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11/3/2013 at 1:35am
 Location: Inverness
 Outfit: Alpine Sprite GL
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I may have taken on too much! Am fairly confident in replacing ply and resealing after spending literally hours on this site but am a bit perplexed by the floor. It's an old 1984 sprite alpine and the floor is literally just some thin plyboard, can see daylight through a couple of holes! Should the floor not be a sandwhich of ply, insulation and more ply ??


11/3/2013 at 8:10am
 Location: flint north wales
 Outfit: swift challenger 480se 2002
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Quote: Originally posted by catriona brown on 11/3/2013
I may have taken on too much! Am fairly confident in replacing ply and resealing after spending literally hours on this site but am a bit perplexed by the floor. It's an old 1984 sprite alpine and the floor is literally just some thin plyboard, can see daylight through a couple of holes! Should the floor not be a sandwhich of ply, insulation and more ply ??


they only started using sandwich floors after this .not sure of the exact dates etc but i wouldn't worry unduly ,it should be a simple job to look underneath to verify if its a single ply floor .and if so and yours is a bit bouncy on entry a ply plate underneath and screwed from above should cure it


11/3/2013 at 3:38pm
 Location: Leicester-shire
 Outfit: Bailey unicorn madrid Landcruiser
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I had the same problem with my swift and after fitting a new door seal and resealing the door frame found out the bottom awning rail had only got sealant along half of the rail, guess they ran out of sealant or perhaps a Friday afternoon job,after I resealed it no further problem.17

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