Jim@HiTek
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Ahh, yeah, that does look normal...
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Winnebago Journey, '02
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fulltimin
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Here we go with a shot of how the wall was put together at the base, where it was bolted to the floor joists.
The red line indicates the 1" thick part of the 1" x 1.5" framing member in the wall.
The green line indicates the 1.5" x 1.5" floor framing. You can see in the yellow circle, a bolt that held the wall to floor joist.
The yellow arrow points to the paneling which was glued to the inside of the wall, before the wall was attached to the floor framing.
Obviously, the pinkish color is the glue on the inside of the fiberglass, and was glued to the blue hard board insulation.
This is a shot from directly above.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/wallconstruction.jpg)
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fulltimin
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Jim@HiTek wrote:Ahh, yeah, that does look normal...
Camera angle and lighting can make almost anything look good or bad.
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fulltimin
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Even the factory guys can make an oops while welding. Found this on one of the joints..........
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/factoryweldoops.jpg)
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fulltimin
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Ah, looking better.... I got my last floor joist in today. Yay!!!!!!!!!
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/newfloorjoists.jpg)
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fulltimin
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One thing I had not done up until today, was to pull the last piece of plywood up at the very back of the motor home. One side of this was under the tub/shower. This was also, where the one corner had leaked above the tub, but was not visible inside the rv.
Sooooooo, I pulled up that side of the plywood, and yup, you guessed it, more rot. Lol.
Below is a picture of that corner. Just as a side note - underneath the wood framed area, is the box that holds the power cord, which is accessible from the outside. The box is screwed from the bottom into the wood here.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/undertubfloor.jpg)
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fulltimin
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In the next picture, the yellow lines indicate floor framing, the 1.5" x 1.5" steel.
As you can see the yellow circle and the yellow rectangle show holes, rusted through. Basically, I bumped that area with my screwdriver and it just fell through.
So, I will be replacing those 2 pieces of floor framing while I have this apart.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/undertubfloor1.jpg)
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fulltimin
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In this next pic, of the same area, the red line indicates one of the 1" x 1.5" wall studs. This was not welded to the floor framing, and is in pretty decent shape.
The blue rectangle is a piece of wood, that is screwed to the back of the floor framing, and although not easy to see, the end towards the wall is basically missing, because of rot.
The green rectangle is part of a piece of angle iron. This was bolted to the back of the wall frame, and the back of the floor frame, which helped to secure the wall framing with the floor.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/undertubfloor2.jpg)
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fulltimin
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Here is a different view of the area I photo'd yesterday. This shot is from the outside. You can see the wood missing between the floor framing, and the angle iron in the back.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/leftrearoutside.jpg)
Next we have a little wider view from the same area. The holes in the side of the floor framing are from the screws/bolts that bolted the wall piece to the floor frame.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/leftrearoutside1.jpg)
In this third shot, which is a little wider, you can get a good view of the rust and the box underneath where the shore power cord is stored.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/leftrearoutside2.jpg)
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fulltimin
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Here is a close up shot of that area again. In the yellow rectangle, is the floor framing, and is rusty, and just plain junk.
Less than 1" away is the wall framing, which was on the other side of the paneling. The way the water ran down from above, the wall framing is in great condition. Just a little bit of surface rust, but very much in tact. Go figure.....
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/leftrearoutside3.jpg)
Next pic is a close up of the wall framing. Notice in the yellow circles, there are 2 small nail heads. This isn't the only place Fleetwood used nails, and nailed things directly into the steel framing. I never expected to see those.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/leftrearoutside4.jpg)
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