You are by far one of the most interesting RV repair guys on the interent. Thank You for showing us how that type of work can and should be done. Excellent job.

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks!

Just imagine if the whole industry had these kind of people who actually care about doing a good job. I am a 30 yr tradesman, and I appreciate watching you do such fine work, and not cutting corners. You are remarkable Sir. I salute you

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words

@kckettridge

Жыл бұрын

I am 100% with you. I am a retired GC and have owned RV's for the past 20 years and still can't believe how crappy the build quality is on these units. I shake my head at how they use a thin piece of nylon/teflon tape for the slide out to "glide" on instead of installing actual rollers.

@frankysteele357

Жыл бұрын

Couldn’t have said it any better!

I used this video to replace the floor in my camper's slide this weekend. It went just as you said and I felt it was a very easy job. Took about 5 hours and that was with beer breaks. Thank you for making this. Saved me a considerable amount of money.

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

Hey that's a huge compliment! I'm glad it worked out for you

You're a kind person willing to help those people. I always learn so much watching your videos.

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

@matthewstrzelecki4280

3 жыл бұрын

What's it cost to do something like this

@matthewstrzelecki4280

3 жыл бұрын

You got the patience of a priest

@MrThunderbird53

3 жыл бұрын

@@matthewstrzelecki4280 I believe he mentioned in another video $250.00 per hour

@wazup3333

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrThunderbird53 how many hours? 16?

Awesome work , your experience makes it look so easy , Those legs to hold it up and imprinting the screw holes on the legs was ingenious. Thanks for educating the masses.

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

thanks!

@dorothyallen3614

2 жыл бұрын

@@AZExpert thank you sir, I have to do that on a 28’ big slide and wall that’s been eaten out by red fire ants and my inside wall is so totally eaten out in the corner, my hand went through it when I pushed on it! I’m 73 and I can’t find any one to do it at my site, and the RV repair wants $4000. And me bring it to them. I live in my RV full time and my slide out Motor for this huge slide out can’t be replaced per the RV repair company so you have to manually use a plumbers pipe wrench to move it in and out! It’s a 1993 or 96 CARRIAGE 5th wheel and I love it because it was made with the Amish quality. I’ve had people in my park say wow, they don’t make them like this quality anymore! If you’re ever in Huntsville, Texas I would love to show you my problem and my home. It’s a shame I can’t get it repaired where I sit in this beautiful Sunny Ridge RV park. Again I really appreciate your showing RVers how these repairs can be done if one is willing to go the extra mile. Stay safe and well in these times, I’m praying we all will be safe and our freedoms returned to humanity soon. God bless you and your family.

@TheMinnow101

2 жыл бұрын

@@dorothyallen3614 Sorry to hear about your issues. However the reality is that these RV's were never designed to last over 20 years, especially for full time use. You might need to look for something newer. Good luck.

@wazup3333

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMinnow101 they're mobile homes, they should last...

@glennwest4438

Жыл бұрын

@@TheMinnow101 Nothing on the market compares to them

Thanks for this video!! I just replaced the floor in my bedroom slide yesterday. It was much easier to do after watching your video than it would have been without it. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@jakerutherford4634

2 жыл бұрын

Was it as easy as it looks?

What a good man. Just shows how valuable you are to people in RV trouble. Good to see the son helping and learning. God Bless.

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that

You are the best rv repairman I have ever seen on utube. It's great the way you show and explain how to do it. Much respect!

Dang James. Nice job! And mobile. Nobody I know would tackle that job mobile. You made that look so easy. I used to work at a RV repair facility. You sure made that look way easier than what it is. Thanks for sharing. You are a very talented RV tech.

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

thank you very much.

You are a brave man. I would not have thought this was possible. I can't believe there was not at least 2 screws underneath (towards the inside of the room) that you couldn't get to.

@agentorange2554

3 жыл бұрын

That's the way it usually goes. Then it's off to the grenade and dynamite store I go. LOL

@ckm-mkc

3 жыл бұрын

Sawzall with flex blade works in those situations....

Why do they not use treated plywood?/// in the RV floors

@shawzymusic

Ай бұрын

To save money

You demonstrate once again the kind of craftsman we all want and and the care every customer should have. No one provides service like this without sacrificing something. You are a good man.

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

thanks!

@dorothyallen3614

2 жыл бұрын

He’s absolutely a good and talented man of truth, honor and integrity, thank you sir.

Excellent work. It’s great you were able to accommodate the owners on a job normally only done at the shop.

