Airstream Rotten Floor Repair

In this post we ll walk you through the basics of how to fix a rotted camper floor so you can get back on the road in a jiffy without having to spend an arm and a leg at the repair shop.

Airstream rotten floor repair.

When people talk with me about their greatest fear regarding the purchase of a vintage travel trailer inevitably the sub floor and water damage come up. Here are pictures of the rotten floor in my airstream. This step isn t too hard. Even though the airstream has metal all around it it still has a wooden floor.

On two other occasions each factory supplied tire blew causing extensive body damage. While a shell off floor replacement makes the labor of removing and replacing the floorboards easier it can be difficult for diy ers with limited space or experience. Rot is the result of leakage. Airstream recommended north dallas rv a factory trained authorized airstream service center.

So here s a step by step explanation of how we removed the floor before replacing it. It is time consuming and therefore costly to repair floors. Replacing rotted sub floor in your vintage airstream. This is the literal ground you walk upon the foundation upon which the interior is built and in the case of.

All wooden floors can eventually fall prey to rotting and an airstream floor is no exception. I called airstream for recommendations on service centers that would do the best job with the repair. And with good reason. After removing the floor we discovered several locations where the frame required repair.

Fortunately it is possible to take on your camper floor repair yourself which can be a great way to minimize your rv floor repair cost. On the other hand it is fairly easy to detect a rotted floor by simply prodding the corners edges and under cabinets with an ice pick. 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. The trouble with an airstream is that it can be harder to tell when a floor has begun to rot.

Very little was holding the shell to the floor or the floor to the frame. The removed front floor sections hardly even usable as a template. Find an airstream with a rotten floor. Since an airstream is mostly aluminum the floor is about the only thing that can rot.

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. Floor repair replacement.