CRG has it exactly correct. Urine trapped between the mat and flooring will corrode the aluminum, or rot a wooden flooring. The best advice on an untreated floor is to wash the area of contaminates and let it dry before the mats are reinstalled. Our present two trailers have flooring constructed of aluminum planks, interlocked and laid length wise. The extrusions have ridges , which prevents fluids on one side of the floor to migrate to the other. This limits the amount of area that routinely becomes wet. A one piece floor will allow the urine to wick throughout the entire area, between the mats and flooring. For the best maintenance, these mats should be pulled and the flooring washed. The flooring and mats should be dry, before the mats are reinstalled. The mats on all of our trailers have fit together tightly and don't move about. The only really wet flooring areas have been on the butt side. Instead of pulling the mats, we just roll the butt side over the head side, exposing only the wetted spots. We rinse and let the area dry, then just flop the mats back into place. By having the aluminum flooring coated, we no longer pull the mats and just "spot" clean as necessaary. Gard |