One of our children left the bathroom spigot running all night and our gray tank over flowed. We woke up to an inch of water throughout the entire trailer. Any suggestions of it it would be salvageable. We cleaned up all the water we could and put fans and a dehumidifier in as soon as we got it home.

Keep the air moving and the dehumidifiers going. There is nothing set in stone that says a flooded trailer will be a total loss. If the water sat on top of the vinyl sheet flooring and drained out the door opening (typical) you may have dodged a bullet.I'd suggest that you inspect underneath the RV and the bottom of the flooring. In some cases water enters this area and saturates insulation or soaks the floor material. You want to remove any water soaked insulation and get fans going underneath to prevent the growth of mold and mildew. What I would do is spray all surfaces that were wet with a mildewcide just for the added abatement of molds and such. You might get by with diluted bleach/water but there are better products out there.You may wish to inspect your gray water drain system, also. There is a vent that may be plugged or positioned too far into the tank. An air admittance valve may have failed, also.

You will just have to wait and see, now. If it's a lino covered floor, you stand a good chance of recovery. These things do happen, so, you are not the first. Let the equipment runs for a couple days, see what gives after that. Opened the door and windows too, right?Gary Haupt

Mold in the insulation under the flooring would be my concern. I would pull the bottom covering and check the insulation as you may need to replace it if saturated.

Some trailers will drain where the floor meets the walls, check all compartments under the trailer skirt and if they are wet clean out and air dry as much as possible, also open all floor cabinets and drawers to check for dampness, the vinyl floor may turn up at the edges and corners, otherwise if you are not living in it put a heater on, not the cabin heater, that creates too much humidity, that is what you are trying to eliminate.On the carpet rent a carpet cleaner to suck the moisture out of the carpet or use a dry-wet vac for this.Good luck, it is not too bad, it did not sit in a river full of silt and who knows what for several days.navegator

One other step to those already mentioned. Turn on the air conditioner and turn the thermostat down far enough that the compressor runs as much as possible. It makes a great dehumidifier. When we had a flood in our house, the mitigation company turned our AC down to 60 to keep it running.If you have any carpet, either pull it back to expose the pad and bottom or the carpet, or completely remove it. Pull any base trim you have in order to allow the water to evaporate.Also, you might want to check with a company such as Servpro. They specialize in water clean up, and this might be the way to go if you have insurance. I'm not sure if they'll work on RVs, but it's worth a shot.

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Crowe
Explorer
May 27, 2015
That's great news! Enjoy the summer!

BTW, I would make sure you have pictures of all the damage so there's no "he said she said" when repairs are made.
jmmrda
Explorer
May 27, 2015
Rv shop said we got it dried out fast enough that there is no structural damage. The damage is all cosmetic. They are going to replace the bottom parts of the lower cabinets and a few other things. Insurance is covering most of it! The shop won't take on such a big job until the fall, so we got it back and will be able to use it for our scheduled trips! Learned a very valuable lesson.
path1
Explorer
May 14, 2015
Thanks for update...keep us posted
jmmrda
Explorer
May 14, 2015
We dropped the trailer off at the dealer Monday night. We are still waiting to hear from the insurance company and the dealer to see if it can be repaired.
rondeb
Explorer
May 13, 2015
happened to us and the insurance sent a water rescue company. They set up huge fans and a humidifier cut out the carpet took about 4 days to totally dry, but water got under the lino so insurance replaced carpet and lino.
Lantley
Nomad
May 11, 2015
n7bsn wrote:
Lantley wrote:
GaryWT wrote:
Hard lesson learned but a good reason to leave the grey tank open. Hope the insurance company comes through for you. I know I would be sick if this happened.

I would not leave my gray tank open due to this mishap. Bad things can also happen by leaving the tanks exposed to the CG sewer.....

For example?

I'd love to hear at least one real reason.

Sewer Flies are one reason. They live in the can live sewer lines. If your tank valve is left open there is nothing to stop them from infesting Your RV. Google it if you like. It happens.
A 2nd more critical issue is if the CG sewer backs up. Raw sewage can back into your RV and overflow your gray tank creating an unimaginable nasty mess. Again this happens as well.
I agree both examples are rare. However they are legit possibilities that have happened before and will happen again.
Overflowing a sink/grey tank via a running faucet is also a rare occurrence that has happened before and will happen again.
I cannot control if a CG sewer has sewer flies or other insects in it, nor can I control if the CG sewer overflows.
But I can keep my valves shut to prevent any back flow issues. Hopefully I can discipline my kids to completely turn water off.
I prefer to take my chances with the kids and freshwater.
If you think flooding the RV with an inch of fresh water is bad. Consider flooding the RV with raw sewage:E
Bobbo
Explorer II
May 11, 2015
DW did that in our MH last June. We were lucky that the water was limited to the bathroom floor, not the whole RV. We sopped up as much water as we could with towels, then put a fan blowing across the floor for a week. I can't tell any damage that was done.
n7bsn
Explorer
May 11, 2015
Lantley wrote:
GaryWT wrote:
Hard lesson learned but a good reason to leave the grey tank open. Hope the insurance company comes through for you. I know I would be sick if this happened.

I would not leave my gray tank open due to this mishap. Bad things can also happen by leaving the tanks exposed to the CG sewer.....

For example?

I'd love to hear at least one real reason.
n7bsn
Explorer
May 11, 2015
If the cabinets are warped, don't be surprised the insurance co totals the rig.

Repairs (labor cost) can easily exceed the value of a rig.
path1
Explorer
May 11, 2015
Terryallan wrote:
jmmrda wrote:
Sadly, this was our first trip with a new to us 2011 trailer. The cabinets are all warped already. Going to call our insurance company tomorrow and see what they say.

But don't lie to them, as someone suggested. Tell them exactly what happened. It will be covered any way.

WOW went back and re-read my posting, look at the edited post.

Should clear any suggestion about lying to them.

Lying is the last thing you want to do.

Op's flooded trailer was sudden and accidental. It was not a leak over a prolong period of time. Any adjuster should be able to determine that.

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