spongy floor

[beverleyhess]

We have a 1996 Southwind. The floor in the kitchen area is feeling spongy. Has anyone ever tried to repair this problem and what is in store for us? At this point we have not consulted a repair shop.

[daleo]

you are fixing to get into a very large project.i had to replace a section of floor under my sink.i had heck.good luck.:eek:

[frank]

First you will need to find out what has caused the problem. It could be the sink trap or water line or it could be coming form the side wall.

Once you have determined the cause and repaired that problem you can tackle the floor. This is not an easy process and you will probably end up cutting out the bad spot, rplacing the plywood and then replacing the tile with a new floor unless you can match what is there.

I had a leaky toilet seal and had to do a fix in the bathroom and it is a tough job to get everything level. I ended up putting in a new tile floor sinc ethere was no way to salvage the linoleum that was there.

Good Luck!!!!

[frank]

First you will need to find out what has caused the problem. It could be the sink trap or water line or it could be coming from the side wall.

Once you have determined the cause and repaired that problem you can tackle the floor. This is not an easy process and you will probably end up cutting out the bad spot, replacing the plywood and perhaps several stringers and then replacing the tile with a new floor unless you can match what is there.

I had a leaky toilet seal and had to do a fix in the bathroom on a previous motorhome and it is a tough job to get everything level. I ended up putting in a new tile floor since there was no way to salvage the linoleum that was there.

Good Luck!!!!

[bobbowers]

Is it spongy all the time or just while driving down the road? I had a similar problem when driving down the highway and if I happened to have the drivers window or the passenger side window open it created a vacuum in the coach and caused the linoleum floor to raise a little in the middle. I spoke with Fleetwood about it and they said these floors are stapled down around the edges and if the worker putting it together didn't get enough staples down it could allow air underneath and then along with the vacuum created it could rise in the center.

Just a thought.

[xyz12]

I have never used this myself but i have heard that it works very well in many situations, http://www.rotdoctor.com/ From what i understand you apply it and it penetrates into the wood and becomes very hard.