Flooded my new Laredo
We bought a new '14 Laredo 274RB about 3 weeks ago. Sunday night after washing it I decided to fill the fresh tank for the first time as we are going on a dry camping outing this weekend. As I stoo...
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We woke up one morning to over 2" of standing water in our 5vr living/kitchen.
Water was pouring out under the slideouts/under entry door and had flooded our site plus one other.........obviously water had run for several hours.
At first we used a squeegee.......then a wet vac. 20 gallon wet vac that we filled/dumped 3X.
Decided that best to yank carpet/linoleum......afraid of water damage to sub-floor.
Sub-floor was damp but dried quickly using fans, running furnace, windows/door open.........air movement.
Not one bit of problem with sub-floor.
BUT did have an issue with one area of slide out flooring.
The carpet in slideouts didn't feel wet so we concentrated on the main living area flloring.
Well should have checked slideout flooring better.......one corner had pooled water under the carpet & barrier. That area of flooring swoll up and then crumbed into a large gaping hole.
Whole floor in slideout had to be replaced. That's a whole different game.
Good chances it would have been OK also....IF we had properly addressed it sooner.
Sorry for your issue. It sounds like you have minimized your potential for damage BUT.........
Sub-floor needs to be exposed and dried out.
Water was pouring out under the slideouts/under entry door and had flooded our site plus one other.........obviously water had run for several hours.
At first we used a squeegee.......then a wet vac. 20 gallon wet vac that we filled/dumped 3X.
Decided that best to yank carpet/linoleum......afraid of water damage to sub-floor.
Sub-floor was damp but dried quickly using fans, running furnace, windows/door open.........air movement.
Not one bit of problem with sub-floor.
BUT did have an issue with one area of slide out flooring.
The carpet in slideouts didn't feel wet so we concentrated on the main living area flloring.
Well should have checked slideout flooring better.......one corner had pooled water under the carpet & barrier. That area of flooring swoll up and then crumbed into a large gaping hole.
Whole floor in slideout had to be replaced. That's a whole different game.
Good chances it would have been OK also....IF we had properly addressed it sooner.
Sorry for your issue. It sounds like you have minimized your potential for damage BUT.........
Sub-floor needs to be exposed and dried out.
