Last week, our RV repair shop received the below email from John W. regarding his RV’s dry-rotted floor:
Hello,
We have a Riverside Retro 186R with an area of rot in the subfloor. I know you guys are busy, but you come highly recommended and I would appreciate an estimate for repairs. I can bring the RV to you for an estimate if needed. I’ve included a photo, the rot is in the area marked by green tape.
Thank You, John
Dry-rotted floor
Well, John and others, join me as I sit down with my Service Manager, Zach. In this video, we share our initial thoughts on how extensive the water damage may be in the dry-rotted floor and what it would take to fix.
This is good information to remember in case this happens to you and your RV. Water damage is common, so if it happens, know how to take care of it before it gets worse!
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Emmm….
I don’t know, but I think this model has a SIP floor, that is a structural insulated panel. A laminated panel made of two layers of 1/8 plywood sandwiching a foam panel.
If so the floor has no framing, just the panel resting on the frame.
What can happen with these is the floor delaminates and gets soft.
There is actually no “rot” in this type of failure.
The way to tell is take a floor vent off and see if the flooring is this type of construction.
If it’s this type of failure, the repair is non-trival.
Thanks for the comment, Ralph. Since the video was published, the customer did bring the unit down for inspection. Unfortunately, their unit was broken into while on a storage lot. The unit sat in rain for quite some time with the door bent and rotted the entry door as well as the floor.
Hope we get a follow up on this.
Thanks for the comment, Gary. Since the video was published, the customer did bring the unit down for inspection. Unfortunately, their unit was broken into while on a storage lot. The unit sat in rain for quite some time with the door bent and rotted the entry door as well as the floor. We provided a labor quote to the customer and they are looking to get it scheduled sometime this winter.