hotrodjim
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Post by hotrodjim on Oct 23, 2022 13:29:37 GMT -8
Hello VTT
When taking my camper frame floor apart there was some kind of a waterproof board. I want to say it was a tar fiberboard and I can't seem to find this stuff in MN.
right now the floor frame is all built and sprayed with undercoating with an open bottom floor.
I had miss calculated the thickness of this tar fiberboard board of 3/8" and thought that it compress between the frame and the wood floor frame.
I'm wondering the best way to go about fixing this issues, as my walls sit 3/8 lower on the frame now.
I was thinking of just making 3/8" thick shims and running them along the frame studs to raise the floor frame up.
The other option I was thinking of was to just cover the whole bottom of the floor frame with 3/8" plywood, but doing this do I insulate the frame floor, and this will add weight as well.
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Post by shastatom on Oct 23, 2022 16:52:18 GMT -8
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Post by newin62 on Oct 23, 2022 17:26:21 GMT -8
I would just cover the floor with the 3/8 plywood but test fit the closet first to make sure that an additional 3/8" is actually what you need. According to the Menard's website, the 3/8" plywood only weighs 6 lbs more than the 1/2" fibreboard per sheet so the total weight penalty would only be 18 lbs for 3 sheets. Also the difference between the R value of the 2 materials would be negligible as neither are good thermal insulators. If you stagger the seams or run the second layer in the opposite direction of the first layer and you will have a very strong floor. I used 3/4" ply on my floor but because it was only one layer thick I had to support the seams from underneath with additional lumber.
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Post by hotrodjim on Oct 31, 2022 3:56:12 GMT -8
Thanks!
The extra thickness is needed to fill in the the area that the siding attach to the floor frame.
if that make sense.
Basically the bottom of the siding has a 90 degree bend and this fasten to the floor frame with roofing like nails.
well I left this 3/8" thickness out and need to make it up for the siding to fasten to it
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