RV Construction
Anyone who has followed my post know that I am quite opinionated especially on RV construction and the short cuts/cost cuts various manufactures take. Over in a different part of this forum, I ran ...
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theoldwizard1 wrote:valhalla360 wrote:
As long as you keep it dry, wood has far better strength to weight ratio and fatigue loading characteristics. As long as you keep it dry it will last for decades.
I will not argue with those statements. It seems very odd to me that Coachmen would brag about Azdel sidewall with aluminum studs and rigid insulation and then go back to wood studs, luan and fiberglass for the back wall ! Classic "we can save a buck because no one will read the fine print" about Azdel only used on the sidewalls !valhalla360 wrote:
For a weight sensitive item like an RV, that strength to weight ratio really makes a difference.
If it really was about strength to weight, they would use wood studs, luan and fiberglass in the sidewalls also !
They know that azdel is advertising more than anything else. 95% of buyers have sold the unit long before water damage is likely and the ones that do get stuck with it, likely were not going to be repeat buyers in the first place.
Or course a lot of composites fail when they get soggy and freeze, so no guarantees.
You can always buy an airstream...the shells last forever...of course the cost of gutting them and redoing the interior after it's 20yrs old isn't very cost effective.
