underbelly is wet

DutchmenSport wrote:
Right after we purchased our Springdale, I was filling the black tank to flush it out. I have this round thing that slips in the toilet valve (bottom) and keep it from closing so the water will continue running. Well, I got carried away and forgot about the water running, and the wife started yelling ... WATER! WATER! WATER! Sure enough, the toilet overflowed and water running all over the floor.

We got it cleaned up, but unfortunately water also leaded through the walls, under the floor and into the underbelly where it pooled. Yuck. How do you get that out?

Got the trailer home and I used a screwdriver and punched one hole in the fabric-cloth-rubber underbelly "thing" and water started pouring out. I left it that way for an entire day until nothing dripped any more.

I then went inside the camper and took 2 of the floor vents for the furnace off, twisted the metal conduit so hot air would blow under the floor, and then placed heavy pillows on the top of all vents so the air was forced under the floor.

I cranked up the furnace, opened all the windows, and let it run for about 6 hours full throttle... OK I used up some propane. But with all the heat blowing under the floor (and the underside looked like a baloon ready to pop), it dried out completely. Also, I found every tiny place where air was blowing out from under the underbelly, marked it, and later went back and sealed up those spots.

The air blowing through the insulation like that, dried everything out, bone dry. I then took some gorilla type tape and simply taped the hole back up where I punched through the liner. Never had another problem, and I learned to always attend the toilet when breaking camp!