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    Posted: 25 Oct 2018 at 7:01pm
I purchased a 2010 171 last December and found that once the weather warmed and the floor thawed we had a "soft floor". I removed all the linoleum flooring and placed a large dehumidifier in the R-Pod and dried out all compartments.  I found the floor was delaminated in many areas due to multiple access points.  I fixed all the leaks including the basement doors, the shore power outlet and the largest repair was the front seams bottom and sides with larger fasteners.  I removed the delaminated luan plywood and in main areas down to the membrane.  I added stainless steel braces, cedar stringers, and replaced the plywood with epoxied luan and the foam with rigid foam panels.  Once the floor was reinforced, subfloor replaced where needed I added additional epoxied plywood before adding waterproof vinyl plank flooring.
The end result was a stronger, very dry R-Pod which was attractive and should last for many more years. The repair exceeded $600 in materials and approximately 80 hours. My experience with boat repair and construction methods was very helpful.
 I would be willing to share more specifics outside this forum.  First and foremost finding the source of the water and sealing the R-Pod must be done or any repair work will be for nothing in a short time frame.
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Thanks everyone for the encouragement and when I start I will take pics to document the process.  Time to consider a vacation... somewhere hot and no brain strain
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Oh.......and good luck.
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Please take plenty if pictures and document your process; it could help someone else tackle the same problem and other members maybe able to give advice.  
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Best of luck. your favorite adult beverage might help Smile
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Racerdad,

I think first thing to do is remove items on the wet area. I agree water wicks, which to me means cabinets and seating structures, wall areas. The floor can dry once you to where you have eyes on it and the wet areas. Hard to remove the wet floor with cabin structures in place.
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Great idea, thanks.  I didn't think of that.

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If its still wet you might be better off cutting out the wet areas now if you can, water has a nasty tendency to wick laterally in flooring. That way you would also be able to leave the remaining floor areas and bottoms of walls open to the air to dry completely over the winter. 
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I hear you, it's opened and drying out and I'm going to tarp the trailer today.
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