Cabover Leak...Help Appreciated!
No doubt some of you reading have followed this saga for some time. I thought I had it fixed; then a small leak. I retested the suspected area with my "rainmaker" and seeing the leak, patched some m...
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Had the same thing happen.
I am convinced that the water was running down the vinyl trim and filling up the inside of the trim and entering through the screw holes as the trim filled up, it was filling faster than it was draining.
After removing the rotted lumber and rebuilding the loft using all pvc lumber, glued and screwed together to make sure there was nothing left to rot I used a plastic hurricane panel in place of plywood to cover the whole thing.
Last of all I sealed all the new screws and cut drain holes in the new vinyl trim so water could drain.
So far no more leaks and if it does there is nothing there to rot, I would recommend anyone who has a class c with a overhead loft cut drain holes in the bottom of the trim.
Good luck
Joe
I am convinced that the water was running down the vinyl trim and filling up the inside of the trim and entering through the screw holes as the trim filled up, it was filling faster than it was draining.
After removing the rotted lumber and rebuilding the loft using all pvc lumber, glued and screwed together to make sure there was nothing left to rot I used a plastic hurricane panel in place of plywood to cover the whole thing.
Last of all I sealed all the new screws and cut drain holes in the new vinyl trim so water could drain.
So far no more leaks and if it does there is nothing there to rot, I would recommend anyone who has a class c with a overhead loft cut drain holes in the bottom of the trim.
Good luck
Joe
