Angie M

I will post an update after a few months of use. The old carpet just hung over and caused a serious crease from the lip so to prevent that I’m going to attach a bullnose or quarter round on the end and have the carpet hang over the edge the same way and hope that prevents a crease. It created some weight obviously with the metal snd heavier wood so we shall see if that creates any issues down the road.

thank you everyone for your input. It was all a great help to figure this out. We are happy with the outcome. Maybe someday we will be in one place long enough to have the floor properly replaced, but we are very happy with how level and sturdy the floor is now.

I got in touch with Escapees and they said they made changes and I can post pictures now. So here goes. The flore is 1.75 inches higher but it had a 1/2 lip along that shouldn’t be there so 1.25 higher for us to deal with. But I love it.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/JXQNwTZe1CLG5KBWA i hope that works for everyone

Apparently there is a limit of 1000kb in attachments. I have reached my limit. I’m trying to figure out if I can delete some.

What happened? The option to add a photo has disappeared. Only allows me to add from a url.

We also added foam board insulation to the underside and bubble insulation to the top of the old floor. And put expanding foam in end of tubes just to keep bugs and dust out.

Update: the floor is finally level and strong! since it became apparent the slideout floor would never bend back into position, which eliminated trying to attach a new piece of plywood and pulling the sag up or otherwise, we went with buying 16 gauge 1” square metal tubing and had 14 pieces cut to 40”. Got them pretty cheap at https://www.onlinemetals.com/en/buy/carbon-steel/1-x-0-065-carbon-steel-square-tube-a500-a513-hot-rolled/pid/10301 we attached them 12” apart to 3/4” sande plywood which wasn’t cheap at Home Depot but the cut it to 4x 40.5 inches for us. We intended to glue them so we could flip the board and they would hold in place to screw from the top, but we found this fantastic glue, Fuze It by Liquid Nails, and it stuck so well we decided we didn’t need to scree them also. Here is the glue; https://www.homedepot.com/p/Liquid-Nails-Fuze-It-9-oz-Gray-All-Surface-Construction-Adhesive-LN-2000/206736831 we used 8’ and 4’ pieces of plywood and fit them together Now we have a level floor All that is left is to carpet it Pictures To follow

Here is an update. Taking bits of advice from each of you, We have decided to try using 1”square metal tubing and attach them to the underside of the new 3/4” plywood every 12”. With a test run it seems to be sturdy. They now in the floor cannot be lifted up with jacks. It just frozen in that position. The whole slide lifts up. Whether this will work on a large scale remains to be seen. May be too heavy for the slide. The extra 1” lip May present more if a problem. We just received the metal tubing in the mail. It’s suppose to rain the next few days so that may delay us. Will post pictures tires when I have some.

12x3 1/2. I’m wondering if angle iron is strong enough to keep the new floor from bending?

Funny you suggested this. We were just discussing making an aluminum frame with slats every 6 inches or so and attaching the ply would to the frame. We started thinking that even if we attach a piece of ply wood and are able to pull the floor up to it, eventually the same problem occurred if not immediately. I think the floor needs support. Does this sound feasible?

Yes I have.

Yes it does

Correct

I will work on that

It’s either 5/8 or 3/4

Yes

The shinny covering is only a weather priggish. No insulation as you can see by one of my pictures showing the fraying all the way to the wood. It does bow underneath but I couldn’t capture in picture. I’ll have someone stand on it and see if it more prominent

?? Is this a complete thought?

So I posted pictures. I hope you can see clearly since I have to dumb these down to post them. I tried pushing up on the floor and it doesn’t budge. So whether a jack would life it up without lifting the entire slide remains to be seen. You should be able to see that there is no space to work with for supports. Unless someone sees an option. Both sides are scrapping against something because the black weather proof material is fraying. I hope these pictures help with ideas.

This would be ideal, but I don’t think they could be installed without affecting the slide being able to retract. Will send picture tomorrow of underside.

The slide is 12’ x 3.5’. I do not see any support underneath. Tomorrow I will post the picture of the underside. Also going to call keystone and see if they can give me some insight. Yes, we are doing it ourself. If the floor has to come out we will have to get professional help. Although we’ve taken it in 3 times 3 different places and were told at each one “it’s made that way. Can’t help”.