Introducing myself and my project
Hello everyone! Can I be an honorary truck-camper-ite? I have been reading voraciously on rvnet for a few months, and I feel most at home here in the TC section, although my rig is not exactly a ...
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Thanks, realter. Unfortunately that forum seems to be all Class B's,and the issues are very different. I felt that what I am working with, and my style of camping, fit this forum more accurately.
Thanks free radical! I wasn't referring to foam boards, actually. I was thinking of using flexible closed cell mats sold as sleeping pads. You know the ones I mean?
In house construction, the emphasis is on preventing condensation and rot by making sure that the outer surface (the underside of a roof, or the inside of an exterior wall) has air flowing against it. The rule is that you assume that moisture will be there -- either from condensation or leakage -- and you plan for how it can dry out. You never try to seal it out completely because that is not realistic. Water vapor gets in anywhere, and it needs a path to get out quickly.
Is this different in campers? I have general impression that campers tend to have a lot of moisture and rot issues, and that this is often because the design does not allow for airflow. But have I got that all wrong?
I have been doing a lot of googling, but have not really hit on a good search string. I find a lot of projects built by people who are, shall we say, a bit clueless ;). Maybe I need to look at industrial design? Or, since commercial RVs are not built to last 100 years, the way good S&B are, do their designers not care much about moisture as long as it's not visible?
Thanks free radical! I wasn't referring to foam boards, actually. I was thinking of using flexible closed cell mats sold as sleeping pads. You know the ones I mean?
In house construction, the emphasis is on preventing condensation and rot by making sure that the outer surface (the underside of a roof, or the inside of an exterior wall) has air flowing against it. The rule is that you assume that moisture will be there -- either from condensation or leakage -- and you plan for how it can dry out. You never try to seal it out completely because that is not realistic. Water vapor gets in anywhere, and it needs a path to get out quickly.
Is this different in campers? I have general impression that campers tend to have a lot of moisture and rot issues, and that this is often because the design does not allow for airflow. But have I got that all wrong?
I have been doing a lot of googling, but have not really hit on a good search string. I find a lot of projects built by people who are, shall we say, a bit clueless ;). Maybe I need to look at industrial design? Or, since commercial RVs are not built to last 100 years, the way good S&B are, do their designers not care much about moisture as long as it's not visible?
