Airstream Floor Rot 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.

Airstream floor rot repair.

Your rot might be obvious like this hole in our floor. Locate the metal frame studs underneath the floor. Repairing a rotted floor. Rot is the result of leakage.

In shopping for an airstream why do so many people say check that the floor is sound throughout. This can be accomplished several ways. Sign up for airstream monthly newsletters full of new product reveals model updates videos blogs and more. It s important to note that airstream is aware of widespread floor rot issues in their late model trailers particularly 06 09 model years.

Vintage airstream leaky rivet repair using gesipa olympic rivets duration. Choose your floor plan and design. This step isn t too hard. I tried to avoid buying an airstream without rot but somehow managed to do it anyway.

Much my relief i can t tell you how darn nice everyone was. 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. A search on the airforums will reveal other people s experiences and airstream s poor quality control. 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. Regardless i am going to show you a solution that has worked amazingly well to fix rotted sub floor on a shoe string budget. Find an airstream with a rotten floor. So here s a step by step explanation of how we removed the floor before replacing it.

See all the specs and details. See all the specs and details. After removing the floor we discovered several locations where the frame required repair. To be fair i will say that there are well documented cases with.

Even though the airstream has metal all around it it still has a wooden floor. Since an airstream is mostly aluminum the floor is about the only thing that can rot. Search travel trailers. Mike bocsik 23 315 views.

It is time consuming and therefore costly to repair floors. Otherwise pick yourself up a stud finder. Removing the airstream flooring. The trouble with an airstream is that it can be harder to tell when a floor has begun to rot.

Download the travel trailer brochure. If you rot is extensive enough just look through the hole. The removed front floor sections hardly even usable as a template.