Floor On My Fifth Wheel Is Rotted

I have a 1997 terry fifth wheel fiberglass exterior with 14 foot slide.

Floor on my fifth wheel is rotted.

Remove the areas that are badly damaged. 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. 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.

Hi i just purchased a 5th wheel over the weekend that has 3 slides. Lift each panel of flooring as it comes free take it. Rotted rv slide out floor repair fixed manufacturer flaw. Water damage was found in the floor under my refrigerator.

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. In this video i repair th. It feels like it s wrapped in some type of cloth. 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.

Once he knew where the damage was doug removed the vinyl floor covering and all the rotted wood. But we are retired on a budget. Thanks for any information. We have full timed rving for 20 years.

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. The fiberglass looks like it is spliced the floor line. If i could afford it i would love to buy a new one. A roughly 17 x 45 section of plywood needed to be cut out and replaced with a fresh piece.

I love my 2014 sandpiper fifth wheel. 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. Also the laminated wood eventually peals away. We re remodeling our 11 year old class c rv and installing new flooring.

My only suggestion would be to eliminate the hanging lamps because with constant traveling they break.