Dealing with the subfoor
Posted 04-16-2020 at 09:07 AM by docflyboy
Updated 04-16-2020 at 09:18 AM by docflyboy (posted in uncategorized)
Updated 04-16-2020 at 09:18 AM by docflyboy (posted in uncategorized)
First order of business was to assess what was there and what was soon to go. There was Pergo type flooring over carpet over VCT type tile. Respirator on, that all came up quickly to see the subfloor. The Trailer had lost a window and the PO was vague about it's whereabouts in Hurricane Harvey, so I wondered if the window was blown out or if it had sat in water. Removal of the street side lower interior skins showed no water line or corrosion.
The cabinets and bulkheads had a covering of 1/4" Luan plywood stained walnut, which is why the pics won't ever tell the full story.
I started to take out the benches to get the flooring up, but didn't want to do too much at a time, so that, I'd know where things went. There was a floating piece of subfoor just inside the door, that was laying on the sheet metal above the step recess.
I had a limited amount of space to work in, so I thought I could go around the front and the streetside and do a piecemeal floor repair, where I found problems. The floor had some battery acid damage on the streetside, some dryrot up front and the missing piece at the door.
I took the rooftop A/C off and properly disposed of it. I have a garage at my house that has a tall ceiling, that I built with the possibility of a car lift. It had an 8' door and same height I-beam. With some careful measuring, Dustin and I determined that we could roll it in the garage at home on the break drums, which kept the neighbors from complaining.
We put up some oversize furniture pads to wall off this side of the garage and a ventless heater made for a comfortable, but tight working space.
Where we found dry rot with an awl, we placed a ledger board and set the router to 1/2 the depth of our 3/4" subfloor and set up a lap joint. One outrigger was welded in place on the streetside protecting the belly skin with fiberglass insulation then painting everything that was steel with POR-15.
To get the new plywood in place, we had to do a little lifting on the shell.
The cabinets and bulkheads had a covering of 1/4" Luan plywood stained walnut, which is why the pics won't ever tell the full story.
I started to take out the benches to get the flooring up, but didn't want to do too much at a time, so that, I'd know where things went. There was a floating piece of subfoor just inside the door, that was laying on the sheet metal above the step recess.
I had a limited amount of space to work in, so I thought I could go around the front and the streetside and do a piecemeal floor repair, where I found problems. The floor had some battery acid damage on the streetside, some dryrot up front and the missing piece at the door.
I took the rooftop A/C off and properly disposed of it. I have a garage at my house that has a tall ceiling, that I built with the possibility of a car lift. It had an 8' door and same height I-beam. With some careful measuring, Dustin and I determined that we could roll it in the garage at home on the break drums, which kept the neighbors from complaining.
We put up some oversize furniture pads to wall off this side of the garage and a ventless heater made for a comfortable, but tight working space.
Where we found dry rot with an awl, we placed a ledger board and set the router to 1/2 the depth of our 3/4" subfloor and set up a lap joint. One outrigger was welded in place on the streetside protecting the belly skin with fiberglass insulation then painting everything that was steel with POR-15.
To get the new plywood in place, we had to do a little lifting on the shell.
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