RV Floor Repair
The floor in your RV goes through a beating. No matter how hard you try to keep the worst of the dirt and mud outside, someone always seems to track more in. Over the year, wear and tear, not to mention excessive moisture or heat, can cause serious damage to your flooring. Damaged flooring looks bad, and if there's a worse problem underlying the damage, the flooring could be the least of your worries. It's best to take care of it early. While more serious flooring projects should be trusted to the professionals, some smaller jobs are easy to do at home. Read on to learn how.
And if you need professional flooring repair services, don't hesitate to stop by The Outpost RV in Middlebury, Indiana. Our service center works on just about every model of RV, travel trailer, and camper.
How Serious is the Damage?
If you've got a problem with your flooring, you'll need to investigate the extent of the damage. It might be obvious, like a hole where someone dropped something heavy. But if you find a soft spot in your flooring, this could indicate water damage. Try pulling up the carpet, linoleum, or vinyl flooring in the area to take a look at the substrate. If it feels wet and soft, or even if it is dyed where water was once, you might have a more serious problem.
The good news is that if you're just dealing with a cosmetic fix, things will be much cheaper and easier to fix. Muddy, stained carpet is a relatively easy fix, all things considered. Linoleum is often a durable surface, but it can rip and tear and get worn down. It's best to replace it before the problem gets any worse.
Patches and Small Fixes
If you have a small hole in your floor that goes all the way through the substrate, you can patch it up with a little bit of wood. Use a reciprocating saw to cut out a large enough area to expose some of the support beams. Then, cut out a piece of wood large enough to fit the hole. You might want to add a little extra support by adding a cross piece under the patch that spans the distance between the other support beams.
Choosing New Flooring
The good news when it comes to repairing RV flooring is that RVs tend to not have that much flooring to begin with. This means a carpet or vinyl flooring remnant from a carpeting store might solve your problems. This is especially true if you only need to replace a small area of flooring. Check with your local flooring store to see if they carry remnants. You might consider tearing up some of your carpeting before you head to the store so that you can compare it the replacement flooring. This will help you figure out if the carpet will work in your RV in terms of color, pattern, and style.
Remember that your choices aren't limited to the style of flooring you previously had in the RV. If your RV had carpeting but you found that it wasn't durable enough, try vinyl or linoleum. If you had linoleum previously, but thought it was too cold, try carpeting. You might want to prepare yourself, though, because if you replace the flooring, you might be tempted to paint the walls, get new drapes, and new furniture, too!
Professional Floor Replacement
At the end of the day, repairs like flooring replacement are often best left to the professionals. Unless you have professional construction experience, you might be getting yourself into a larger project than you can handle. The good news is that professional replacement is quick and affordable, if you choose a trusted RV repair center.
The Outpost RV is located in Middlebury, Indiana and serves the areas of Goshen, Elkhart, South Bend, and Fort Wayne. Our customers come back time after time for our excellent customer service and attention to detail in our work. Call or stop by today to get a quote for your RV floor repair!