Travel Trailer Spongy Floor

I noticed these when i bought it and did a pretty extensive comb through of the camper and did not see any signs of water damage anywhere inside or underneath the trailer.

Travel trailer spongy floor.

The used travel trailer i just purchased has a couple of soft spots in the flooring under the vinyl rug. The floor of our 2009 rockwood 8315bss trailer is very soft not just flexing soft in the bathroom area and starting to get soft in the kitchen area. But it very well may be just the very thin subfloor used in construction of the trailer. Soft spot in floor repair.

Obviously if the soft floor is due to water damage you want to find the leak and seal it. Repairing floor soft spots. See my step by step diy instructions for floor demolition and restoration. Why campers have soft spots on the floor if you are an experienced rv user chances are you have already customized the floors of your current rv model and are constantly maintaining it.

John cagney nash began composing press releases and event reviews for british nightclubs in 1982. It s always important to keep the floor in a good state because if you just don t take care of it will go downhill from there. Its that luan styrofoam luan type floor have been in contact with forest river warranty runs out the end of april and they seem ok with fixing it. Thus if you discover rotted floorboards you re likely going to want to inspect the rest of your rv for water.

I replaced the rotten floor in my 2006 trail lite camper for under 500. A spongy rv floor indicates rot in the subflooring usually the plywood underneath the laminate tile or carpet. Many folks who love and preserve an older rv have found a painful reality in their treasure. March 27 2013 august 31 2015 filed under.

I noticed bouncing floors in quite a few of the light weight trailers we looked at when shopping for a new trailer. Soft spots in their flooring. By russ and tiña de maris. His material was first published in the.

Be especially vigilant around slide outs places where plumbing is above the floor such as in kitchens and bathrooms and all around your freshwater storage tank if it is inside.