Airstream Floor Rot Repair

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Airstream floor rot repair.

See all the specs and details. Rot is the result of leakage. Vintage airstream leaky rivet repair using gesipa olympic rivets duration. This can be accomplished several ways.

Locate the metal frame studs underneath the floor. Even though the airstream has metal all around it it still has a wooden floor. Search travel trailers. See all the specs and details.

So here s a step by step explanation of how we removed the floor before replacing it. Sign up for airstream monthly newsletters full of new product reveals model updates videos blogs and more. This step isn t too hard. To be fair i will say that there are well documented cases with.

It is time consuming and therefore costly to repair floors. The trouble with an airstream is that it can be harder to tell when a floor has begun to rot. Repairing a rotted floor. Airstream in the 1950 s built the trailer by stretching the insulation over the frame securing down the plywood floor installing the upper frame and outer skin shell and then installing the belly skin.

Mike bocsik 23 315 views. After removing the floor we discovered several locations where the frame required repair. Since an airstream is mostly aluminum the floor is about the only thing that can rot. Find an airstream with a rotten floor.

In shopping for an airstream why do so many people say check that the floor is sound throughout. Removing the airstream flooring. Choose your floor plan and design. Download the travel trailer brochure.

Much my relief i can t tell you how darn nice everyone was. Your rot might be obvious like this hole in our floor. Otherwise pick yourself up a stud finder. All wooden floors can eventually fall prey to rotting and an airstream floor is no exception.

Regardless i am going to show you a solution that has worked amazingly well to fix rotted sub floor on a shoe string budget. I tried to avoid buying an airstream without rot but somehow managed to do it anyway. When we last left off my airstream was floorless and admittedly looking rather sad so in this post i will show you how to complete that airstream shell on floor replacement. If you rot is extensive enough just look through the hole.

Very little was holding the shell to the floor or the floor to the frame. It s important to note that airstream is aware of widespread floor rot issues in their late model trailers particularly 06 09 model years. The removed front floor sections hardly even usable as a template.