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Topic: rotten floor

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nelly21

18/8/2012 at 7:11am
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I want to replace the floor in my elaime folding caravan and i was wondering if i should use 18mm marine ply with no insulation.At the moment the floor is made of two sheets of ply with a foam insulation between the two sheets of ply and it has rotted in the corners and down the edges .Could someone give me a bit of advice please.

Al+Mel

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it would be better to repair what you have. Cut out the rotten ply, keeping the foam you take out to reuse, make sub frames to insert into the existing sandwich and connect to the new parts(epoxy glue and screw, scooping foam out to gain access), then cover the repaired areas with new ply top and bottom.

That way it will be stronger than new and will still be well insulated.

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