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Another great job James. Learning so much from you.

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

Another quality job James nice to see Thomas helping out with family business

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

I just want to thank you for this thorough video, I was able to replace the floor on my Cougar 5th wheel that had the same problem. Followed your steps here and certainly made it a much easier project than I had thought initially. Now to reassemble and get back to camping!!!!

These are the videos i really like...i love looking at the 500k coachs but the videos like this one are the type of things i would incounter with what i can afford...great video, thanks for giving us your knowledge to help us less fortunate guys and gals!!!

The world needs more craftsmen like you sir. Thank you for all that you do for the RV community.

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

I’ve been watching your videos for about a month of and on, I have learned a tremendous amount. Your knowledge of RV’s is outstanding. And your videos are to the point. Much appreciate all you do. I have to say, this video, although it was not a glamorous fix keeping people on the edge of their seat. I found it very informative. I really like the way you approach different situations. Some RV tech’s might have said, you have to have a fork lift. Or the box has to come off. You did an outstanding job, and I hope the owners know how lucky they are that you did a solid repair on-site and it appears to be in one day. I’ll keep watching, your an excellent mechanic of all trades.

Thank you for this! We replaced our floor and this video was huge in helping us do that. We used c-clamps to hold the stilts to the slide out rather than screwing them in. Saved a lot of time and didn’t introduce any new or larger holes. Thanks again! Probably will be doing this on the rear slides soon.

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Nice work. I like your method of using jacks and not having to remove the slide out.

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

thanks!

So, I've been glued to your channel for weeks now, I am so grateful for the knowledge that you're sharing with us here. I have a 05 Sunrise 33V, and it's given me hope for doing some repairs myself. Would really love some more info on the AS-16 staple and guns you use for them. Thanks for what you're doing here. I am personally grateful to you.

Well I finally got around to replacing the same floor on my 2013 Sanibel 5th wheel. What was different? First big difference was that the old floor and new floor had to be removed and replaced from the inside. I got a 4 x 8 sheer of Home Depot 3/4" "Marine" plywood and coated both sides and edges with black "Pond Armor" 2 part epoxy. The 1.5 Qt kit gave me just enough to do 2 full coats everywhere. The other difference was the carpet, which was stapled and glued in place along with the black plastic tarp type material. Way too much work to try and salvage that so I used 18" carpet squares from Home Depot. 1 box of 10 did the whole job. Finally done and it looks great!

You are amazing! It was very smart to hold up the side out with those 2x2s and jacks. 👍👍👍👍

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

I had to do the slide out floors on my Outdoors RV basket case project. I had to replace all the the blocks and motors on the schwintek system and get them remounted onto the rails and found the rotten bottoms and framing in the box walls of the opposing slides. What a nightmare. My slide bottoms were filon and I went ahead and used the big box FRP being that it is on the bottom of the slides out of the sun and it was so much less expensive (and available). I had to do it parked in an uneven dirt storage lot and I found a 1000lb Harbor Freight hydraulic table cart that was excellent for lifting, holding, and adjusting the boxes while they were floating. I coated everything in 2 part epoxy when I put it back together. You're a saint for doing this. It's not a fun job.

You're the guy for the job 100%! I've got a similar problem in a BR slide and sidewall under a window at the dinette.

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

thank you

You made that look to easy. Great job. Those folks are lucky to have you working on their rig.

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Overall, outstanding. But, you should have sealed the plywood edges since edges wick like crazy. You put in weep holes, so you know water may/will find its way inside. Also, you noted early on the likelihood the sidewalls had some water damage; but then you screwed into the places likely damaged. Longer screws won’t work in damaged wood, assuming there is plywood in there. Nice to see how slides go together. Trusting to silicone is never a good plan. As a Keystone Montana owner, I have SERIOUS issues with Keystone construction (at best).

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

I don't film everything :)

Thank you so much for posting this! I was sure I was going to have to pull the slide to replace the floor. You made a difficult job fairly easy and saved our week and our RV!

I know the feeling. Some shops and independents just won't work on your coach. It's like rolling the dice to see if someone will help. You are one in a million and I know that you are busy, but sometimes shops don't look at the big picture when a person is desperate and needs to get home (like I had to last Summer)or it's their home. Bless you and your dedication!

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Good things happen to good people. Your work ethic show in every video. Keep up the good work!!

