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Subject Topic: Delaminated Floor repair
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08/1/2009 at 10:59pm
 Location: Lancashire
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you did it though well done.

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08/1/2009 at 11:49pm
 Location: Walsall West Mids
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dont use the expandable foam its rubbish.... use the proper stuff... when its done its rock solid and will last for ages.


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Quote: Originally posted by leegilbert on 08/1/2009
dont use the expandable foam its rubbish.... use the proper stuff... when its done its rock solid and will last for ages.
Absolutely! We had our compass rallye done at Greentrees in Norfolk and a good job they did. We considered foam but the proper stuff is like walking on concrete. I dont mind skimping now and then but this is a job you want to last.


03/6/2009 at 6:15pm
 Location: Derby
 Outfit: Avondale Perle Ulysses Anniversary
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Have just had my 1996 van done. I did it with foam and laid laminate over about 2 years ago but had started to go spongy again. Had it done from underneath by our local repair shop David Hulse, and they seem to have done a good job. took a couple of days cost me a bit of labour and a repair kit (special stuff to do from undernneath).I was going to do it myself from in the van but didnt fancy taking the laminate up. total was only about  £100 for the delam repair. well worth not having to do it myself. I have a couple of spare "from the top" delam kits for future repairs if needed.

dont bother with the foam.



22/8/2009 at 5:22pm
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 hi

i would like to say thanks to micheal we had a soft floor in our abbey caravan  by the sink we followed his instructions and did the repair while we had the caravan out on hol due to the fact its stored near the cost we were told of a company on e- bay that did the resin in one bottle it cost £12 . 99 and its done the job the floor is solid now. thanks again  

 



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25/8/2009 at 2:12pm
 Location: Lancashire
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thank you,glad its sorted.you do get a certain satisfaction from doing it yourself.

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25/8/2009 at 2:53pm
 Location: Leicester
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expandable foam = a disatater waiting to happen.. as a tester make your self a small wooden box spray some inside close box and leave for a day.youll see it easisly expands to fill void inside box

day 2 it will start to push sides open

after a week or so the whole box will fall apart. this tuff can keep expandind for week and weeks ive tried and tested this.

however this stuff

ONE SHOT DELAMINATION EXPANDING GLUE

200

comes in a no mess container and you can do as much or as little as you need pop the top on and leave it until another day.

works same way as micheal states in his how to procedure above but without the mixing.

sold at most caravan dealers aswell as ebay for under £15.00 one bottle done the full extent of my van, and then i used it to stick down lino in bathroom very sparingly then i ised to to hold laminate flooring down again very sparingly.

one other tip i was given is when using this stuff cut all dowle pins then store them in a bowl of water so they go in wet (i think it sets one shot off making it stronger)

also 1 other point that was brought to my attention about lamintae floor is unladen weight is increased by a good amount as laminate flooring isnt lightweight

ive also seen people use a very thin board of ply followed by laminate lino reducing weight



25/8/2009 at 8:35pm
 Location: Doncaster
 Outfit:  compass rallye 640
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Quote: Originally posted by sjohn on 22/8/2009

 hi

i would like to say thanks to micheal we had a soft floor in our abbey caravan  by the sink we followed his instructions and did the repair while we had the caravan out on hol due to the fact its stored near the cost we were told of a company on e- bay that did the resin in one bottle it cost £12 . 99 and its done the job the floor is solid now. thanks again  


Can you rember the name of the company plz i have looked on ebay and can not see it at all ????17



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26/8/2009 at 11:15am
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CARAVAN-SOFT-FLOOR-ONE-SHOT-DELAMINATION-REPAIR-KIT_W0QQitemZ120448900417QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Campervan_Caravan_Accessories?hash=item1c0b505d41&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

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01/9/2009 at 11:34am
 Location: Staffs
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I recently sold our Abbey Somerset. It had a spongy floor spot about 8" square, nothing serious, & it had got no worse in the time we owned it, but I wanted it fixed for selling onwards. I priced up the kits but in the end I boarded the whole floor with 12mm high grade ply. Its added about 15kg to the caravan's weight but I feel comfortable that it will not go again in a different place. Only issue was the very lowest door, under the fridge. This had to be lifted 12mm, just a case of re-fixing the hinges. Floor was nice & solid afterwards. I was replacing the carpets anyway also.


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09/7/2010 at 4:26pm
 Location: Norfolk
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This stuff works, had a delaminated floor int he new van (Elddis 450 EB), about 6 x 2 feet. Drilled 200 holes, injected resin (after propping floor) and weighed down.

Got out when we realised the damned stuff got warm! Left for 12 hours, it was set rock hard, finished up and fitted a new carpet. What a blinder! The floor is solid and level. If you suffer from delaminated floors follow these instructions get the resin and add value to your van!

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