walls

[spud]

who took out ensolite in trillium what did they replace it with?
Any help would be appreciated
thanks Anne

[Roy in TO]

The first question I have is why?
Why do you feel a need to replace the ensolite?
Pictures would help.

[spud]

it is torn and holes in so many places.
Anne

[RRJR]

A fellow in our town redid all the inside of his Trillium with these floor tiles.
They are about 24 inches sq. and multi coloured.
I did a repair in the upper corner of my Trillium and attached it with contact cement, worked great. The can be painted or left whatever. This chap just left them as they were.
They are available at Canadian Tire or Home Depot.

Ron

[Noreen Bradshaw]

I would not remove the ensolite unless there was absolutely no way to deal with it. Some others did and had a mammoth job replacing it.

You can re-glue those torn areas and then paint the inside of your camper. There is lots of information in this forum. Sorry I can't link you to those threads but someone will come along who will.

[spud]

thanks for the help everyone been great

[Eddie Longest]

The cracks can be filled with paintable acrylic latex caulking. Fill the cracks until level and dab with a wet cloth or damp sponge then paint if desired.
Eddie

[Roy in TO]

It can be repaired with latex caulking and painted. If the holes are too big, you can find pieces of ensolite under counters etc that can be "transplanted" or "grafted" to the damaged areas. It looks like you are missing the T molding for the seams, that goes a long way to help make things look good.

The 3rd picture concerns me. It looks like a crack in the top hinge side of the door frame.

[David Tilston]

Per my PM, the wrinkles can likely be dealt with by using a boiling electric kettle to heat the vinyl to about 100°C. This will soften it up. Then, smooth it out as best as you can till it cools

[RogerDat]

I'm a plus one on the suggestions to:
Use heat to smooth out wrinkles. Or stretch ensolite a bit to glue down.
The caulk to fix the tears. And getting a piece from under a bench or inside closet or cabinet to patch with.

What appears to be a crack at the door frame needs to be fixed. You can gently separate and peel up the ensolite with a plastic putty knife. Fold it back to make the repair. Glue ensolite back when done, maybe caulk, or patch if you cant get ensolite edges back together.

Using a plastic putty knife also how you would get material from hidden locations for patching loose. One suggestion when patching get a piece slightly larger than the patch needs to be and cut through patch material and into wall material. Then carefully remove the cut wall material. By cutting through patch material you know the patch will be an exact match for the cut made in the wall material. End up with a seam no wider than a razor knife cut.

3M spray adhesive seems to work well to glue ensolite to the walls, spray both surfaces, let tack up for a few minutes and stick. Specific directions on can and widely available.

I had good results cleaning ensolite with LA Totally Awesome spray cleaner a scrub brush and rags and bucket to rinse with. Went from dingy yellow and sticky to white. Really tough stuff that tends to clean up well. If your thinking of painting you will need to clean well anyway but you may find it cleans up well enough that you won't need to paint or at least looks nice until you do paint.

I think I have seen the plastic pieces that snap in at the seams for sale but it was awhile ago, believe it was manufacturer doing a run to support the older models. If nothing else you can purchase "seam tape" which is thin high density white foam adhesive tape to cover the seams. It's the approach used by scamp with ensolite wall. Or of course caulking them is also an option.

You really need that foam or some other insulation on the walls to prevent condensation.

[David Tilston]

It should be noted that removing and replacing the Ensolite is a VERY BIG and expensive job.

[spud]

my husband will take one full piece out of cupboard to do worse wall. Then fix other then paint whole thing will be ok. we will are going to put some foam in closet. My husband and I want to thank everyone who gave us information on what to do. My husband 1st trillium was great shape.
Anne

[David Tilston]

Hey! I like this idea for dealing with cracks in your Ensolite, around the windows:
http://www.fiberglassrv.com/forums/f...tml#post471847

You would remove the wood frames, that are under the Ensolite and replace with a nice 3/4" thick frame on top of the Ensolite, covering your cracks. The down side is that you would have to remove the windows first. If your windows leak this may be necessary anyway.