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Hi Rocker...

Oh dear!...not good...

I haven't had to repair one of our own but as a commercial vehicle body and coach builder(& repairer) in a previous life, I would say when stripping down, be careful that you don't remove too much strength/rigidity..and make sure that you add plenty of diagonal braces, and keep it all square and true, whilst it's still "in bits"(..*as the majority of the average MH's rigidity will come from all of the furniture).

(*although the above may not be too much of an issue, IF the roof skin panels are still in place?)

Obviously, whilst it's in bits, ideally you want to remove/replace as much of the "bad" as you can...BUT...it is very much a judgement call and in some areas it just may not be feasible to fully remove all of the "iffy" timbers..Meaning that splinting/reinforcing them is the only realistic option (done properly- glued & screwed- for a repair,that'd be perfectly okay though).

Presumably, it's just the timbers?(..or has the "rotting" timbers caused the aluminium skin the corrode? )

Oops! ..Double post