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zach477
Explorer
Sep 07, 2015

Oh no! Water leaks

Having a mini panick attack. My new (to me) RV just weathered its first storm with the slides out. The living room slide has some leaks. The ceiling of the slide, closest to the inside of the rv has some water coming in and there is a wet spot on the floor down by the bottom corner of the slide.

I guess I'm glad it's not the actual roof that's leaking. But I'm still freaking out a little. What's the deal?? The slides have slide toppers, but apparently enough water is making its way to the top of the slide and working its way in to the inside. Ugh.

16 Replies

  • An often overlooked area to make sure is sealed up is the top of the slide. Even though you have a slide topper, water can and will end up on top of the slide. Any seams that are not sealed properly will end up giving you leaks inside.
  • I have not lubed them. They look ok from what I can see. I noticed a few tiny holes on the slide topper. Not sure if they're big enough that all of the water could have gotten in though them, but either way water got on top of the slide and worked its way in through the seals. I'm parked at a tiny bit of an angle. The auto leveler says it's perfect, by it's just barely leaning to the passenger side. The slide that leaked was on the drivers side angle brought the water in. Granted it was a pretty good storm....

    The amount of water on the floor that came in around the bottom corner of the slide is especially concerning. I'm going to pull the slide in to tonight and try to take a look for any obvious signs of leaks. I just really don't want any water damage. :(
  • How do your slide seal look? Hard to believe a coach that new would have bad seals.
    Have you lubed them?
    My coach is a 2001 & haven't had any problems.........yet.
  • It's an 08 fleetwood fiesta lx. I like the noodle idea to keep water from pooling on the slide topper.
  • If you just have one slide tilt the RV a LITTLE so the water runs to the out side of the slide(away from the RV)
  • There are specific maintenance procedures to do with slide seals. Involving cleaning and lubing the rubbers, cleaning the RV wall, removing debris from on top of the slide, checking the mechanism for 'drift', that sort of thing.

    Also, many users eventually buy those plastic kids noodles and put them under the slide awnings to help shed rain better. Keeps it from puddling on top of the awning.

    Suggest a couple hours perusing the owner's manual.

    Also, please put the age, brand, model, and engine type of your RV in your signature so we know what we're dealing with. Answers for a 1 year old RV are quite different from a 20 year old.