Jayco Jay Flight 28BHBE Fiberglass
Has anyone ever had problems with delamination with these units?
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Since the Jay Flight line now has these fiberglass glued walls along with their traditional screwed framed walls with siding, has put the Jay Flights right below the Eagle line. The White Hawk line has different floorplans, but with the same interior offerings as the Jay Flight line. What is now in the Jay Flight benefit is that you can get laminated/glued fiberglass sidewalls but keeping a real floor with decking and joists opposed to the White Hawks laminated/glued floor. The Jay Flights are built now essentially as the Eagles except with inferior interior offerings.
Looks like the model line now goes in order of Jay Feather, White Hawk, Jay Flight, then top of line Eagle.
I still don't like laminated/glued walls, floors, or roofs, but it's nice to see the offering in a Jay Flight for only ~$1,500. Plus it keeps the floor and roof, wood framed, which are more important structural items.
As to your question, I've seen delamination on NEW Jay Feathers and Eagles, and wouldn't expect any better on the Jay Flights that obviously share the same walls. Just keep an eye out for delamination and pressure test and then seal your unit yearly. Use this as proof that you've kept the unit sealed from water if delamination does occur. On the bright side, people tend to use them for years with delamination, as I've seen. Only a few looked dangerous enough to have the fiberglass sheeting fly off the trailer.
Jay Flights and Starcraft Autumn Ridge (Jayco Clone) models didn't start offering laminated side walls until 2014. So being the first year with these models, there may not be many owners with this laminated wall option.
I love my Jay Flight and guess you will also.
Here's some comparision pics of the 2014 Jay Flight 26BH w/laminated walls vs my 2012 Jay Flight 26BH with Aluminum Siding:
(Yep, that's a 2006 Jay Flight 27BH behind my camper. It's the same floorplan as my more current 2012 26BH)
Looks like the model line now goes in order of Jay Feather, White Hawk, Jay Flight, then top of line Eagle.
I still don't like laminated/glued walls, floors, or roofs, but it's nice to see the offering in a Jay Flight for only ~$1,500. Plus it keeps the floor and roof, wood framed, which are more important structural items.
As to your question, I've seen delamination on NEW Jay Feathers and Eagles, and wouldn't expect any better on the Jay Flights that obviously share the same walls. Just keep an eye out for delamination and pressure test and then seal your unit yearly. Use this as proof that you've kept the unit sealed from water if delamination does occur. On the bright side, people tend to use them for years with delamination, as I've seen. Only a few looked dangerous enough to have the fiberglass sheeting fly off the trailer.
Jay Flights and Starcraft Autumn Ridge (Jayco Clone) models didn't start offering laminated side walls until 2014. So being the first year with these models, there may not be many owners with this laminated wall option.
I love my Jay Flight and guess you will also.
Here's some comparision pics of the 2014 Jay Flight 26BH w/laminated walls vs my 2012 Jay Flight 26BH with Aluminum Siding:
(Yep, that's a 2006 Jay Flight 27BH behind my camper. It's the same floorplan as my more current 2012 26BH)
