Airstream Rotten Floor Repair

When people talk with me about their greatest fear regarding the purchase of a vintage travel trailer inevitably the sub floor and water damage come up.

Airstream rotten floor repair.

Floor repair replacement. Here are pictures of the rotten floor in my airstream. The removed front floor sections hardly even usable as a template. On the other hand it is fairly easy to detect a rotted floor by simply prodding the corners edges and under cabinets with an ice pick.

Fortunately it is possible to take on your camper floor repair yourself which can be a great way to minimize your rv floor repair cost. After removing the floor we discovered several locations where the frame required repair. 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. On two other occasions each factory supplied tire blew causing extensive body damage.

And with good reason. I called airstream for recommendations on service centers that would do the best job with the repair. Vintage airstream trailers that have been neglected for decades usually have a rotten sub floor which can pose as a health hazard and safety concern. 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.

Whether you need an entire new sub floor or just a patch to fix a broken section we have you covered here at varr vintage airstream restorations and repairs. Rot is the result of leakage. It is time consuming and therefore costly to repair floors. The trouble with an airstream is that it can be harder to tell when a floor has begun to rot.

All wooden floors can eventually fall prey to rotting and an airstream floor is no exception. In this post we ll walk you through the basics of how to fix a rotted camper floor so you can get back on the road in a jiffy without having to spend an arm and a leg at the repair shop. While a shell off floor replacement makes the labor of removing and replacing the floorboards easier it can be difficult for diy ers with limited space or experience. Even though the airstream has metal all around it it still has a wooden floor.

So here s a step by step explanation of how we removed the floor before replacing it. How does one repair a. This is the literal ground you walk upon the foundation upon which the interior is built and in the case of. Since an airstream is mostly aluminum the floor is about the only thing that can rot.

Airstream recommended north dallas rv a factory trained authorized airstream service center. Very little was holding the shell to the floor or the floor to the frame.