How To Repair A Rotted Wall

So equally the the PhÃ¥rÃ¥oh says, the walls are thermopanel construction.   At that place is a good mix of plywood in areas that need reinforced, you'll find the styrofoam will exist in skillful shape, and the forest is the only role that is bad.

Their is a flake of a layer in different areas I assume they did for added strength.     Some areas are solid styrofoam, some are a layer of styrofoam and plywood, and some are two layers of plywood.  All plywood in mine was 3/4".

Then in the example below, you'll see two rotted layers of wood.

Where the bunk mounts are, there is extra plywood in the walls.  Also where the W declension mirrors mount, they doubled the wood.  (as the case in a higher place)  The areas where the Dinette tables mount too, there is extra plywood as well.

What I found out was the paneling came off pretty easy.  In one case I pulled the windows out, I was able to grab the paneling with my fingers and pull it off.   What was left was rotted woods and near perfect styrofoam.

I took the old wood off as carefully as I could, and used it as a template to jig out new woods (3/iv" plywood).   I used Mr Nails to gum it to the siding, and trust me when I say this, become information technology where you want it, because when it dries, you'll bend the aluminum trying to straighten it out.    I had some gaps between the new wood and the styrofoam, I used window styrofoam in a tin to fill all the voids, then went back with a knife and cut it affluent and then the paneling would go over top smoothly.    Again I used more than Mr Nails to glue the paneling, and used a brad gun to temporary hold the paneling till the glue dried.  To get the new paneling between the dash and to supplant some wood, I actually pulled the fenders away from the body, then re-attached them.

Too what I plant was at floor height in the wall is a 2x4.   The 2x4 fastens to some angle iron also running at floor elevation.   Its my supposition that this is the primary back up for the walls.   Likewise I found 2x4s about fender meridian in the very front, perhaps 1.5ft long, the nuance sides get screwed to it.

Now your talking virtually a unlike area, above the bunk.   Simply it should be the same kind of construction.   here is the expanse above my bunk that had a scrap of rot.

Now I actually copied another members repair, Handyman who replaced his entire roof.  But if you just have some rot upwardly in the front, I don't see why you couldn't tear out the bad wood, and supersede information technology with new wood.    It should just be standard styrofoam and standard plywood, both of which yous tin go at Lowes or Habitation Depot cheap.   And BTW, on mine, the entire eyebrow  was and  is styrofoam, no woods except the paneling.  And then if thats where your rot is, yous might get by with replacing just the white paneling.

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