dragvw2180
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My wife Sue and I took this week off and went down to repair some vandalism damage done to our travel trailer and also camp in our replacement motorhome. A few months ago our TT was broken into during a bad storm and they broke out some windows, of course we did not know about it until we went down to spend the weekend and found the mess . I immediately called and had the windows replaced and called the BS insurance company and that is another bad story in itself.
Basically there was bad water damage and the wood under the carpeting and kitchen flooring was bad in spots. We removed the damaged flooring , three spots were absolutely mush even after drying it out with fans so I had to replace those sections. I had never repaired RV flooring before so having no fear and little common sense I decided to repair it myself. I chalk lined the damaged area making my corners square along with going beyond the damaged area to ensure I got it all. I cut it as close as I could to my cabinets and figured I would have to remove them all , this after sitting there and staring at it for a few hours,LOL . About this time my son called me and told me about this vibrating saw he bought to do some repairs on his kitchen and how well it worked for tight spots, a light bulb turned on inside my head and I begged him to bring it over, WOW is all I can say. I ran the blade between the bottom of the cabinets into some hidden staples and trimmed out wood that needed replacing with it in seconds . Here is a demo of a simular tool but it works the exact same way, bought mine at LOWES after using my sons ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ9dy8NIHgw
To make this story as short as possible the repairs were easier by far using this tool for cutting and trimming the old flooring along with trimming the new wood . Just in case anyone reads this,LOL , I figured out that if I laminated a 7" piece of plywood under the floor and extended half of it beyond the joint using contact cement and screws that I countersunk into the top flooring that the floor would be stronger than originally manufactured. I used contact cement on all the contact points for the flooring also and no squeaks or movement were seen anywhere. Hope this helps someone else.
Basically there was bad water damage and the wood under the carpeting and kitchen flooring was bad in spots. We removed the damaged flooring , three spots were absolutely mush even after drying it out with fans so I had to replace those sections. I had never repaired RV flooring before so having no fear and little common sense I decided to repair it myself. I chalk lined the damaged area making my corners square along with going beyond the damaged area to ensure I got it all. I cut it as close as I could to my cabinets and figured I would have to remove them all , this after sitting there and staring at it for a few hours,LOL . About this time my son called me and told me about this vibrating saw he bought to do some repairs on his kitchen and how well it worked for tight spots, a light bulb turned on inside my head and I begged him to bring it over, WOW is all I can say. I ran the blade between the bottom of the cabinets into some hidden staples and trimmed out wood that needed replacing with it in seconds . Here is a demo of a simular tool but it works the exact same way, bought mine at LOWES after using my sons ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ9dy8NIHgw
To make this story as short as possible the repairs were easier by far using this tool for cutting and trimming the old flooring along with trimming the new wood . Just in case anyone reads this,LOL , I figured out that if I laminated a 7" piece of plywood under the floor and extended half of it beyond the joint using contact cement and screws that I countersunk into the top flooring that the floor would be stronger than originally manufactured. I used contact cement on all the contact points for the flooring also and no squeaks or movement were seen anywhere. Hope this helps someone else.
