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Wijames
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May 15, 2015

Baffled by roof leak!

On my 1993 Chateau I have a roof leak that I just cant find. Myself and a friend got down on our hands and knees and searched every inch of the roof and cant find the leak. I checked all of the regular places like the seams and edges and all of the areas around the vents in the area. Yesterday I gave in and put a new coat of roof sealer on the entire top and went back this morning and applied a second coat. I'm hoping it's fixed but I sure would like to know where the leak is is coming from. Any ideas of where else I might have overlooked?
  • Had a customer bring a 'C' class in with a water leak, resealed the roof as it was bad, repaired the damage from the leak and it looked like we solved it. customer came back with what looked like it was still leaking in the same spot so we checked every thing again, no lights or windows or vents, etc any where the leak was. Couldn't figure it out so we thought it might be from water pouring off the roof of his garage ( flooding the RV roof ) as he parked right beside the garage and under the over hang. He took the motor home home and parked it where he usually does; we went to his home the next day to see, we were inside the RV when we heard a very strange noise from the side of the RV, went outside to see the neighbors sprinkler spray very hard against the side of the RV; the water was going up and being forced into the joints in the metal skin causing the leak. We would have never guessed this would happen unless we had seen it ourselves; so some leaks may be caused by some external from the RV itself.
  • I had a leak that I thought was the roof and it turned out to be the window. I needed to have the window removed caulked and put back in. Solved the leak.
  • Do you have a Fantastic Fan with hinged clear plastic vent cover?

    Ours had an invisible-to-the-eye crack in the plastic. Drove us crazy for a couple of years until we replaced the cover. Problem solved.
  • If an awning was removed, make sure the holes were properly filled. Ours leaked through one of these and I thought the roof was leaking.
    Brian