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Out of literally hundreds of RV Repair and Maintenance videos; THIS IS #1 ☆☆☆☆☆BEST!!! I'm a Senior widow, just bought a used 2005 KIT Companion 328F 5th Wheel & thus one looks almost identical to mine ( which needs some work & I'm not able to "do it myself"). Great to see this as it's taken apart without having to actually do it ( now I know that slide-out mechanism is the hydraulic type - haven't figured out for sure what the other two are yet.) I just know they're not Schwintek type...Thanks, w/ prayers for blessings < You surely deserve them!

Thoroughly enjoy all your videos. Always learn so much. The biggest lesson that always rings through is just how poorly they are built. I've owned one Tiffin, a couple of Newells and just bought a Prevost. And while the RV part always has it's own set of problems that they all have. Construction is seldom one of them.

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

So true!

Exactly the repair on my 2010 Montana I'm about to undertake. I learned and gained confidence. Thank you for your time in making this video!

The best explaining and most informative and instructive videos Ive ever seen on rv repair. you are awesome man.

Learned a few tricks watching your videos. Thanks once again.

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

"You learn and you learn," and You teach, TKS. Informative, as usual. The "Stilts",,,,,, awesome.

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks again!

Thank you! I plan to keep my 3 slide 5th wheel for a long time, and anticipate having to repair or replace the slide room floors at some point. Your video convinces me that I can likely do these repairs on my own. The "stilts and jacks" idea is especially useful. Wouldn't it be nice if the OEMs could design and build an RV that was actually water impervious - what a concept!

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, Thanks for watching! :)

👍👍 James creates another happy customer.

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

thanks

Thank you for showing us how this jobs should be done. My wife and I have been RV for about 6 months and are always concerned about repairs. I have a similar problem and have a repair guy coming over this week. Hope he is as good as u are. God bless!

@AZExpert

Жыл бұрын

It's always pricey to fix them for sure

Greatly greatly appreciated this video. Was able to replace the floor in our kitchen slide in about a weekend by myself!

You are a great worker. I have watched many of your videos, and been very impressed. The only problem is that you are in the States and I am in Canada. Unfortunately we don’t have your craftsmanship and honesty here. I have a Jazz, 5th wheel with two tip outs. I just discovered the rotten floor in the living room tip out . This video has helped and I hope I will be able to do a decent job. Thank you for the time you take to help us not so smart people

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Good luck with your repair!

@barbaracaves1342

2 жыл бұрын

@@AZExpert thank you, I’ll need it

Your a good man helping plus we need 100's more RV techs like you. Great job as always!

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Wow great job!! Nice to know there are still kind humans out there!!! Wife and I just sold our 2005 Excel 5th wheel due to to many problems and I didn't have the know how. Sold it very cheap. Wish you was in our area! Anyways your a good man! Rock on!

Im Halfway through my slide floor replacement, I just want to say THANK YOU! You saved me a lot of money and hassle!

Nice work James! Thanks for the tips

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

Any time!

YAY ! 100% EXACTLY my problem I have on my new ( second hand) RV! Same slide out same model almost ! This really helped me thanks

Great job! You actually made that look very easy! Appreciate you taking the time to video this repair!

I actually installed the new floor in my slide and then installed the carpet from the inside and trimmed it to fit. I didnt like the carpet sandwiched between the floor and walls. It worked out very well. Also, my floor didnt have that solid avs plastic sheet on the underside. Mine had almost a black tarp like sheeting. I didnt replace that. I applied about 5 coats of black marine paint before I installed it. It made the slide 100% more solid feeling and will last 100 times longer than the original.

@AZExpert

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

You are a quality guy who ALWAYS does quality work! Thanks for sharing your expertise and experience with us.

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I just bought a beater 2001 trail lite 8263-s camper. Gonna have to do a crap load of work on it in best case scenario. Worst case I'll get rid of everything and it will be a dual axle trailer base of some sort. It was $500 I couldn't pass it up. I have watched several of your videos and other videos as well but you are the RV guru man!!!. I will be contacting you with questions unfortunately. Cheers mate ,🍺

Why would people thumbs down? This was a great very informative video and I appreciate it as I’ve got to do the same exact job on mine.

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for this video. I have an Outback 210RS with delamination on the rear. It is constructed the same as this slide out. I am now confident that I can remove the trims as you did and access the area that needs to be addressed with adhesive and new materials as needed.

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

most trailers are made the same way roughly

@dorothyallen3614

2 жыл бұрын

You can do it , I would try myself but I just don’t have the strength anymore. I learned how to check my roof and caulked it, washed it and painted it with the rubber roof paint ever third year since I bought it used , but I can’t get up on the roof anymore! It’s sad to get so frail, but my hearts into it!

