Chalet with a rotted basement floor
I'm looking for information and causes from others (especially Chalet owners) that have experienced a failure of their TC basement floor from rot (from being wet or dry rot?). I have a 2012 Chalet TS...
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sorry to read about your problem.
I'd like to ask about something:
Did you or the dealer add bump-stops to the front of the bulkhead to keep the camper from pushing into the front wall of the trucks bed?
When Jim Allen was the head of Customer service at Lance Campers he told me that the biggest reason for rot like your campers (and most expensive to repair) was when people added bump stops with lag bolts and the lag bolts punctured the water tank... the leak was slow enough to not be noticed, and steady enough to keep the bottom and lower front of the bulkhead wet 24/7. Within 2 years there would be so much rot that the structural integrity was comprimised. The owner was responsible for paying for all of the repairs,
And I'd like to suggest:
Map your external rot as much as possible... there might be more than you think.
Take an Ice pick and press it into the wood, it will go in easily where rotted (limit your push to about 3/4") It will barely go if there is no rot.
Best of luck,
Sleepy
I'd like to ask about something:
Did you or the dealer add bump-stops to the front of the bulkhead to keep the camper from pushing into the front wall of the trucks bed?
When Jim Allen was the head of Customer service at Lance Campers he told me that the biggest reason for rot like your campers (and most expensive to repair) was when people added bump stops with lag bolts and the lag bolts punctured the water tank... the leak was slow enough to not be noticed, and steady enough to keep the bottom and lower front of the bulkhead wet 24/7. Within 2 years there would be so much rot that the structural integrity was comprimised. The owner was responsible for paying for all of the repairs,
And I'd like to suggest:
Map your external rot as much as possible... there might be more than you think.
Take an Ice pick and press it into the wood, it will go in easily where rotted (limit your push to about 3/4") It will barely go if there is no rot.
Best of luck,
Sleepy
