A reminder to check your TT for leaks.
I recently discovered that my trailer has been leaking thru the front trim pieces on the corners.This is my fault for not checking more often and keeping up with maintenance.My trailer is metal sided ...
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Seal and caulk inspection is certainly a do-it-yourself thing, not a trust a dealer to do it thing. It not only protects your investment, it adds resale value when you sell it. Rotten units don't bring much and severe rot from seal failure can be a trip to the landfill instead of a resale.
Seal maintenance is stone simple. Seal failure isn't.
Even a brand new unit off the showroom floor can have compromised seals from poor factory prep and I don't know of any dealers who check the seals prior to selling a unit. If there are any please post it.
When I bought my unit new in 2015, the outside shower had no caulk whatsoever. It does now. I pulled the unit completely out of the sidewall, applied a bead of Dicor and reinstalled it. If I had left it alone, water would have gotten in, delaminated the Filon and probably initiated a rot issue.
Clearance lights are another area where the factory is lax about sealing. I replaced all my clearance light bulbs with LED bulbs and completely sealed the lights to the roof and then sealed the lenses to the mounting pads. The LED bulbs will last the life of the unit so replacement is not necessary. Standard clearance lights all have a weep hole in the lens and the factory can install them upside down, a sure place for water to get in. Complete sealing and LED bulbs totally eliminate that issue forever.
Seal maintenance is stone simple. Seal failure isn't.
Even a brand new unit off the showroom floor can have compromised seals from poor factory prep and I don't know of any dealers who check the seals prior to selling a unit. If there are any please post it.
When I bought my unit new in 2015, the outside shower had no caulk whatsoever. It does now. I pulled the unit completely out of the sidewall, applied a bead of Dicor and reinstalled it. If I had left it alone, water would have gotten in, delaminated the Filon and probably initiated a rot issue.
Clearance lights are another area where the factory is lax about sealing. I replaced all my clearance light bulbs with LED bulbs and completely sealed the lights to the roof and then sealed the lenses to the mounting pads. The LED bulbs will last the life of the unit so replacement is not necessary. Standard clearance lights all have a weep hole in the lens and the factory can install them upside down, a sure place for water to get in. Complete sealing and LED bulbs totally eliminate that issue forever.
