Soft Spot On Travel Trailer Floor

A spongy rv floor indicates rot in the subflooring usually the plywood underneath the laminate tile or carpet.

Soft spot on travel trailer floor. Lack of underlying support combined with this floor structure could make things even worse. Soft spots in their flooring. Why do campers get soft spots in the floor. Many folks who love and preserve an older rv have found a painful reality in their treasure.

If you haven t experienced them yet we will explain what they are and tell you the most common causes for theses soft spots in the floor and if you already have them how to properly repair them and how to avoid them again in the near future depending on what type of floor you have installed in your rv. Be especially vigilant around slide outs places where plumbing is above the floor such as in kitchens and bathrooms and all around your freshwater storage tank if it is inside. Move around the whole interior of your rv travel trailer testing the floors everywhere for a soft feeling and noting the locations on a roughed out floor plan. Usually the problem can be traced back to a water leak that s compromised the integrity of the floor.

Soft spots on the floor are basically what their name says. If i am not mistaken many of the liteweight trailers do not use plywood for the floor but rather a sandwich of wood and foam which has been known to create soft spots such as you describe.