2006 Hallmark Ute rotted wood repair
I'm going to start off my first post by saying I've been perusing this site for sometime, and have learned a lot...espcially lubing Happy Jacks. My wife and I have had this Hallmark Ute for a year....
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Sorry for the delay, I've been waiting for my welder friend to make a steel stand with casters to rest the camper on so I can remove the jacks.
The following are pictures of the RH side being diassembled. During the disassembly, I could see where it would be possible for water to wick into the wood at the top of the walls.
All four walls appear to be rotted to some degree. Right now I'm just disassembling the RH side. My plan is to use composite from http://www.spaceagesynthetics.com/
I've called them and through their manufacturing of prodcts for their customers, they end up with lots of "odds 'n ends" for a very nice price. The only piece that may cost me a few $$ will be the 14ft 3/4"x4" board across the top. There is a small thinner piece attached to this 14 footer. I believe an edge on the fiberglas sheel rests on this thinner piece during assembly.
I currently have the frame loose. A few cabinets were fastened to it along with a part from the top raising mechenism. I only need to remove the screws from the bottom coming up into the wall.
This picture is the soft wall stapled to a small portion of wood that sits just beyound the fiberglas shell. The canvas once stapled will hang over the fiberglas. All of the staples were rusty and most just snapped in half while I was attempting to remove them. I could see were water was wicking in around the staples and into the wood (small blackened dots around the staple holes.)
Here is a photo shot from the front RH side. This is with the fiberglas shell removed. The shell was not attached with any type of adhesive. There were 4-5 screws across the top (most so close to the edge that the shell material was broke out). The area around the "wing?" had some kind of sealer, but the wood was so rotted I couldn't see how the sealer even worked. The wood is exposed to the elements. You can also see the 14ft piece across the top.
This photo is the RH top rear...not much wood left.
Here is the RH rear bottom corner...same sad shape
Here is where the front RH jack was mounted. With a little wrestling, I was able to pull all of the lags without un-screwing them....scary.
Here is the RH bunk exposed...
This is where the bunk meets the front of the side wall...
That's all for now. I do believe that prior to reattaching the canvas to the new "wood", I'm going to lay a pice of waterproof tape from the top of the wood frame down and overlapping the fiberglas shell a small amount. This should keep water from leaking up (wind-driven)under the canvas and onto the wood.
The following are pictures of the RH side being diassembled. During the disassembly, I could see where it would be possible for water to wick into the wood at the top of the walls.
All four walls appear to be rotted to some degree. Right now I'm just disassembling the RH side. My plan is to use composite from http://www.spaceagesynthetics.com/
I've called them and through their manufacturing of prodcts for their customers, they end up with lots of "odds 'n ends" for a very nice price. The only piece that may cost me a few $$ will be the 14ft 3/4"x4" board across the top. There is a small thinner piece attached to this 14 footer. I believe an edge on the fiberglas sheel rests on this thinner piece during assembly.
I currently have the frame loose. A few cabinets were fastened to it along with a part from the top raising mechenism. I only need to remove the screws from the bottom coming up into the wall.
This picture is the soft wall stapled to a small portion of wood that sits just beyound the fiberglas shell. The canvas once stapled will hang over the fiberglas. All of the staples were rusty and most just snapped in half while I was attempting to remove them. I could see were water was wicking in around the staples and into the wood (small blackened dots around the staple holes.)
Here is a photo shot from the front RH side. This is with the fiberglas shell removed. The shell was not attached with any type of adhesive. There were 4-5 screws across the top (most so close to the edge that the shell material was broke out). The area around the "wing?" had some kind of sealer, but the wood was so rotted I couldn't see how the sealer even worked. The wood is exposed to the elements. You can also see the 14ft piece across the top.
This photo is the RH top rear...not much wood left.
Here is the RH rear bottom corner...same sad shape
Here is where the front RH jack was mounted. With a little wrestling, I was able to pull all of the lags without un-screwing them....scary.
Here is the RH bunk exposed...
This is where the bunk meets the front of the side wall...
That's all for now. I do believe that prior to reattaching the canvas to the new "wood", I'm going to lay a pice of waterproof tape from the top of the wood frame down and overlapping the fiberglas shell a small amount. This should keep water from leaking up (wind-driven)under the canvas and onto the wood.
