Bottle of liquid spilled and saturated floor of the tack area (pressboard/chipboard?) and it is disintegrating. Ugh. Anyone replace the floor of their tack room and if so, how did you do it? I do have access to tools, table saw, etc. TIA.
might be a considerable pain in the butt as I suspect the decking of the trailer was put down then the wall erected ? do not know if my assumption is true
but
I would look at repairing the floor using an epoxy similar to repairing a wooden sail boat before ripping the floor out
https://www.epoxycraft.com/westsystem/protecting-bare-plywood-with-epoxy-resin/
or overlay the existing floor with new plywood (that has been sealed)
another way would be lock the door and never open it again
In my old steel trailer, the dressing room floor was OSB and it was separate from the 2x8 board floor in the horse area.
I never replaced it, I could just see it after the carpet glue gave up after many years and I could peel the carpet back along the slant wall.
If I’d wanted to replace the floor, I would have cut the carpet at the bottom of the gooseneck drop wall and peeled it up from the floor enough to figure out how the floor was attached. It’s probably screwed into supports underneath. Depending on the age, getting those screws out might be fun. They may have to be cut and ground smooth.
Then apply your geometry skills to make the best use of full sheets of whatever you’re going to replace it with. I would use pressure treated plywood, and seal both sides before installing it.
If you’re using pressure treated wood, be careful what kind of fasteners you use – the chemicals in the wood will degrade regular cheap (zinc coated) screws. At a minimum galvanized, preferably stainless. If you’re not re-using the original holes you may need to pre-drill through the metal before screwing it back down. There are self-tapping screws, but I have trouble applying enough pressure while holding the driver straight that I just prefer to pre-drill a small hole.
Depending on how bad the problem is, removing any carpet and applying a layer of plywood over the existing floor may be easier. I would use both glue and screws. But the advantage is that you can screw it down wherever, into the existing floor, and call it done!
What wsmoak said, and consider this the perfect opportunity to replace that ridiculous tack room carpet with something easier to keep clean and dry!
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Clanter, you made me spit out my Coke while on lunch break. There is no carpet; sort of vinyl like stuff over the chipboard. Off to consider plywood and epoxy options.
Hello - if your tack area floor is lower than the door frame - make a cardboard template, cut out a 1/2" treated deck board or use Advantech, screw in, maybe some nice lock in luxury vinyl on top.
Risa
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