punctured epidermis/water intrusion/UPDATE

joerg68 wrote:

jefe4x4 wrote:
I should say, too, that there was NO water intrusion in the living side of the camper

Yes, but (unfortunately) that is the way it normally goes. The inside is covered in some plastic which is quite waterproof. If you could see the water intrusion from the inside, you would probably act much sooner.

You know all the typical places where campers rot - water will run downhill, and if it can not get out, it will accumulate. Chances are that the lower part of your cabover framing is soaked, along with the insulation between. Personally, I would take off the corner molding at the lower corners of the cabover and peel back the siding. That should be easy to do on your camper. The aluminum siding is - at most - stapled to the frame.

If you find water inside, you can let the camper sit open like that for a while until it dries. If it is dry... well, just re-attach and go camping.

It will not dry any time soon if you do not give it some air to breathe.

The water may have run down all the way to the camper floor, along the front bulkhead.

Best of luck, and wishing for a dry camper,
Joerg

Sorry to hear of the leakage.

I second what Joerg says as I have seen how far water spreads and how long it stays wet when it gets between the outer and inner skins of a camper - in my case it was the roof (you remember my rebuild). Joerg has even more experience in this respect - somewhere there are the pictures of "The Bog Queen" - the camper before the one on his signature.

Steve.