Suggestions for repair of rear trailer wall please-
I have a 2007 Wildcat RV with an aluminum frame with laminated Fiberglass (Filon) siding outside and luan w/ vinyl wallpaper on the inside.
My LR corner caulk got a hairline crack and let moisture in and got away from me until I saw delamination.
I opened up the corner, dried it out, and shot "Great Stuff" foam in the sidewall and installed new structural wood in the corner and secured it to the aluminum frame as it was at the factory. The side wall feels and looks good now.
Unfortunately the rear wall is Filon over a wood "framed" structure with fiberglass bat insulation in the middle, and an interior "wall" of luan with wallpaper on the interior side.
The luan on the interior of the back wall next to the wall panel has deteriorated, leaving intact the wallpaper with no "hard-board" luan behind it, making a 1ft X 2ft section of the rear wall at the corner soft (w/out panel board support behind it).
I am not going to completely remove/disassemble the rear wall and build a new wall because the structural integrity of the overall back wall seems sufficient to me to be perfectly safe.
My plan is to fabricate a new interior wall panel that will cover the entire rear wall surface (that is not occupied by cabinets and windows) with a new single piece of thin luan (cut to fit around those cabinets and window) covered by a matching or complementing piece of vinyl wallpaper. I plan to secure the panel to the rear wall framing with sheet metal screws or the like. This should make the "soft" section acceptably rigid, and be functionally almost as good as new, and will appear "normal." I know this is a cosmetic-only "fix," but I am confident the rear wall retains sufficient strength to be safe.
Where does one source such wallpaper, and overall, does the plan sound doable? If not, I am open to any suggestions as an alternate plan.
Thanks,
Bob
My LR corner caulk got a hairline crack and let moisture in and got away from me until I saw delamination.
I opened up the corner, dried it out, and shot "Great Stuff" foam in the sidewall and installed new structural wood in the corner and secured it to the aluminum frame as it was at the factory. The side wall feels and looks good now.
Unfortunately the rear wall is Filon over a wood "framed" structure with fiberglass bat insulation in the middle, and an interior "wall" of luan with wallpaper on the interior side.
The luan on the interior of the back wall next to the wall panel has deteriorated, leaving intact the wallpaper with no "hard-board" luan behind it, making a 1ft X 2ft section of the rear wall at the corner soft (w/out panel board support behind it).
I am not going to completely remove/disassemble the rear wall and build a new wall because the structural integrity of the overall back wall seems sufficient to me to be perfectly safe.
My plan is to fabricate a new interior wall panel that will cover the entire rear wall surface (that is not occupied by cabinets and windows) with a new single piece of thin luan (cut to fit around those cabinets and window) covered by a matching or complementing piece of vinyl wallpaper. I plan to secure the panel to the rear wall framing with sheet metal screws or the like. This should make the "soft" section acceptably rigid, and be functionally almost as good as new, and will appear "normal." I know this is a cosmetic-only "fix," but I am confident the rear wall retains sufficient strength to be safe.
Where does one source such wallpaper, and overall, does the plan sound doable? If not, I am open to any suggestions as an alternate plan.
Thanks,
Bob
