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    Posted: 24 Jul 2016 at 9:46pm
Good info to keep in mind. 
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Thanks for the info everyone' if I get a chance to look into this this summer I will post pictures of what I find.

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I posted about this too. My floor is soft right in from of the kitchen. (we have the 176T) I crawled under to see the floor and low and behold the black tank is in the way. We are out of warranty and its not a serious issue so far but I am concerned.
After watching the Forest river video of the pod assembly, I can't see how the floor would be repaired without cutting a section of floor
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Thanks Mark, wasn't aware of foam in the floor's core. Much easier to add a cross brace than to rip and tear and start over.
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I commented on your other thread.. If you check, and find no leak, then it's just a soft floor. The FR fix is to add a stiffner and cross brace under the soft area. The Airstream owner fix is to install a floating laminate floor in the trailer. The stiffness of the laminate takes care of the soft feeling area beneath. Because of the construction of the pod floor vs an Airstream floor, actual water damage to the pod floor is rare, but can happen. Mostly soft spots in the pod have shown up in spots of concentrated foot traffic, like right inside the door, or right outside the bathroom. The foam in the floor's core is breaking down. 
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Doubt very much about a warranty when it is 6 years old.  Certainly repairable but will be a job as you will have to tear out your linoleum and  subfloor and replace.  You plan on doing this yourself or have someone else tear into it?  Also, better find out what caused this in the first place so it doesn't happen again.  Plumbing leak or coming from the outside, running down a wall and ending up where your soft spot is.
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i have a 2010 Rpod 175 and the floor just outside of  the bathroom is soft. Does anyone know if this is a warranty fix, is it repairable and if so how much might it cost?

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Craig Burlette
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