My Father-in-law and I rebuilt his 15 foot Scottie. I thought I would get some advise from those who have done it.Īctually, I have. '71 Starcraft Wanderstar - The Cowboy/Hilton The "Cowboy/Hilton" link in my signature.
There are a few pictures in my restoration thread. There is also a good chance that a long term leak situation has entered frame and roof areas. Other than those challenges, replacing plywood decking is easy. A grinder, a reciprocating saw and a nail puller became my good buddies. When I repaired my floor, I was able to remove a few bad areas underneath the walls by cutting and grinding fasteners out and was able to slide a new flooring sheet underneath the wall. Hopefully the fixtures can be reinstalled but not everything comes out nicely.Īnother wrinkle is that the usual method of TT building means the walls are installed onto the floor. Typically, the bad flooring needs to be removed and that means fixtures have to be removed. What type of floor exists in the original Aerolite?Įven if you have the older style plywood over joists rather than a composite panel, there will be a lot of work. Or should we just junk it and try to get a decent older TT. My question is.does anybody have a well documented floor repair/replacement video for guys that have some at best average repair skills.
I know the Aerolite (especially our era) TT have a bad rep for floor and frame problems. I am trying to decide if we should attempt the repair or just junk it. I thought we had fixed the problem but there must have been another leak somewhere. We had to cut an access panel in the sidewall because the access hatch for the tub was on the side of the tub and the hookups were halfway up the wall. We had previously repaired a leaky bathtub fixture. I also discovered that the floor in the front end had gotten very soft. I started emptying it out and discovered that it had apparently leaked thru a roof vent. I decided to clean it out and get it going again.
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