I wish I had seen your way of replacing a slide floor as I had problems with my Fleetwood Triumph as well as another 5th wheel. Thank you you for sharing your skills

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

Fantastic video! I have this same problem with our master slide out. We have done all kinds of "bandaids" so far, and I don't have the capability to pull the slide completely out, but this video shows exactly how to replace that floor in a way that I can do it. Thank you so much for posting this, this is a life saver!

I have this exact issue with my 2006 jayco 5th wheel slide out. This is gonna be the perfect video to help me out. Thank you!

Love watching your videos, always direct, factual, and provide the viewer with good information. Thank you for sharing these!

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

Just wanted to say thanks. I watch many of your videos, and this step by step really helped us replace our slide out floor very easily. Can’t thank you enough! :)

@AZExpert

Жыл бұрын

I'm happy to hear it helped. Thank you!

You are a master craftsman. Thanks for helping the people out. You always seem so calm and measured, great job.

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

I keep the gnashing of teeth and swearing off-camera lol

As of now 3 dislikes????? What the hell is wrong with people? You are a kind decent man. Keep up the great work.

@TheMinnow101

3 жыл бұрын

Probably the dislikes from the crack repair staff at Camping World.

@MrThunderbird53

3 жыл бұрын

Probably His competition no doubt !

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

Haters gonna hate

A professional makes it look easy, but you make it look easy professionally. Great video!

You make this look easy because you are so good at what you do.

When I replace floors in fifth wheel bed rooms slides I use advantech sub floor works good and also a brand of contact adhesive staput it works great in one of our own I got flat thinner steel cut and folded around the flooring and rapped and inch around it worked great and used white to match everything else I did was fairly similar

This was the ONLY in-depth video that I needed to change my slide out floor THANKYOU

Great job James. Thank you for this video. Happy trails!

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

You bet!

great job , I really would have thought that the box would have had to come out ,,, Thanks for the great info ,,,, im doing mine soon

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

I learn a little bit each day. I have removed the slide for this before

You make a tough job that many shops wouldn't touch look easy. Nice work.

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Timely great video.. Have a 2007 keystone raptor.. This exact thing is happening.. So I can probably do this same repair at home.. Thanks for showing the hydraulic valves to isolate the slide operation. I feel confident I can do this same repair. Thanks for this video!!

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

I’m very impressed with the ideas you come up with for fixing things! Thanks for making these videos! Very helpful

Little late to the comment section, but why don't they add flashing between the siding and the sheathing. Treat it like any normal house wall, you could do it to your repairs as well. Looks like you would have to pop some staples to re secure it, but we'll worth it. However, nice work, to bad every slide is guaranteed to have this issue.

If I were a savy manufacurer, I would hire you to come tell my engineers what works and what dosent and how seal joints have to be made,

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

No one likes to be told what to do

@dorothyallen3614

2 жыл бұрын

@@AZExpert and some people need to listen to engineer intelligence for their own good too!

Excellent tutorial on a repair many may need guidance on when you own an older RV. Thanks!

The exact same thing happened to our bedroom slide floor on our fifth wheel. We did something different though. I never wanted to replace that floor again so I used pressure treated plywood and painted it with waterproofing ( the same as you would do when prepping a shower wall in your house. The floor is now completely waterproofed. I was surprised that you used regular plywood as you are the most efficient rv tech I’ve ever seen.

Great video...gave me the confidence to tear into the rotted floor of our Silverback that was very similar to this. One thing to pass on that may help others.....when i ran the jacks up to raise the floor off the threshold, the floor still wouldn’t pull out. I found a couple screws on each slide wall at the back corners. I could’nt get access to the head of the screws or even see them but was able to run my sawzall horizontally across top of the floor to the wall from inside the camper. With the screws cut, the floor came right out like in this video. Not sure why it had the extra screws.

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you had the confidence to tackle it yourself

Thank you for this video. We had the same problem with our 2014 Sabre 5th wheel bedroom slide. After watching your video. We decided to do the fix ourselves. Thanks for showing us the way.

@AZExpert

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

Very educational video James!! I bet the owners are ever grateful to you!!

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

I think so. Thank you

Excellent. You are amazing. I will be adding those weep holes myself now. I keep sealing but water is still being slowly absorbed on the bottom of the slide outs.

