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bobnap
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Jan 02, 2019

Water Damage Repair

I went to check on my trailer in storage this weekend and found some water damage in one corner. I found what I believe is the source of the water intrusion and I sealed it up with Dicor. I then ripped away as much of the paneling as required to expose the water damaged area and I tore out the insulation so that I could allow it to dry. It appears that a 2x2 stud in the very corner is totally rotted so I will need to replace that and there are a couple of other portions of studs that are pretty soft that will need to be repaired/sistered. Overall doesn't look too terrible. Since the trailer is almost 14 years old (Jay Flight 31BHS) I am going to see if I can repair it myself along with the assistance of a buddy who does a lot of construction. One thing that looks like it will take a bit of time is that a couple of the studs that will need replacing/repair have wires routed thru holes drilled in them. If I want to replicate that routing I will either need to cut and splice the wiring or try to find where they terminate so that I can pull them back and run them thru holes in the new studs. I'm thinking trying to rerun the wiring might be a little tricky so I wanted to see if anyone had experience dealing with this and what approach they would recommend.

Any and all input is appreciated.

Thanks.

Bob

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  • I would cut and solder the wires and use shrink wrap tubing. If a person could splice the new wire on to the old wire and pull it through the run it would be best. I tried to rerun the speaker wires (Wildwood ran the left channel to the two speakers in the living room and the right channel to the two speakers in the bedroom) but the old ones I could not pull out so I ran new wires.