Replacing Camper Floor Joists

This will also keep pipe and wood temperatures stable to prevent further water damage.

Replacing camper floor joists.

Find a replacement joist that is the same size as your floor joist. Cut the new plywood flooring to fit the area that you removed the rotten wood from. How to replace rotted wood flooring in a travel trailer. 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.

Make sure you also buy the same type of joist. Prompt repair is vital in keeping your camper serviceable. Lay fiberglass insulation pads between the floor beams to provide a better heat seal within the rv. Unscrew the sub floor in the area you ll be cutting the damaged sub floor will still be screwed into the floor joists so you ll need to find and remove all those screws before you cut.

This part of. The local camper sales service place wanted 200. 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. A friend s camper has been leaking for some time apparently and has rotted out the floor ledger and joists.

Doug soon found out that the floor joists weren t the normal 2 4 framing. If you re doing a replacement vinyl floor you ll really need to pay close attention to getting this floor prepping done smoothly as imperfections will show. Fortunately you can replace the. Use a tape measure to measure the length width and height of your existing floor joist.

If your floor joist is an i joist for example buy an i joist. Travelling in an rv is a great way to explore new places while riding in comfort but sometimes changes in climate can cause the flooring in your rv to crack warp or rot. Find a new floor joist with these exact same dimensions. And be sure to follow the precautions with regard to safety.

Short videos and slideshow documenting our attempt at replacing rotten joists and flooring in a kitchen of a house we are currently renovating. In the next section let s look into what you need to do to tackle travel trailer floor repair on your own. How to replace rv flooring. Boxed up in an enclosed rv with fumes from this stuff filling your lungs is a surefire way to damage your organism.