Post by varky on Jul 7, 2014 15:03:10 GMT -8
I recently purchased a vintage trailer. I've been trying to clean it up a bit and keep running into snags. I originally thought it was in decent condition when I bought it, but this being my first trailer, I didn't know what I was getting into.
The previous owners had installed some plywood over the original flooring, glued VCT on top of that plywood and then had carpet tiles over the VCT. I removed all of these layers down to the original flooring thinking I would put in some new flooring. However when I pulled out the carpet, there were ants and ant eggs which I removed. Then when I took out the plywood, I found that parts of the plywood were actively wet and more ants and eggs were festering underneath. Once I was down to the bottom layer of what I think is the original floor, I found that most of the floor through the middle of the trailer was pretty soft.
At this point, I'm not sure where to go next with this. The water is definitely concerning, I can't tell if it is a fresh leak or water that has been trapped between all these layers for a while. It was found mostly in front of the cabinets with the sink but there is no water tank in the trailer and I'm not sure if the sink has been actively used in months. I am also not sure what would be involved in repairing or replacing the original floor.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
This is the trailer (help identifying it would be great too):
A couple pictures of the floor after I removed all the layers, it looks like one of the previous owners had tried to cut into it for some reason:
The previous owners had installed some plywood over the original flooring, glued VCT on top of that plywood and then had carpet tiles over the VCT. I removed all of these layers down to the original flooring thinking I would put in some new flooring. However when I pulled out the carpet, there were ants and ant eggs which I removed. Then when I took out the plywood, I found that parts of the plywood were actively wet and more ants and eggs were festering underneath. Once I was down to the bottom layer of what I think is the original floor, I found that most of the floor through the middle of the trailer was pretty soft.
At this point, I'm not sure where to go next with this. The water is definitely concerning, I can't tell if it is a fresh leak or water that has been trapped between all these layers for a while. It was found mostly in front of the cabinets with the sink but there is no water tank in the trailer and I'm not sure if the sink has been actively used in months. I am also not sure what would be involved in repairing or replacing the original floor.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
This is the trailer (help identifying it would be great too):
A couple pictures of the floor after I removed all the layers, it looks like one of the previous owners had tried to cut into it for some reason:
