Water Heater Leaking & Floor Damage
I blew a tire this weekend, one of the rear ones, and in the process the tread came off and did quite a bit of damage the undercarriage my RV. In specific, it was somehow able to damage the water hea...
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Old-Biscuit wrote:
RV sub-floors are like sponges when it comes to water.
They absorb the water and then swell up and then fall apart.
When you get the sub-floor exposed......you will then be able to determine amount of damage from the water.
Had a fitting on water heater line crack....filled living room and kitchen with over 1" of standing water.
Immediately ripped carpet and linoleum out and was able to save main sub-floor.
Missed one spot in corner of main slide out.
Found it the next day....too late! Sub-floor was completely swelled up and like mush.
Main slide out had to be removed and new sub-floor installed.
Almost $7000 in repairs
NO...RV sub-floors and water DON'T get along very well.
This is one thing that really ticks me off about many RV's. We spend so much money on them, and they use PARTICLE BOARD or the like for floors. Why not just heavy duty plywood? Spend $50 more on the floor...
Drives me nuts.
