5th wheel rebuild from major water damage
The Before part 2. The duct tape was used to get it home from Oklahoma in January. It is a 2006 5th wheel 32' bunkhouse. Bad repair job from previous owner They used close to an inch thic...
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Siding on the other side done!
The siding on the right side wasn't damaged like on the left side but the framing had rotted so the staples pulled out. Then we removed a bunch of the interior walls so more staples came out. We had hoped to get the siding apart without taking the window out but there was just no way. So the window had to come out and the one small piece of siding so we could have a little wiggle room to get the siding to separate.
It seems like of wrong to have to break something to fix it. We were really careful and slow but we still put some slight creases in the metal. Really the best way would have been to take all the siding off the whole side of the trailer. But since that wasn't an option we will settle for a few small dents. We started at the top and front again and stapled carefully as far back as we could without doing damage by bending the metal too much. There seems to be only the span of about 1 stud where there are not staples holding the siding down. We put a few extra staples around the window to hopefully help with that. It held together pretty well with a totally rotten structure so I think missing a couple of studs shouldn't be a huge issue.
Now that the framing is all new and solid and the siding is attached it's amazing how sturdy the trailer feels. We can push and pull on both sides and the hold really firm. It's almost feeling like we are going to actually be done some day!
The siding on the right side wasn't damaged like on the left side but the framing had rotted so the staples pulled out. Then we removed a bunch of the interior walls so more staples came out. We had hoped to get the siding apart without taking the window out but there was just no way. So the window had to come out and the one small piece of siding so we could have a little wiggle room to get the siding to separate.
It seems like of wrong to have to break something to fix it. We were really careful and slow but we still put some slight creases in the metal. Really the best way would have been to take all the siding off the whole side of the trailer. But since that wasn't an option we will settle for a few small dents. We started at the top and front again and stapled carefully as far back as we could without doing damage by bending the metal too much. There seems to be only the span of about 1 stud where there are not staples holding the siding down. We put a few extra staples around the window to hopefully help with that. It held together pretty well with a totally rotten structure so I think missing a couple of studs shouldn't be a huge issue.
Now that the framing is all new and solid and the siding is attached it's amazing how sturdy the trailer feels. We can push and pull on both sides and the hold really firm. It's almost feeling like we are going to actually be done some day!
