Did some damage to the TT

cbshoestring wrote:
Sorry for your BOO - BOO.

Am I seeing this correctly...the metal channel is screwed to the trailer, then the rubber gasket seals it up????

Yes, I am trying to learn from your mis-fortune.

The front, bottom of my trailer is seperating a bit, and I am planning on removing the trim, then re-chaulking where the siding goes under the trim. Mine looks as if the siding is too short in that area....I was kinda hoping the corner trim could be "tightened" up. Looks like it may do just that....judging by what our autopsy revealed.

Can anyone tell me how hard it is to slide the rubber seal out of it's channel? Sure wouldn't want to tear it.

The vinyl strip can be easily just pulled up and out of the track.

But I would recommend for ease of installation and to prevent you from tearing all your hair out just by a new roll of vinyl insert.. You can typically find that at any RV dealer.

New vinyl insert will be much more flexible which will make installing considerably easier.

Don't forget to get some new butyl caulking rope from the RV dealer and replace all the old stuff that was under the strip.

The metal strip can be bent back into shape once you have it off but it may not look like new anymore. If needed your RV dealer should have or be able to get new corner molding.

And from my observation of your pix I would also agree you have some damp rotted wood under that corner.. Good chance you might have to replace some of the corner wood..

At the min, you will need to fix all the holes where the screws go since you will have stripped the wood in the holes. Toothpicks and glue inserted into the screw holes is often a decent fix for stripped out wood holes.

I would also recommend you pull the remaining three corners and replace the caulking.. This is an often overlooked maintenance item along with the trim strips along the roof line (they may also be in need of new caulking and removal of the trim strips is the best way to do that.