Possible solution to wood rot
The constant enemy of campers is water and the resulting wood rot. I've read here of people having water damage to their campers even when it is only a few years old. Even though many manufacturers us...
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Freep wrote:Kayteg1 wrote:
What composite? Most of them are not as strong as wood.
Carbon fiber reinforced polymer, for example. It's lighter than wood and stronger than steel.
Can you buy 1x4 made with it?
This is how boats are build and looks like Hallmark is using it on smaller units, but it is not cheap technology.
I see newer campers coming with whole front nose molded with fiberglass, so that is positive, but I think aluminium frames will be more popular .
I shop around for swimming pool this year and the pools molded at the factory with fiberglass are coming more expensive, than custom build concrete pool.
I laminated lot of dryrot on my camper already, so to some degree I am using it. ;)
