Airstream Floor Rot Repair

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Airstream floor rot repair.

The trouble with an airstream is that it can be harder to tell when a floor has begun to rot. Mike bocsik 23 315 views. Much my relief i can t tell you how darn nice everyone was. Very little was holding the shell to the floor or the floor to the frame.

I don t know if it s a small town thing or an airstream thing or a little bit of both thing but after seeing the floor rot airstream agreed to replace the subfloor which involved ripping out about 1 3 of the existing floor and cover the majority of expenses. Join the airstream family. Locate the metal frame studs underneath the floor. Download the touring coach brochure.

Since an airstream is mostly aluminum the floor is about the only thing that can rot. A search on the airforums will reveal other people s experiences and airstream s poor quality control. After removing the floor we discovered several locations where the frame required repair. Choose your floor plan and design.

Rot is the result of leakage. Regardless i am going to show you a solution that has worked amazingly well to fix rotted sub floor on a shoe string budget. It s important to note that airstream is aware of widespread floor rot issues in their late model trailers particularly 06 09 model years. Removing the airstream flooring.

Download the travel trailer brochure. This can be accomplished several ways. Vintage airstream leaky rivet repair using gesipa olympic rivets duration. Your rot might be obvious like this hole in our floor.

Repairing a rotted floor. See all the specs and details. So here s a step by step explanation of how we removed the floor before replacing it. If you rot is extensive enough just look through the hole.

Otherwise pick yourself up a stud finder. Search travel trailers. In shopping for an airstream why do so many people say check that the floor is sound throughout. See all the specs and details.

All wooden floors can eventually fall prey to rotting and an airstream floor is no exception. It is time consuming and therefore costly to repair floors. 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. Find an airstream with a rotten floor.

Even though the airstream has metal all around it it still has a wooden floor. The removed front floor sections hardly even usable as a template. 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.