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I was beginning to hate slides but after watching you repair this one I think the best way to buy an RV is to get one with known rotted slides! A fraction of the cost of an RV with slides that will probably be bad anyway.

That was completely awesome! You've give me some serious confidence about my ability to maintain an RV myself.

@AZExpert

Жыл бұрын

You can do it!

I will be doing this exact job on a Forest River Salem Light. Floor is completely rotted. Thankfully the walls are ok, they are wood. Shwintek sliders! They have been out of sync from top to bottom, not side to side, and I think that’s where the water has gotten in, mostly when it’s closed. This video gives me the courage to tackle it and save a couple thousand dollars! Thanks.

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! :) Good luck on your repairs!

@dkhallal

2 жыл бұрын

@@AZExpert I have a question. I assume I have to at least disconnect the Shwintek gear rails from the slider in order to take enough weight off the floor to remove it, does that sound like it’ll work?

Excellent job James.

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Enjoy watching you work, never a missed move and really educational. Thanks

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Laverne!

I wish you were in Winter Haven, FL. You really know what you are doing and your workmanship is exceptional. I would love to work with you on my RV.

Thank you for the concise and informative videos that you post on KZread. You have helped so many of us to repair our own problems, that we could never afford to pay someone to do for us. This video was exceptionally great in my case, except for a small difference. I have a 2013 Sanibel with 4 slides in it. All are in great condition except for the bedroom slide, like the one in this video. The exception being that mine is a Schwintech slide, with the aluminum gear strips along the bottom. Have you ever made a video, or if not, could you make one, on dealing with replacing a floor in one of these? The other difference id that it has 2 floors, the exterior sub floor and the upper floor under the bed, both being rotted out in the corners and along the outside edge. If you don't have anything on this, can you possibly point me in the right direction? Thank you again for all the help you have provided for so many of us:-) Bruce in Florida Correction on this, it only has a single 3/4" plywood floor.. Nothing on the Lippert yet AZExpert?

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'll take it into consideration

It's almost like they build them to leak. You would never put a home together that way. Trim and flashing should be layered like a roof...thanks for the information.

Very impressive. Man, you sure know your stuff!

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

Awesome video and great tips. I'm doing my floor today and your video was spot on. Thank you

Nice video, thanks for loading it up. Never would have thought to do it that way, actually never would want to do it. Smart way to get it done. thanks.

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

No problem 👍

@dorothyallen3614

2 жыл бұрын

@@AZExpert I bought those jacks and put under my 28’ slide in the living area and put them under my bedroom too, I’ve been afraid I’d fall out on the ground and that’s pretty high up there to the ground!

I'm in Las Vegas, NV. I need you to put back together my gutted motorhome, I'm having trouble trusting any repair shop to do as good a job as you do. Wish I lived in your area. Thanks for all your valuable videos.

You made it look easy...appears to be well within my skill set. I got 3 slides to do myself and it shouldn't cost me no 25k for the dealer to do it. I was thinking about patching it...but this looks better than a patch job. Bravo...

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

should cost much less than that

@showcasecharlie11

3 жыл бұрын

@@AZExpert dealer quoted 12k just for the 10ft middle slide. Only has one corner on bottom that is wonky...said the had to remove entire slide and rebuild it entirely from scratch... Now that sounds like a hell of a jackup job if ive ever heard of one.

Pleasure watching this repair taken place. Explained well and very professionally done.

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thank you for your video, I did our bedroom slide in our 07 Forest River, never would have tried it without your video😊

I love your in-depth videos, I always learn so much, your the man

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

Yo AZE. Man I hope you get some good karma your way for helping them out even though you really didn't want that repair. Great job replacing and making improvement to the slide. Have a pleasant day cheers.

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Wow nice job being out in the field good trick using the jacks

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

thank you

Sure seems like a tiny little redesign of that gutter extension would save alot of people this hassle/expense. Do the topper video. Gonna be having a debate with the wifey on whether or not we tackle ours ourselves...and the awning as well. Saw the video where the pros showed up and did the job. Probably have to glean a bit more from that one before I try doing that job. LOL

You sir, are a prince. I'm sure they appreciated your fine work!

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly!

Dude! , you are a freaking Saint !

@AZExpert

2 жыл бұрын

:) Thanks lol

That 3M stuff releases when its hot. Grab the Permatex spray adhesive at the parts store. It works great. Its where the other permatex products are. Great job on the floor replacement. You need an easy button to hit once youre done.

Another fine job completed. I remember what you say about slides 😂

@AZExpert

3 жыл бұрын

they are problematic