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I just ripped the carpet out of the van ready for a new vinyl covering and found the hidden horror of a rotten wooden floor.

can someone advise me how big of a job it is to remove all the fitted cupboards to replace a floor panel.

cheers

it's only a guess but I'd say that would be a right p.i.t.a cos its not just cupboards, its cooker, sink and fridge too. (and possibly heater if you have one). If the bit under the cupboards is ok can you cut around them?

is it all rotten ?
could you get away (for this summer) with just cutting the rot out or even the wood up to the units and fitting a new piece , then rip it all out in the winter

its only a patch about a foot square in front of the cupboards, im trying to think of a way of chopping out the rot and filling the hole before i put the new floor covering in.

a 1 season fix will do for now.

circular saw set to wot ever the depth of the flooring is ..then a jig saw for the edges on top of a piece of say 2x1 so that the saw blade does damage the van's steel floor

no no no no not hembo a saw and my van. dont even think about it. buy some filler, fill it in and put the lino down for this year

could work, but i dont have a circular saw

hembo666 wrote:could work, but i dont have a circular saw

use a big chisel with a big hammer and dig it out

he he he norty rev

circular saw is the way to go most definately,

no rot, no hassle, 5 minute job, perfect

Router
Straight cutter (without bearing)
Nail-on stops
Set depth
Plunge and cut clockwise
Cut and insert new board

Go for it

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toolsntat wrote: Plunge and cut

fantastic.......whatever you do just do it

call me a cowboy but how does thise sound.

1 - remove rotten chipboard with combination of hands/pry bar/wire brush
2 - bung with filler
3 - lay vinyl
4 - worry about it in winter and sort properly