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.

Join the airstream family. 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. See all the specs and details. It is time consuming and therefore costly to repair floors.

I tried to avoid buying an airstream without rot but somehow managed to do it anyway. If you rot is extensive enough just look through the hole. See all the specs and details. To be fair i will say that there are well documented cases with.

Repairing a rotted floor. Rot is the result of leakage. Otherwise pick yourself up a stud finder. Vintage airstream leaky rivet repair using gesipa olympic rivets duration.

Removing the airstream flooring. This can be accomplished several ways. Search travel trailers. All wooden floors can eventually fall prey to rotting and an airstream floor is no exception.

Regardless i am going to show you a solution that has worked amazingly well to fix rotted sub floor on a shoe string budget. Download the touring coach brochure. Since an airstream is mostly aluminum the floor is about the only thing that can rot. Mike bocsik 23 315 views.

Choose your floor plan and design. The trouble with an airstream is that it can be harder to tell when a floor has begun to rot. Your rot might be obvious like this hole in our floor. 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.

So here s a step by step explanation of how we removed the floor before replacing it. A search on the airforums will reveal other people s experiences and airstream s poor quality control. This step isn t too hard. Download the travel trailer brochure.

Even though the airstream has metal all around it it still has a wooden floor. Much my relief i can t tell you how darn nice everyone was. Sign up for airstream monthly newsletters full of new product reveals model updates videos blogs and more. Very little was holding the shell to the floor or the floor to the frame.

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