Buying a known (?) problem
Would you willingly buy an RV with water damage if the price was right? Hubby and I own a 2004 Gulf Stream Class C which has served us faithfully; but now we're pondering going south with our 3 dog...
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I'm not being negative, merely sharing my 30 plus years of RV experience with ya!
The biggest problem depends a lot on the brand of the RV...because some companies take huge cost saving short cuts inside of the walls and under the floors...where you can't see it.
Particle board, luan, wood studs few and far between, the fiberglass insulation inside the walls may be sagging due to getting soaked or rotting. Structural integrity may be gone due to completely rotted wood structural members. Most of this can't be seen at all...you may be able to feel it when you walk on the floor or roof, or feel the "give" in the walls.
You may in fact be "handy", but I'm sure you've heard the description of something being a "money pit". I've seen aluminum sided RV's that have lost their internal structure to the point where nothing in the walls is supporting the rv structure except the aluminum siding itself!
Maybe you should spend aroung $100.00 or a bit more on a SealTech Leak test...it used presurized air inside the rv and soap bubbles outside to detect leak points.
It may be real eye opener and could save you a LOT of headaches!
There are better RV's out there, and it's pretty much a buyers market.
The biggest problem depends a lot on the brand of the RV...because some companies take huge cost saving short cuts inside of the walls and under the floors...where you can't see it.
Particle board, luan, wood studs few and far between, the fiberglass insulation inside the walls may be sagging due to getting soaked or rotting. Structural integrity may be gone due to completely rotted wood structural members. Most of this can't be seen at all...you may be able to feel it when you walk on the floor or roof, or feel the "give" in the walls.
You may in fact be "handy", but I'm sure you've heard the description of something being a "money pit". I've seen aluminum sided RV's that have lost their internal structure to the point where nothing in the walls is supporting the rv structure except the aluminum siding itself!
Maybe you should spend aroung $100.00 or a bit more on a SealTech Leak test...it used presurized air inside the rv and soap bubbles outside to detect leak points.
It may be real eye opener and could save you a LOT of headaches!
There are better RV's out there, and it's pretty much a buyers market.
