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perryg70
Explorer
May 20, 2025

Swollen Cabinet Leg

2009 Jayco Eagle 345BHS. As  you are looking at it, lower left side corner piece of refrigerator cabinet is swollen from water at the very bottom about 2-3 inches up from floor. If I tap above it, all the way to the roof, it is solid. I check it after rain storms and there is no water present anywhere that I can see - nothing on floor, or exterior of wood. I took a scope and looked next to fridge and saw nothing there. The only thing above the fridge on the roof is the Norcold roof vent, which I will be checking the cover and seals this weekend. Just curious as to how only the lower section of the wood is swollen and the whole upper section is solid. I can only assume this is the location of the leak? Yes it is particle wood and not a carpenter so can only guess that the water is running down inside the wood but not causing damage to upper section. I did not have a pic of it on my phone but this is another camper like mine. After I stop leak, I was going to cut out the bad part, add a patch with real wood and match color as best as possible. Thanks again.

 

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    • perryg70's avatar
      perryg70
      Explorer

      Have not had the refrigerator on since Sep 2024, last time I used it. Noticed the swelling last week since it was pretty large.

      • way2roll's avatar
        way2roll
        Navigator III

        Then it's a total guess. If you can't figure it out and you have your hands on it, pretty hard to armchair quarterback this one. Leaks are tricky things. You could have a leak in a seal in the front of the roof cap and it not present itself until halfway down the coach. Water could be traveling from rain behind the outside trim piece that meets the floor and coming through, a bin door seal, around a window and inside the wall, etc. On our last FW, I had the smallest hairline hole in the sealant around a window and it presented itself near the floor a few feet away. Looking at pictures of your rv on line, looks like you have a window near the area. 

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