Airstream Floor Rot Repair

Repairing a rotted floor.

Airstream floor rot repair.

This can be accomplished several ways. I tried to avoid buying an airstream without rot but somehow managed to do it anyway. Download the touring coach brochure. 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.

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. If you rot is extensive enough just look through the hole. Rot is the result of leakage.

So here s a step by step explanation of how we removed the floor before replacing it. 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. Even though the airstream has metal all around it it still has a wooden floor. In shopping for an airstream why do so many people say check that the floor is sound throughout.

Choose your floor plan and design. Vintage airstream leaky rivet repair using gesipa olympic rivets duration. After removing the floor we discovered several locations where the frame required repair. Download the travel trailer brochure.

Much my relief i can t tell you how darn nice everyone was. Join the airstream family. All wooden floors can eventually fall prey to rotting and an airstream floor is no exception. Otherwise pick yourself up a stud finder.

Find an airstream with a rotten floor. A search on the airforums will reveal other people s experiences and airstream s poor quality control. See all the specs and details. To be fair i will say that there are well documented cases with.

Sign up for airstream monthly newsletters full of new product reveals model updates videos blogs and more. Locate the metal frame studs underneath the floor. Regardless i am going to show you a solution that has worked amazingly well to fix rotted sub floor on a shoe string budget. Since an airstream is mostly aluminum the floor is about the only thing that can rot.

Your rot might be obvious like this hole in our floor. The trouble with an airstream is that it can be harder to tell when a floor has begun to rot. Search travel trailers. This step isn t too hard.

Removing the airstream flooring. 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. See all the specs and details.