Center island fix

[Flynn and Ollie]

I see a lot of posts about the center island collapsing in the solitudes.
We own a 2023 310gk. I have had no issues with the unit and it has over 10k miles on it. (We full time and travel a lot).

I finally experienced the center island collapse on my last travel day. The cabinets are held to the base by vey thin wood screws(two on each end). The screws on the nose end of the cabinet sheared in half and we entered the rig to find the end of the cabinet on the floor proper. After tearing it apart and evaluating the damage, I did the following cure:

I measured the height of the bottome of the cabinet and cut four (4) wood 2X2 pieces 4 inches long. I notched them at the top to fit the cabinet and then, using decking screws, attached them to the cabinet base on each side ot the heat vents. I then screwed the cabinet down to the blocks. I replaced the anemic screws that had sheared with decking screws as well.

 

[Calbar]

I am trying to avoid this and cut some snug fitting 1x2 pieces and placed them in the 4 corners of the island and brad nailed them to the base. Hope is that this will take the up/down pressure off of the screws holding the island to the base so I don't have what happened to you happen to me.

Rob

 

[ajg617]

@Calbar I did something similar but mounted a 1x3 to the inside of the island and sitting on the box frame. When I pulled the cabinet floor up I was stunned to only find one screw attaching the front of the island to the box frame. The only problem I found is there was no supporting box frame to attach anything to at the rear of the island. The front of the island is definitely better but it still rocks a bit. I'm not sure what I can do on the rear half except for the 1x2 pieces on the corners.

 

[Calbar]

@ajg617 I think the only thing that you can do is to put the supports on the outside. My island use to rock a bit and feel a bit unstable if you leaned on it. Now with the supports it feels much more solid without and feel of rocking.