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outlaw85
May 23, 2017Explorer
work2much wrote:
Well, this is not a great situation but if the water is actually trapped as you describe and you release the water it may not be the end of your trailer. If you haven't seen water inside I would drill as you have done and leave the holes open for a while in good weather to allow moisture to continue to dissipate. I assume by the age the coach is wood framed so there is the possibility of rot, but I suspect that if the water could have travelled into the framing you would have seen it in the interior.
Obviously a next step is to figure out how the water is getting in, but again if you haven't seen any leak stains in the ceiling the water intrusion and damage may be limited to the wall. Being on the slide-out portion it should be easy to find the problem area, but a full and complete roof re-sealing is in order.
I would drain the water, seal the roof and go ahead and use the trailer. It's probably too old and lacks the value to spend a ton of cash having it professionally restored. Re-sale probably isn't great but perhaps it has a few good years left for you!
Good luck.
Thanks. My plan is to start on this when I get home. At least the leak search and temp seal until I can get all the supplies for reseal. I wasn't looking to dump tons of money into it but enough to potentially redo floors (upgrade that beautiful fuchsia carpet), replace cassette stereo, lighting.. etc. basically enough for an updated face lift. While I know it's not a reason to just trash it and may not be relevant, we got it for $2500 with the expectation of not perfect and at the same time a good starter into RVing which is why I was OK with spending some money on repairs/updating. Being able to do the repairs/maintenance will help us down the road whenever that time is to replace it :). I haven't given all the details from the PO and it probably isn't relevant either.. at least to some.
If interested I can post all the details I know. I did post most (i think) of them here back in august too. Link HERE
Thanks again for your info.
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