Another Flooring Question with photos

[Jfreeman]

Hey Guys,
We just had out tile removed and have this spot under the slide that we cannot remove. Has anyone had to deal with this and what was the solution? We are laying a 3/8' subfloor down but it will still be slightly lower than this lip. The problem is the slide roller is half on that old subfloor for about half of the slides movement in or out.

[Jfreeman]

[William Willard]

Can you remove the inside bottom of the cabinet to reach the floor ? Bill Willard

[windsorbill]

My opinion is you really need to get that additional old flooring out. If the cabinet where the drawers are doesn't have a bottom, you might try pulling in the slide part way in. You should be able to remove the drawers and rails (horizontal boards between the drawers) so you can reach in the cabinet to access the old floor.

[Jfreeman]

Originally Posted by windsorbill

My opinion is you really need to get that additional old flooring out. If the cabinet where the drawers are doesn't have a bottom, you might try pulling in the slide part way in. You should be able to remove the drawers and rails (horizontal boards between the drawers) so you can reach in the cabinet to access the old floor.

I agree, I was able to remove the floor panel by removing the 2 inside panels. It looks like I will be able to remove it after all. I'll post some photos so if anyone else runs into this.

Thanks

[slowmachine]

When removing my flooring, I discovered that Monaco used inaccessible areas like this to screw the edge of the tile backer to the sub-floor. It would be nice if you could access the edge of the tile backer through the cabinet base. I could not. My Endeavor has the PowerGear electric slide mechanism. I was able to open the slide about half-way and push the top of the slide outward to get some working clearance at the bottom.

[Ernie Ekberg]

When you go back with new flooring and if you have rollers, insure that whatever you install goes back UNDER those rollers. Rollers do not like an abrupt edge to travel on. An abrupt edge can stop the slide from retracting or damage your slide motor

[distaff]

I didn't face anything that severe, but when I was still considering having the work done I spoke with Elite RnR in Oregon, and they said they had to raise or lift the slides to get the old flooring out.

I didn't use them (mostly because of the complexity of living in a motel for a few days with our 4 dogs), and I didn't lift the slides because I didn't have much overlap to worry about.

I think the answer is you have to jack up the slide from the outside, supporting it nearest the outside wall of the coach, and buy yourself one or two inches under the cabinet.

Good luck.

[Ernie Ekberg]

I have never had to jack up the slide on any coach. Newmar, does, however, give guidelines to work on their slides

[mdc99]

I had a similar situation in an area that was not to accessible from the cabinet bottoms. I screwed a couple of I-bolts to the offending piece and a couple of I-bolts to the main floor and used 2 winch straps to drag that piece out from under the cabinets.