Assessing water damage in wooden camper
Hi all, brand new 1966 Travel Queen waiting for full assessment. Jacks on order and plan is to get it off the truck once they arrive, but shipping time means it won't happen this weekend. I've read...
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Thanks All! I read through all of your feedback on my way home from work Friday, and have been detailing the inside of the travel queen ever since.
The fair warning and encouragement is awesome!
Dave Pete,
Thanks for the detailed answers.
Ha! I'm in agreement that you are "particular" :) and am so pleased that you are, as the veritable "Haynes Manual" you've created on this forum is the safety net I cling to in case a re-build (full or partial) should ever prove necessary.
Given the collective assessment here, and my time spent going over the interior over the past few days, I will avoid the witch hunt for as long as possible. Yesterday, a few more dark spots were found in the kitchen cabinets, but still nothing that would necessarily question the structural integrity.
Keeping the nails in place is brilliant and certainly adds to the charm. Its a relief to hear the dark spots don't necessarily mean complete failure of the envelope.
Having read your descriptions of the frame elsewhere, my overall impression regarding Travel Queen construction is that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. For that reason I'm not willing to remove a single screw until we get the camper safely on the ground. I did take off a plastic paper towel holder ...hope its safe :).
However, as soon as we land the camper, the exterior clean and seal will begin. The windows, vents and j-trim will be removed with hope of reusing all. However, the idea of using wider j-trim is taking hold pretty quickly.
Once the trim is off, that's the point when Pandora will no longer be able to resist looking under the siding, so there may yet be more on this subject later. :)
Thanks again everyone! I'm definitely in over my head AND still having a good time because I know where to find the answers. :)
The fair warning and encouragement is awesome!
Dave Pete,
Thanks for the detailed answers.
Dave Pete wrote:
The main reasons we didn't use ours as is, and went with a complete rebuild are because...
1) I'm anal, or as I prefer to say, "particular"
Ha! I'm in agreement that you are "particular" :) and am so pleased that you are, as the veritable "Haynes Manual" you've created on this forum is the safety net I cling to in case a re-build (full or partial) should ever prove necessary.
Given the collective assessment here, and my time spent going over the interior over the past few days, I will avoid the witch hunt for as long as possible. Yesterday, a few more dark spots were found in the kitchen cabinets, but still nothing that would necessarily question the structural integrity.
Keeping the nails in place is brilliant and certainly adds to the charm. Its a relief to hear the dark spots don't necessarily mean complete failure of the envelope.
Having read your descriptions of the frame elsewhere, my overall impression regarding Travel Queen construction is that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. For that reason I'm not willing to remove a single screw until we get the camper safely on the ground. I did take off a plastic paper towel holder ...hope its safe :).
However, as soon as we land the camper, the exterior clean and seal will begin. The windows, vents and j-trim will be removed with hope of reusing all. However, the idea of using wider j-trim is taking hold pretty quickly.
Once the trim is off, that's the point when Pandora will no longer be able to resist looking under the siding, so there may yet be more on this subject later. :)
Thanks again everyone! I'm definitely in over my head AND still having a good time because I know where to find the answers. :)
