JJBIRISH wrote:
Sea Dog wrote:
Tinindian12 wrote:
I have a brand new keystone with a leaky slide seal. Face it folks the warrantys just cover the bandaids. Just want to get you thru so that you are on your own.
Most oem warrantys are laughable if you read the fine print. Trust me I do contracts for a living.
It may not be your slide seal.
I have a Keystone Springdale,
Every rain, the carpet under the couch at the rear of the slide became soaked.
Long story short,
I finaly realized that the water runs down the outside of the slide
and "wicks" in under the wall onto the carpet.
If you think this could be your problem,
I will be happy to give a more detailed explanation
of my inexpensive and simple cure.
this is a much bigger problem than most realize… for some reason RV mfg. think the siding doesn’t need to cover the entire side…
so what was the cure???
I noticed that the ends of the slide are flush with the floor.
This, of course facilitates the slide being able to retract.
Anyway, the water was running down and instead of dripping off,
it was going around under and apparently able to seep in between the floor and wall.
As you know the carpet is installed before the walls are attached.
I found a section of the vetical blind used on patio doors,
attached with Duct Tape the length of the end, including
behind the slide seal.
I had the material hang down a couple of inches, so that the water could not crawl up and in.
Of course before retracting the slide, this plastic strip
must be removed.
No problem for us as we are set up permanent.
We have not had one drop of water in two years since I went to this method.
May not be for everyone,
sure worked for us!
