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Topic: Complete floor replacement in tt/fc

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smartecosse

11/5/2014 at 8:23pm
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Anyone on here had to do this?

If so any suggestions?

What I thought was a mild case seems to be terminal and it appears that I will need to replace the entire floor in the Globetrotter.

It's all self tappers or rivets so it looks like it would be a straightforward job to remove & replace with marine ply...... But if anyone has done it before I would appreciate suggestions of pitfalls to avoid :)

LobeyDosser

11/5/2014 at 9:11pm
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Yes, I did a complete floor of a Raclet TT.
This one.

Like yours it was just self tappers and pop rivets.

I stripped it to the bodyshell and then drilled out all the rivets to the stage where I could part the floor from the sides.
I then laid out 2 bits of 3/4" Builders Ply on the lawn, laid the wrecked and soggy floor on top and drew round it.
I then cut the new floor to shape. I painted the base of the new floor before putting the TT back together again.
The whole job took one long weekend.

We then towed that TT all over the UK and Ireland, always behind Morris Minors.

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smartecosse

12/5/2014 at 6:23am
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Thanks.... Doesn't seem to bad then, just time consuming?

When you say two bits, was that to get the length or was it a sort of sandwich set up top & bottom?

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smartecosse

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Love the retro tt & Morris combination!

Have done some calling & looking online and there seems to be nobody that supplies sheets as large as I need to do it in a single sheet (3030mm by 1563mm) so it's going to have to be two or possibly even three sheets.

Did you just butt them up together and use sealant to prevent water ingress?

LobeyDosser

12/5/2014 at 10:20am
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I butted 2 sheets together.
I sealed the two sheets where they butted and also where it met the walls.
A bit "belt & braces" but that's me.

I also painted the base of the new floor with car underseal.

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smartecosse

12/5/2014 at 10:57am
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Great, thanks

Trying to decide whether to use normal ply, marine ply or phenolic ply........ And if using phenolic if it would be worth have the sealed side face down as that's where the bulk of the water will be hitting it from the tyres/road surface.

How is yours holding up?

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LobeyDosser

12/5/2014 at 12:38pm
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Whatever ply you use, make sure it is the same thickness as what is coming out.

I had to look up yon phenolic ply as I had never heard of it but it does seem rather expensive for the job it will be doing.
Builders ply will be a lot cheaper and just as good for the job you want it for.

By the by, I replaced that floor over 20 years ago. We have had a whole host of units since but we know the guy that bought the TT, another Morris Minor enthusiast, and he is still using that it, complete with the replacement floor.

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Thank you for the comments on replacing the base, I'm going to have a go at replacing just the corner sections over the next few weeks and will try and post some pictures.
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had a few second hand conway and cabanon trailer tents over the years. Never had rot on one stored in a garage or under a sum porch or with a proper winter cover that wraps underneath the trailer body.
The only ones with rot (including a 4 year old one used once only but from the state of the transit cover then left outside for 3 years) had it in the corners . One had it at one end only, that one had been tilted up at the A frame end to help the water run off the cover. It appears that over time (especially if stored in the garden and not used for a few years) water runs down the trailer body side and soaks into the wood base at the corners and along the outer edge (never seen rot in the middle of the body base which would be equally exposed to road spray).

Graham T

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I think phenolic ply will be heavier you may want to give that some thought we use it for the load beds in hgv trailers so very hard wearing but heavy.

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