Camper Sub Floor

Set your circular saw to the depth of your sub floor depending on what type of camper you have your sub floor will vary in thickness.

Camper sub floor. You may need to put your rv up on jacks to perform this step and ensure that all the old rotted flooring is completely removed both internally and externally. The standard inch thick plywood is sufficient to securely hold all cabinetry and appliances. Choosing rv flooring obviously we didn t want carpet in the living area so our flooring options were narrowed down to vinyl planks sheet vinyl linoleum peel and stick tiles and cork. Generally it will be either or inch thick.

Camper van conversion installing subfloor vinyl flooring. There is no one size fits all when it comes to flooring on a van build. In custom van build. Inside height the basic composition of the sub floor in an rv or van conversion should consist of a bottom layer of one half to one inch of poly iso insulation and a top layer made of exterior grade plywood.

Once he knew where the damage was doug removed the vinyl floor covering and all the rotted wood. Probe extent of damage and trace out boundary cut out badly damaged areas. A rv flooring can take days and days to completely dry especially if the air has humidity in which case other method need to be used. Finally we were down to a clean sub floor and ready to install the new stuff.

Use blower for underbelly drying. Remove the areas that are badly damaged. Originally it was built using some type of particle board that had a black continue reading how to make your vintage camper s sub floor watertight. Written by dan collins.

I guess some of that can just be age but i was surprised how much wood was left exposed on the underside of the trailer. Installing sub floor in camper van conversion we built the subfloor in our camper van conversion for stability and longevity to stand the test of time. But keeping the rv ventilated is only possible when the outside weather isn t cold. If you have a section of sub floor that has rotted through you ll be able to measure just how thick your sub floor is.

As i m dismantling the 1956 shasta i m noticing how brittle and rotten all the wood is. Down the road if we want to change our layout and refresh the van we want to just re arrange some cabinets.