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    Posted: 23 Oct 2018 at 10:12am
Sorry I posted this in another forum by mistake.  I have an 2010 R-Pod that has rot around the back and sides of the floor.  I would like to know if anybody has had any experience replacing and or repairing the floor. If there is anyone out there that has attempted this on their own I would like to get their input.  I would appreciate any and all advice short of burning the trailer.  Thanks in advance.
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Good Morning Racerdad,

Well, I have repaired floors in travel trailers in the past, however, never on an R-POD.

It is relatively simple.   Your walls sit on the floor itself, so when you remove the damaged floor, you will have a void beneath your sill plate and the frame of the camper that you will need to slide the new floor into.  This is not hard, but will take patience and some pretty precise cutting of the new floor pieces.

Always remove and replace flooring from support to support.  That may mean you will cut out a little more of the flooring than you want, but the new flooring will need support on all edges.

As you cut out and remove the old floor, insert a spacer the same thickness as your flooring between the side wall of the camper and the frame.  (this will hold everything in place until you apply your new floor.  (Make these spacers large enough that you can pull them out as your new floor goes in.

Be careful putting your new flooring in.  Don't beat the edges up too much with your hammer.  A rubber mallet and a small piece of 2X4 works great.  (I even cut a groove in the 2X4 the same width as the thickness of the new flooring)Smile

Before I purchased my RPOD, I looked at a few used ones and found quite a bit of rear floor rot on most of them..After a little research, I deduced that the water was coming in around the tail lights which had not been sealed properly on a regular basis.

When I did this on my keystone, I replaced the flooring with marine grade plywood.

Hope this helps.  Not an insurmountable problem at all.

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Thanks and now I have to decide where and when I attempt this herculean feat of frustration.  I still would like to see pics or videos of jobs. I have searched You-tube to no avail. I appreciate any and all suggestions.

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I punched a 1" hole in the floor of my 2015 179.  I had slid the spare tire rack under the pod for more clearance in the winter and forgot it when I tried to jack up the tongue in the spring to hitch up.  I did not go all the way thru.  My floor seems to be a laminate of inner floor , foam and outer, or under -cover.  I had the piece of door that I removed to put a window in the door so I used a piece of that foam and some gorilla glue, and left a piece of the outer door skin attached to the foam.  I then covered it all with a 6" square of really sticky shingle under layer that I had left over from building something.  Then with a hair dryer, heated it up like the sun would on a roof.  That was two years ago and all is well today.
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Since the weather is getting cold I think I'll put off the repairs until spring.  If by chance I can get the use of a garage then a winter project it shall be.  Any and all suggestions are still welcomed.
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Sure, its ok to put off the floor repair till spring as long as the floor is dry now and you have found and repaired the source(s) of the leak(s). If its still wet and/or water is getting in you could have a much bigger problem down the road. 
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I hear you, it's opened and drying out and I'm going to tarp the trailer today.
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If its still wet you might be better off cutting out the wet areas now if you can, water has a nasty tendency to wick laterally in flooring. That way you would also be able to leave the remaining floor areas and bottoms of walls open to the air to dry completely over the winter. 
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Great idea, thanks.  I didn't think of that.

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Racerdad,

I think first thing to do is remove items on the wet area. I agree water wicks, which to me means cabinets and seating structures, wall areas. The floor can dry once you to where you have eyes on it and the wet areas. Hard to remove the wet floor with cabin structures in place.
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