Roof Collapse around A/C - Now leaking
We've purchased our Rockwood TT new 7 years ago. We have been very happy. We were at Halloween campout this weekend in the rain and had a substantial leak at the air conditioner. I took off the co...
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RoyB wrote:
Usually all you find is the 14-inch by 14-inch hole supported through the entire roof opening. The roof mounted air conditioner top section is sandwiched to the bottom section with only four long bolts and a gasket. If the four long bolts got loose you may have got water damage into the center of the ceiling around the top air conditioner housing...
I know on my POPUP trailer ceiling I have two metal support beams that runs from one side of the roof to the other.
All I see on my fifth wheel trailer is just a wood support frame around the 14-inch by 14-inch hole. In the fifth wheel I have a built-in air duct cut out using the foam sprayed into the ceiling. I have pulled down the ceiling ducts and run RG cables thru theses ducts to get signal from end of the trailer to the other...
Hard to get my directions from your photo...
Roy Ken
This leads me to believe there really should have been some type of support structure there. My 4 bolts are tight. It is sandwiching the gasket to the roof. The problem is the only thing holding the roof is a piece of plywood. The hole that was cut in the plywood went across a seam between sheets of plywood and now there is no cross support to hold the plywood up. The plywood has bent down and the gasket can't make up the gap from one piece of plywood which has held up well to the next that is bending down from the pressure.
Given that I have the identical problem on both sides, it really seems like a design or manufacturing defect.
I'll call my local dealer tomorrow and see what they have to say before I try to come up with my own repair. Thanks for all the help and guidance.
Steve
