Airstream Floor Rot Repair

In shopping for an airstream why do so many people say check that the floor is sound throughout.

Airstream floor rot repair.

Much my relief i can t tell you how darn nice everyone was. Otherwise pick yourself up a stud finder. This step isn t too hard. Vintage airstream leaky rivet repair using gesipa olympic rivets duration.

So here s a step by step explanation of how we removed the floor before replacing it. Find an airstream with a rotten floor. 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.

Choose your floor plan and design. 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 is time consuming and therefore costly to repair floors. Repairing a rotted floor.

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

Search travel trailers. Sign up for airstream monthly newsletters full of new product reveals model updates videos blogs and more. All wooden floors can eventually fall prey to rotting and an airstream floor is no exception. Since an airstream is mostly aluminum the floor is about the only thing that can rot.

It s important to note that airstream is aware of widespread floor rot issues in their late model trailers particularly 06 09 model years. Download the travel trailer brochure. Locate the metal frame studs underneath the floor. Join the airstream family.

If you rot is extensive enough just look through the hole. Very little was holding the shell to the floor or the floor to the frame. I tried to avoid buying an airstream without rot but somehow managed to do it anyway. After removing the floor we discovered several locations where the frame required repair.

Removing the airstream flooring. Mike bocsik 23 315 views. 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. This can be accomplished several ways.

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. A search on the airforums will reveal other people s experiences and airstream s poor quality control. See all the specs and details.