Airstream Floor Rot Repair

The trouble with an airstream is that it can be harder to tell when a floor has begun to rot.

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. Since an airstream is mostly aluminum the floor is about the only thing that can rot. Repairing a rotted floor. Rot is the result of leakage.

Download the touring coach brochure. It s important to note that airstream is aware of widespread floor rot issues in their late model trailers particularly 06 09 model years. Your rot might be obvious like this hole in our floor. In shopping for an airstream why do so many people say check that the floor is sound throughout.

Even though the airstream has metal all around it it still has a wooden floor. Find an airstream with a rotten floor. It is time consuming and therefore costly to repair floors. To be fair i will say that there are well documented cases with.

Removing the airstream flooring. Mike bocsik 23 315 views. Otherwise pick yourself up a stud finder. So here s a step by step explanation of how we removed the floor before replacing it.

See all the specs and details. Locate the metal frame studs underneath the floor. Choose your floor plan and design. 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. If you rot is extensive enough just look through the hole. Much my relief i can t tell you how darn nice everyone was. Very little was holding the shell to the floor or the floor to the frame.

See all the specs and details. This can be accomplished several ways. Join the airstream family. Sign up for airstream monthly newsletters full of new product reveals model updates videos blogs and more.

I tried to avoid buying an airstream without rot but somehow managed to do it anyway. 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. The removed front floor sections hardly even usable as a template. After removing the floor we discovered several locations where the frame required repair.

Vintage airstream leaky rivet repair using gesipa olympic rivets duration. 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 step isn t too hard.