Leak issue with my toy hauler-help!
I have a leak in front right corner of my Attitude 26FSAK-Been there since I bought it. I have owned several travel trailers, I know leaks are VERY BAD. I go to great lengths to have 0 leaks. I...
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"I see your roof slopes downward at the front. While this trailer is parked level, the water sheds downward over that front seam (where the roof meets the front cap). Those front seams should be lapped like a roof on a house, allowing water to shed off the roof. It should be done this way in case there is a crack in that front seam
Dicor covering.
On one of my RV's this seam was overlapped in the opposite direction thinking they had to shed water as the RV was traveling down the road into the wind. Don't ask me why, i have no idea what they were thinking.
After taking that leaky one apart to re-lap it like a house roof , I placed Eternabond tape on all my roof seams and around my vents. No more leaks. "
Actually, you are correct. First, it is Aluminum sided; second, yes, the siding overlaps the Dicor rubber roof in the front (seam is on roof), and water does pool in ridge created by overlap. It is buried in what seems to be liquid filler of some sort, and does appear to be sealed. But you are right, is counter-intuitive! I just dont know how to find ingress or how one might solve this issue;
Dicor covering.
On one of my RV's this seam was overlapped in the opposite direction thinking they had to shed water as the RV was traveling down the road into the wind. Don't ask me why, i have no idea what they were thinking.
After taking that leaky one apart to re-lap it like a house roof , I placed Eternabond tape on all my roof seams and around my vents. No more leaks. "
Actually, you are correct. First, it is Aluminum sided; second, yes, the siding overlaps the Dicor rubber roof in the front (seam is on roof), and water does pool in ridge created by overlap. It is buried in what seems to be liquid filler of some sort, and does appear to be sealed. But you are right, is counter-intuitive! I just dont know how to find ingress or how one might solve this issue;
