View 24J Basement Compartment Replacement and Floor Removal

[bfrankg1]

My View 24J is plagued by undercarriage rust. The Mercedes chassis is fine and I had that certified by the dealer. Everything Winnebago including storage boxes are shot and I need to replace them. I purchased replacement boxes but now it appears I'm faced with removing the floor to install them.

Can anyone give me some advice regarding this? What is involved in removing cabinets, etc. Basically gutting the interior of the coach to reach the floor removal or is the floor done in sections, so then maybe I can build a bit of confidence by removing kitchen cabinets and just the floor beneath to access the storage box beneath. And maybe floor is complex with layers? Just looking for whatever advice I can get on this. Alternatively I've considered whether I should modify the boxes and secure them differently than how they are intended with something like securing angle brackets or splitting a container into the four walls, installing each wall and then welding the walls to each other.

They have a lip that looks something like this -

 

[creativepart]

Hi and welcome. I’m under the impression that you cannot remove the floor completely. The way the RV is built everything is built on top of the floor and you can’t just remove the entire interior and then remove the floor.

I have this impression from doing a factory tour and watching the bare chassis roll in and having the floor lad down first and everything built on top before the side walls and roof are attached.

I could be wrong but that sure seems an impossible task.

By “storage Boxes” you mean Basement Compartments, yes?

 

[creativepart]

By the way, what year is your View 24J?

 

[bfrankg1]

Yea its 24J I somehow keep typing 23. Also yes re basement compartments.

Well that's sort of bad news but maybe its good because it'll stop me from attempting and ruining things. I should probably focus more on asking an RV place to figure out another way to install them. There must be a more sensible way either with some welding or well placed brackets.

Thanks for your input