. It is too bad they can't do a slightly better job when they first build these things. Throw a couple grand more into the price just to know it has a better foundation. The wall and roof structures of these things is far from desirable to say the least. These are almost as bad as owning a boat, just another hole to throw money into. Have a similar repair to do on a 2005 Jayco ultra lite. Two door. Had a leak in the back that I wasn't aware of until one day in was coming down in buckets. Rear entry way has the kitchen/sink in which is the main entrance. Right in from of the sink is where it became soft. All of the sink cabinets, pantry and under the refrig are probably gone. This was purchased used as the third owner five years into it's life. I used specifically as a work trailer while away from home over 12 years. It paid for itself the first year as I parked it on company property. Had I paid to park it, the cost would have been on average 1k a month, so in reality I saved close to 130k over those 12 years in rental fees while working away from home. In light of the repairs needed and costs to do, I feel it's worth doing if we want to use it as a weekender or some longer trips. Paid for the first year. I've gone over the all of the roof joints with great stuff and plan on revisiting again to solidify sealing. In those 12 years it was only roaded around 400 hundred miles. As we all know, any travelling on or off road merely loosens all of the joints. For full timers, it is a must in knowing each particular model and the history. Like anything that requires any kind of maintenance, these things are like running a scraper spread, you need a fulltime mechanic for every 6 scrapers, 5 to keep running and one in repair mode at all times. And yes, great job, good information to file for my project.

@johnfien7709 7 ай бұрын

Just wondering if you folks are from a cold winter environment. I heard the peel and stick don't stay stuck in the cold north east. He did a great job.

@RVLifeInTheUSA 7 ай бұрын

We are from Florida and our winter travel is in the south currently and hopefully for a long time LOL. We have wintered up North, it was fun to see the snow but got old very quickly 😁 No troubles with the sticking in here but we also used glue (I think it was liquid nails) Thank you for watching and have a marvelous Monday 😊

@johnlapierre4905 7 ай бұрын

Great job big daddy and your wife did good explaining. Hard for real men to work with their wife’s. Lol

@RVLifeInTheUSA 6 ай бұрын

😆👍

@bernardsmith4298 7 ай бұрын

I had a camper built like that, I had the same problem. These manufacturers should know better than to build something like that, anyone could tell that it won’t hold up very long. To make matters worse there’s not any support structure on the frame to build back to. You did a great job it’s just a shame that you had to do that..

@throws56 2 ай бұрын

I have a forest river with a very similar if not identical floor. It is both amazing and infuriating how these floors are made and put together. I found two cracked aluminum cross members (we believe from the HORRIBLE step design that puts all the stress on the flimsy aluminum flooring "framing". An absolute joke of a design, I would never believe an engineer would sign off on such a design. luckily I have family handy with welding and we are adding Steel to the actual trailer I-beam's, where forest river should have to begin with. at most adding another whooping 200lbs to overall weight of the trailer (maybe). P.S. I feel your pain in not researching trailers more before buying

@TheBuddyandlilly 9 ай бұрын

I'm wondering did big Daddy insulate under the coach and reattach the black weather tarp?

@RVLifeInTheUSA 9 ай бұрын

He did not replace the compressed foam but did reattach the black tarp from the area that he had to pull it back to put supports under the beams. It is currently 25° and we have no underpinning (currently in the south). There is no difference in the floor temperate from the areas that were replaced, and the areas not touched so does not seem to make any difference.

@brentonrucker 3 ай бұрын

What did you use for the angle iron screwed to the aluminum studs? What did you put on top of the plywood,below the flooring?

@greauxpete 2 ай бұрын

Did you go back with insulation?

@RVLifeInTheUSA 2 ай бұрын

No, it can be done but we don't plan on being in super cold weather anymore. It does fine in the south and if it was to get cold on the floor, we can always put a rug down in the living room. Thank you for watching and have a great day.

@MadisonChelseaSharpe-Bryan 5 ай бұрын

Just curious if the peel and stick stays put with slide going in / out?

@RVLifeInTheUSA 5 ай бұрын

We have had no problems with it. We did use glue on it as well. Thank you for watching and have a great day.

@JennyCoker-t1v 7 ай бұрын

I would just like to know where you put those metal rods to hold the wood did you have any slide outs in any of the area you replace the floor

@RVLifeInTheUSA 7 ай бұрын

Yes, we had slide outs on either side of the floor that was replaced. The angle iron was recessed so the plywood would be flush with the existing metal (frame)