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travisc
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May 22, 2013

Ugh- found some water in the overhead bunk- what to do.

Well it finally happened to us- I was getting ready to prepare for Memorial Day weekend and found some water in the overhead bunk- It wasn't a lot so I started looking for where it might have gotten in- I found the Overhead seem along the passenger side above the door to have a loose seem of calk- great- so I peel at it a bit and push in it and found quite a bit of moisture- after taking some screws out and breaking about 2-3 feet of caulk seem I have a bit of water coming and out and looks like a little separation between the layers below the filon-

I am in a bit of a quandary here- do I try to fix them myself- or pay a local shop to do this- I think have the ability but would like some guidance here- our RV is a 2008 Winnebago 24' Access, we plan on keeping it a long time. I'd like everyone;s take on this- should I repair it myself- or should I find someone on the SouthSide of seattle to do this for me- I am in kent and really don't care for most of the RV shops local to me- but I am open to suggestions.

This hits me in the gut pretty hard as I think we need to cancel our weekend camping plans to let this dry out.

I posted these with tinypic and setup with 640x480- hopefully these are the right size





22 Replies

  • My opinion's free so you get what you pay for. My theory is the RV shop would just patch it and make it look good and you would pay a premium. Since you appear to have good skills and diagnosed where it was leaking and have a vested interest in a quality repair, I think I would do it myself. Hopefully folks with some experience will chime in with suggestions and you can take the best from those suggestions and make a quality repair, most likely much better than a dealer.

    Joe
  • I would get a dealer to do a pressure test ($100.00) while I watched so you can fix the leak first, then do the repairs
    Good Luck