This pick came after many weeks of research.
Airstream flooring replacement 7 8.
Read more best flooring for an airstream or travel trailer.
While a shell off floor replacement makes the labor of removing and replacing the floorboards easier it can be difficult for diy ers with limited space or experience.
Airstream renovation task 2 lift shell off frame.
Once we started taking up the vinyl flooring we realized it was not only glued down and super sticky but it was also nailed down.
New subfloor installation airstream renovation rvliving today we re building the subfloor insulating it with reflectix treating it.
It was easy to.
Find an airstream with a rotten floor.
Build an inner frame and jack the shell up or build a large pulley system and lift the shell off.
Vintage airstream trailers that have been neglected for decades usually have a rotten sub floor which can pose as a health hazard and safety concern.
This flooring just clicks into place and should not be fastened to the sub floor either.
Whether you need an entire new sub floor or just a patch to fix a broken section we have you covered here at varr vintage airstream restorations and repairs.
The airstream definitely needed new flooring.
The removed front floor sections hardly even usable as a template.
The existing vinyl flooring was worn and didn t match the retro trailer.
So here s a step by step explanation of how we removed the floor before replacing it.
Leave about 3 16 of an inch around any walls or obstacles to allow for the expansion.
But in the end we settled on vinyl flooring for our airstream and never regretted it.
In our first airstream we chose a vinyl interlocking plank flooring.
The options were endless.
From our research there are two ways to preform the shell removal.
Do we go with a vinyl laminate bamboo hardwood engineered or cork.
Before installing the actual laminate let it acclimate to the airstream for a day or so it really does contract and expand with temperature.
Time to get the full monty underway.
The frame off is exactly that you remove the belly skins and then unbolt the upper skin assembly from the floor and then raise it up and pull the floor and frame from under it replace the plywood floor and then lower the skin back down much the way airstream built.
Floor repair replacement.
Very little was holding the shell to the floor or the floor to the frame.
Yes it can be either a frame off replacement or an in place replacement.
This step isn t too hard.
