Rebuilding underside of camper checklist

[Daryles]

Originally Posted by jeffba

thread showing tools I used

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Perfect. Thanks for sharing. It will be next week before I get under there. Its been raining here so much it's like a swamp under the camper.

[jeffba]

I think iot was 1/4"

[jeffba]

I believe it was a 1/4" bit you need to remove the plastic first off of the nail head

[McRod]

Just thought I would share.

This is what we replaced our coroplast with. Standard roofing aluminum sheets that are 36" wide x 96" long. You only need to remove one sheet if your trying to access an area. Used spray foam to seal the profile of the edges.

[Ricos Ride]

Stick a screwdriver under the washer and pry down while you use your drill/driver. I have also been able to pop those back in with a hammer

[jrsemrad]

Additional suggestion when replacing underside, be sure to use galvanized or stainless steel tec screws with the fender washers.

[Robev]

You sound a little OCD like me. I've replaced the underside chloroplast with 1/8" thick aluminum plate. Great list

[mtlakejim]

Originally Posted by Robev

You sound a little OCD like me. I've replaced the underside chloroplast with 1/8" thick aluminum plate. Great list

That's exactly what I had in mind.

If you don't mind what did the plate cost you and where did you order it from?

[birdphotos]

Here are a couple of things I did when I had the outside layer off. after tying up the electrical put in a layer of silver reflective insulation, then add a couple inches of high density foam under the water tanks. Then I brought in a hot expanding foam machine and covered all the bottom with a couple inches of insulation. this keeps the temp up when its cold outside but also keep out mice. then replace the bottom to make it water tight.

[Mikendebbie]

Jim - I did a quick google search and there are many places that sell 1/8" aluminum plate.
I punched in a size of 8x4 plus my delivery zip code just to see what it added up to...see screen shot below. So this particular site sells it for $12.65/sf delivered.

In contrast, the metal roofing panel (single sheet) used by McRod in post #24 above is going to cost ~$30 or so from Lowes or Home Depot.

[McRod]

Originally Posted by Mikendebbie

Jim - I did a quick google search and there are many places that sell 1/8" aluminum plate.
I punched in a size of 8x4 plus my delivery zip code just to see what it added up to...see screen shot below. So this particular site sells it for $12.65/sf delivered.

In contrast, the metal roofing panel (single sheet) used by McRod in post #24 above is going to cost ~$30 or so from Lowes or Home Depot.

Yeah, I think I picked mine up for $25 a sheet. The ribbing of it gives it rigidity so it don't sag from side to side. There are very few places to put in a screw in the middle, which is why the coroplast sags.

It's available in different colors. I chose brown for dirt reasons, and my rig has the brown fbp color scheme.