Newbie question #1 fixing leak damage
Hello all,
I recently purchased a used toy hauler style travel trailer. We will be taking it out next weekend and spent the day today making sure all the systems work. While sanitizing the water tank I realized there was a leak in the plumbing. The leak is under/behind the kitchen sink in a difficult to reach spot. Best I can tell it is coming from the "city" water connection on the backside where the water line connects to the filler compartment.
In any case it was dripping there for a couple hours before it started coming out from where the propane line penetrates the floor to go to the hot water heater. The wood piece that runs along the bottom of the wall framing (I would call this a sill plate if it were a house) is soaked for a couple feet in either direction the best I can tell. I will pull the water hook-up panel off tomorrow and get in there to fix the leak but is there anything I can do about the soaked wood? It's not really in a place where I can let it air out unless I want to pull out the cabinets or pull off the siding. Luckily because I was sanitizing the tank there was bleach in the water so I don't think anything will grow (i.e. mildew) but was more worried about wet rot/water damage.
Thanks,
Eric
I recently purchased a used toy hauler style travel trailer. We will be taking it out next weekend and spent the day today making sure all the systems work. While sanitizing the water tank I realized there was a leak in the plumbing. The leak is under/behind the kitchen sink in a difficult to reach spot. Best I can tell it is coming from the "city" water connection on the backside where the water line connects to the filler compartment.
In any case it was dripping there for a couple hours before it started coming out from where the propane line penetrates the floor to go to the hot water heater. The wood piece that runs along the bottom of the wall framing (I would call this a sill plate if it were a house) is soaked for a couple feet in either direction the best I can tell. I will pull the water hook-up panel off tomorrow and get in there to fix the leak but is there anything I can do about the soaked wood? It's not really in a place where I can let it air out unless I want to pull out the cabinets or pull off the siding. Luckily because I was sanitizing the tank there was bleach in the water so I don't think anything will grow (i.e. mildew) but was more worried about wet rot/water damage.
Thanks,
Eric
