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Our high tread area is delaminating, underneath is fine no reason for damp. Has anyone else had this problem and what did you do. The flooring is vinyl. Would it harm to leave it ?
 
If there's no leaks I'm surprised this has occurred
i know you drill the floor and inflect resin then the holes are plugged with dowls
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molly 2 said:
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Buy yourself a cheap damp meter ,i had similar problem on a new van i was told it was a manufacturing fault from the floor manufacturer , adhesive failure not bonding laminates
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Correct Bazz. As you probably know it can happen with boat decks as well.
 
I use a mobile repairer he told me he did not use the drill and plug method. , he cut out the the top layer of ply then rebonded the panel back, in place this way he is sure the whole panel is bonded back in place ,
 
We had an RV with springy floor in front of the cooker and outside the shower. I suspected damp, but there was none, the ply floor had just delaminated through wear. I took up the vinyl floor and drilled lots of 10mm holes, then injected the special green resin. Plugged the holes with dowels and waited till the morning. The floor was rock solid again. Easy enough to do if you don’t have any damp.
If the floor is damp, you need to find and fix the source of the dampness before you do anything else.
 
Probably worth talking to a skilled carpenter they would know best way to do it rather than maybe a jack of all trades and part bodge job
 
Snapster said:
We had an RV with springy floor in front of the cooker and outside the shower. I suspected damp, but there was none, the ply floor had just delaminated through wear. I took up the vinyl floor and drilled lots of 10mm holes, then injected the special green resin. Plugged the holes with dowels and waited till the morning. The floor was rock solid again. Easy enough to do if you don’t have any damp.
If the floor is damp, you need to find and fix the source of the dampness before you do anything else.
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Same here
 
Thank you guys ours is as above between shower cooker and kitchen and it’s springy, it has had 7 odd years of us walking it constantly. We really don’t think it’s damp as we watch the MH all the time for issues.
Now where do we go for specialist advice ?
 
Penny13 said:
Thank you guys ours is as above between shower cooker and kitchen and it’s springy, it has had 7 odd years of us walking it constantly. We really don’t think it’s damp as we watch the MH all the time for issues.
Now where do we go for specialist advice ?
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Here! :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
 
YouTube, probably, will have someone showing you how to do it.
So, if you are doing it yourself and are 100% sure the floor is dry, you need this ( below) a drill and matching dowels, a hammer and cloths.
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Penny13 said:
Thank you guys ours is as above between shower cooker and kitchen and it’s springy, it has had 7 odd years of us walking it constantly. We really don’t think it’s damp as we watch the MH all the time for issues.
Now where do we go for specialist advice ?
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Probably not damp Pen with a van that age. Probably just foot traffic in the busiest part of the van constantly flexing the ply. As you say, 7 years and more than most as you are liveaboards.

Most caravan repair shops would do this, quite pricey but worth doing properly. Look for recommendations.
 
Check out a mobile repairer they are not busy ,if dry not urgent, downside is they have to cut the floor covering ,I use ,,www.caravan man,, ,Steve Sheffield
 
We had difficulty finding professional help ,but there is a lot on utube showing how to do this repair . I am not handy ,far from it, but eventually plucked up the courage . Checked with Autotrail for composition of floor panel and marked drill with tape to make sure only entered thru top ply . Not really needed as when I hit the inner core blue stuff came up so stopped immediately .Needed 2 lots of resin got off ebay . Thankfully worked really well at least so far over 2 years ago . Almost full timing until virus hit and 5 years before . Our springiness was between habitation door and sink opposite so pretty sure down to regular use . Neither of us are lightweights.
 
Robmac said:
Probably not damp Pen with a van that age. Probably just foot traffic in the busiest part of the van constantly flexing the ply. As you say, 7 years and more than most as you are liveaboards.

Most caravan repair shops would do this, quite pricey but worth doing properly. Look for recommendations.
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That’s the bit that scares Ron £££ 😂🤣😂 we do have a gifted friend who may help he’s not on here so just buttering him up first lol. My fear is it not looking good I would hate that love my MH
 
jacquigem said:
We had difficulty finding professional help ,but there is a lot on utube showing how to do this repair . I am not handy ,far from it, but eventually plucked up the courage . Checked with Autotrail for composition of floor panel and marked drill with tape to make sure only entered thru top ply . Not really needed as when I hit the inner core blue stuff came up so stopped immediately .Needed 2 lots of resin got off ebay . Thankfully worked really well at least so far over 2 years ago . Almost full timing until virus hit and 5 years before . Our springiness was between habitation door and sink opposite so pretty sure down to regular use . Neither of us are lightweights.
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Yes sadly we aren’t lightweights either to much of the good life. There’s no rush and we can get advice and people to have a look.
 
If you have a vinyl floor covering, it will have to be cut and removed. Hopefully, it won’t be stuck down too well onto the ply floor, careful use if a hairdryer should soften the glue and enable it to be removed. Luckily, our floor was covered with vinyl floor tiles that were pretty thick and came away easily and were put back in the same order. There is no evidence they were removed.
If you aren’t confident in removing the floor covering, then as others have said, get it done professionally, but it won’t be cheap.
 
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