We are new at this but determined to go the DIY route whenever possible. We're at the point where we need some advice / comments/ criticism / ideas regarding our bathroom floor.
We are NOT doing a frame-off restoration - but need to replace the floor in our "new" 1968 Airstream Sovereign, 31 foot, rear bath. We have taken out all of the fixtures. We have cut out / pulled up the floor which was only really rotten in the last 6-12 inches around the c-channel ( but have not yet pulled the rotted wood from under the C-channel because of the "interesting" bolts there). We are pulling the entire floor because we also have to access and replace the black water tank which is "conveniently" located under the bathroom floor. Miraculously, the c-channel is in excellent condition! We want to replace the floor back to the first seam by the bathroom door - so we are replacing a 4' deep section by however wide the trailer is. We are dropping the belly pan in that area and will have a local welder replace some of the metal braces as well as ADD some additional bracing under there.
We THOUGHT we had it figured out!! And then today - I finally noticed that part of the exterior skin (banana wrap?) was sort of wrapped around the c-channel. Our plan was to loosen the rear 4-5 feet of the trailer and slide the new plywood floor into place under the C-channel from the exterior of the trailer. Now that we discovered this 'bent over aluminum' in the C-channel (don't know how to describe it better), there is NO Way that I can think of to slide the new whole piece of plywood in from any end and get it to go into that "wrapped-in" area.
I am looking for suggestions with this. My current thought is to have the welder put some additional cross bracing in when he replaces the rotting braces in that rear section. I am thinking that with that additional bracing, I can install the new floor from the interior - sliding it to fit into this bent over metal in the C-channel. But - the only way I can think of doing that - is to install that rear floor in 3 sections; a wide middle section covering the black water tank area, and two side sections on either side of the middle section. I can insure that all 3 sections will be securely fastened to bracing underneath since I will have the welder add those sections.
Is this a logical way of approaching this - or are there other ideas out there as to how to slide this floor in so it sets into that bent over aluminum lip in the C-channel?
Sorry if my terminology is way off but we are really new at this. We're open to all suggestions / ideas/ comments. Thank you!
Chester
We are NOT doing a frame-off restoration - but need to replace the floor in our "new" 1968 Airstream Sovereign, 31 foot, rear bath. We have taken out all of the fixtures. We have cut out / pulled up the floor which was only really rotten in the last 6-12 inches around the c-channel ( but have not yet pulled the rotted wood from under the C-channel because of the "interesting" bolts there). We are pulling the entire floor because we also have to access and replace the black water tank which is "conveniently" located under the bathroom floor. Miraculously, the c-channel is in excellent condition! We want to replace the floor back to the first seam by the bathroom door - so we are replacing a 4' deep section by however wide the trailer is. We are dropping the belly pan in that area and will have a local welder replace some of the metal braces as well as ADD some additional bracing under there.
We THOUGHT we had it figured out!! And then today - I finally noticed that part of the exterior skin (banana wrap?) was sort of wrapped around the c-channel. Our plan was to loosen the rear 4-5 feet of the trailer and slide the new plywood floor into place under the C-channel from the exterior of the trailer. Now that we discovered this 'bent over aluminum' in the C-channel (don't know how to describe it better), there is NO Way that I can think of to slide the new whole piece of plywood in from any end and get it to go into that "wrapped-in" area.
I am looking for suggestions with this. My current thought is to have the welder put some additional cross bracing in when he replaces the rotting braces in that rear section. I am thinking that with that additional bracing, I can install the new floor from the interior - sliding it to fit into this bent over metal in the C-channel. But - the only way I can think of doing that - is to install that rear floor in 3 sections; a wide middle section covering the black water tank area, and two side sections on either side of the middle section. I can insure that all 3 sections will be securely fastened to bracing underneath since I will have the welder add those sections.
Is this a logical way of approaching this - or are there other ideas out there as to how to slide this floor in so it sets into that bent over aluminum lip in the C-channel?
Sorry if my terminology is way off but we are really new at this. We're open to all suggestions / ideas/ comments. Thank you!
Chester
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