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einy
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Mar 03, 2017

Is This Water Damage

Good morning. We are considering a purchase of a 2006 Winnebago Adventurer 33v that is 500 miles away and the salesman just sent us this pic. Does this look like water damage? Or something else?

  • My guess is, the damage you can't see is much worse than the damage you can see.
  • Thank you everyone for your help. You have confirmed what we had suspected. It's too bad, we were really excited about this unit. A 2006 Winnebago with full body paint for 49K sounded really good to us. Guess the old saying is true

    If it looks too good to be true.......

    The search will continue.
  • einy wrote:
    You have confirmed what we had suspected.
    I wouldn't confirm that unless I saw staining. Oh well, there are plenty of other units for sale.
  • Just based on the picture without any other details, I would say that it looks like water damage.
  • 2oldman wrote:
    einy wrote:
    You have confirmed what we had suspected.
    I wouldn't confirm that unless I saw staining. Oh well, there are plenty of other units for sale.


    When you have VINYL ceiling material, you will NOT see stains. The "tell" is the wrinkled/bubbled Vinyl. Another way is to push the area where the bubbles are. The wood backer will feel soft and not solid. Doug
  • dougrainer wrote:
    when you have VINYL ceiling material, you will NOT see stains.
    Yes, that would make sense.
  • Too many coaches for sale out there WITHOUT leaking roofs. Pass on that one.