Some of the floor in my trailer is insulated with styrofoam
packing peanuts. Same concept.

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"RonB" wrote in message
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About a year ago we were doing some repair on our 5th
wheel trailer so
we could sell it. On one side the basement floor floor
had a small
area where the plywood sub-floor had rotted (basement is
a lower
storage compartment on these RVs). I decided to do the
repair right
and cut out an entire section of the floor and replaced
it with
plywood. When the floor panel was removed the
insulation, which
rested on a rubber belly membrane, was damp. I pulled
the insulation
out and got some similar fiberglass bat insulation to
replace it. As
I was preparing to install the insulation it occurred to
me if water
found its way in again, the insulation would again get
soaked, again
exposing the lower plywood to rot.

At that time we were cleaning up the gift shop of the
museum where we
do volunteer work. I remembered we had a bunch of 2"
rubber balls we
were going to donate to the towns Christmas parade group
for give-
away's. When it went to the museum I also found a box
full of yellow
rubber ducks that were also slated for give away, so I
grabbed a hand
full.

The dozen or so balls and ducks worked well. I scattered
them around
the rubber membrane, put the insulation bat in and
installed the new
plywood floor. A little Bondo smoothed things out and I
reinstalled
the vinyl flooring. It was as good as new.

As I was cleaning up a vision came to mind. Some day, in
the future,
some RV repair guy was called on to fix wiring or
plumbing in this
area. As they often do, he was lie under the trailer
with a box knife
and slice the section of membrane away for access. He
would then be
pummeled with an avalanche or rubber ducks and balls.
"What the
F***!!!!

RonB

U R Mean. :-)

TDD

Didn't start off that way - cheap way to space the
insulation. But I
would like to be hiding in the corner if anyone ever opens
that
bay. :^}

RonB