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Hey All,
Rebuild is going well. I'll try and keep this going until the end in case someone in the future finds this useful.
I have the subfloor back together and the door sealed. Kitchen is reinstalled and I'm now waiting on the adhesive to dry in the area by the door & bed.
The seals on the window in the door were completely dried out. The window seal was so dry, when I removed the back trim piece, the glass fell out in my hand. This was allowing water to enter around the glass and run down inside and behind the door. I believe this was also contributing to the water pooling on the drip step. I replaced both seals with fresh butyl tape.
I decided to replace the old insulation with new SM foam board and used 5/16 plywood to match up to the existing floor. I cut a "tray" in the existing foam and new foam to lay a strip of 1/2" plywood to allow the use of screws to secure it.
For adhesive I used PL300 to adhere to the foam and PL400 for the wood/alum frame joins. I'm leveling the joins with a belt sander and some flexible automotive body filler. I used the flexible body filler as it has a catalyst and dries rapidly!
I used my scuba tanks as dead weight to firmly hold the floor in place while the adhesive cured. they're heavy and it really helped to press into the PL firmly.
Hopefully finish with the inside tomorrow night after work. If the underside is completely dry, I'll close that back up the following day with gorilla tape until my Darco patch tape comes in!
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