We have started to get very squeeeeeky floorboards in our Jayco.
Any simple advice on how to fix /stop?
getting underneath the van seems to be very difficult, so I have not been under to see the board joins or anything.
We have put some carpet runners down as the floor gets very cold in winter.
Thanks in advance ...
Cheers - Weg
deverall11 said
01:55 PM Sep 6, 2014
Weg, assuming your caravan is constructed like all others, there are no floorboards. The floor is one sheet of ply, covered with vinyl.
Larry
Glenelg said
04:23 PM Sep 6, 2014
so long as you don't have a squeaky bed you'll be ok ???
Olley46 said
08:52 PM Sep 6, 2014
If you pin point exactly where the squeak is ,it will most likely be between two sheets of ply where they meet,a fix if this happens in a house you screw a piece of flat steel about 40mill wide the width of about 4floor boards, screw that plate from underneath the house witch will put the weight on more than the one board to stop the squeak,may be this will work on your caravan floor,make shore you use short screws so they don't go wright through the floor,worth a try Weg.
Lance C
DEBnWEG said
01:39 AM Sep 7, 2014
Thanks Olly46
Ill give that a try, I'm sure there must be joined ply, just do not want to pull up the Lino.
Baz421 said
10:21 AM Sep 7, 2014
Yes it's likely to be a ply floor not boards.
Try putting more tension on your stabilisers and take the weight a bit more evenly over the front/wheels/rear section. Remember the van floor will flex with the chassis al be it ever so slightly.
dragonfly1 said
11:52 AM Sep 7, 2014
I have fixed squeaky caravan floors by getting underneath while someone is inside walking .
Locate the squeak and spray wd40 all around hope this help you without going to a lot of trouble
It seemed to fix them for good
Dragonfly1
patrolst said
01:21 PM Sep 7, 2014
There is no quick fix as I found out in our Regent.
I jacked the van up and used Sikaflex FC11 and put a fillet bead along both sides of the flooring frame everywhere it meet the floor sheeting, this was 13 years ago and the floor never squeaked again till we sold it last year.
It takes time but worth doing well and only once.
DEBnWEG said
05:34 PM Sep 7, 2014
Great suggestions, thanks all.
briche said
09:13 PM Sep 7, 2014
We had a similar problem with our Roadstar. Go under and found where the problem was. Turned out to be that the floor had moved away from the steel frame. The problem was overcome by using some plastic wedges from Bunnings to tap into the space, no more noise, simple fix.
briche.
Legendts said
12:45 PM Sep 8, 2014
patrolst wrote:
There is no quick fix as I found out in our Regent.
I jacked the van up and used Sikaflex FC11 and put a fillet bead along both sides of the flooring frame everywhere it meet the floor sheeting, this was 13 years ago and the floor never squeaked again till we sold it last year.
It takes time but worth doing well and only once.
I did the same but used liquid nails. No issues since.
Phil C said
12:30 PM Sep 9, 2014
I saw a burst about this on some forum or in a caravan book DVD. The idea is to ID the villain by crawling under the beast and force a bit of glue/silastic into the gap and drive (gently) a wedge in there, try not to break the floor underneath. I have a new Jayco as well, seems they are a bit stingy when it comes to sealant etc.
Hello fellow GN Forummers
We have started to get very squeeeeeky floorboards in our Jayco.
Any simple advice on how to fix /stop?
getting underneath the van seems to be very difficult, so I have not been under to see the board joins or anything.
We have put some carpet runners down as the floor gets very cold in winter.
Thanks in advance ...
Cheers - Weg
Larry
If you pin point exactly where the squeak is ,it will most likely be between two sheets of ply where they meet,a fix if this happens in a house you screw a piece of flat steel about 40mill wide the width of about 4floor boards, screw that plate from underneath the house witch will put the weight on more than the one board to stop the squeak,may be this will work on your caravan floor,make shore you use short screws so they don't go wright through the floor,worth a try Weg.
Lance C
Thanks Olly46
Ill give that a try, I'm sure there must be joined ply, just do not want to pull up the Lino.
Yes it's likely to be a ply floor not boards.
Try putting more tension on your stabilisers and take the weight a bit more evenly over the front/wheels/rear section. Remember the van floor will flex with the chassis al be it ever so slightly.
I have fixed squeaky caravan floors by getting underneath while someone is inside walking .
Locate the squeak and spray wd40 all around hope this help you without going to a lot of trouble
It seemed to fix them for good
Dragonfly1
There is no quick fix as I found out in our Regent.
I jacked the van up and used Sikaflex FC11 and put a fillet bead along both sides of the flooring frame everywhere it meet the floor sheeting, this was 13 years ago and the floor never squeaked again till we sold it last year.
It takes time but worth doing well and only once.
We had a similar problem with our Roadstar. Go under and found where the problem was. Turned out to be that the floor had moved away from the steel frame. The problem was overcome by using some plastic wedges from Bunnings to tap into the space, no more noise, simple fix.
briche.
I did the same but used liquid nails. No issues since.
Good luck