Replacing Camper Floor Joists

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.

Replacing camper floor joists.

This will also keep pipe and wood temperatures stable to prevent further water damage. This part of. Lay fiberglass insulation pads between the floor beams to provide a better heat seal within the rv. Doug soon found out that the floor joists weren t the normal 2 4 framing.

Mark on the plywood where the floor beams below it will lie. In the next section let s look into what you need to do to tackle travel trailer floor repair on your own. A friend s camper has been leaking for some time apparently and has rotted out the floor ledger and joists. 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.

How to replace rv flooring. Short videos and slideshow documenting our attempt at replacing rotten joists and flooring in a kitchen of a house we are currently renovating. Set your circular saw to the depth of your sub floor depending on what type of camper you have your sub floor will vary in thickness. And be sure to follow the precautions with regard to safety.

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. So he had to cut down a couple of 2 x 6s and 2 x 3s to make the dimensions match. How to replace rotted wood flooring in a travel trailer. 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.

Prompt repair is vital in keeping your camper serviceable. If your floor joist is an i joist for example buy an i joist. Find a replacement joist that is the same size as your floor joist. The local camper sales service place wanted 200.

Make sure you also buy the same type of joist. Use a tape measure to measure the length width and height of your existing floor joist. Find a new floor joist with these exact same dimensions. Cut the new plywood flooring to fit the area that you removed the rotten wood from.