Water Leak, Repair Update Feb 12th
Well, here we go again. Back in 2013 I found a leak that was deteriorating the slide out floor, so I undertook those repairs. I had a thread on here but couldn't find it again to give you a link, bu...
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Hi Don,
That top opening is problem 1. The water can sneak down between the inside seal and the outside seal and then has access to sneak in around the slide floor and into the basement of the camper. Any you may not see it inside the camper. Well until the floor rots out...
However this still does not look right down at the bottom. I'll call this problem number 2.
Now that you know you have a hole up top, it seems the front side slide seal dropped down. You can see it in that picture with it being below the aluminum slide flange molding.
But.... there is that slit in the seal right at the bottom of the slide floor. My take, that slit in the wiper is not supposed to be there. And if the whole seal dropped down, then that slit will be about 2" higher up the side of the slide. Still not good.
Can you fill in some missing pieces of the puzzle on how that slit shown at the floor line ended up in the seal? Does the rear slide side seal have that same slit and where is it located?
Ideally there is no slit so water running down the seal will break tension at the very bottom and fall to the ground, not at the slide floor line. That slit at the floor line in my mind is bad news and a potential for water to wick onto the back side of the wiper and then wick where ever it can back there.
On slide seal screws, my slide seal is a combo bulb and wiper seal. But it has screws in the seal into the end of the aluminum slide flange to keep it from coming out or down.
Here is the bottom
Here at the top are 2 screws. One in the vertical before the corner and one after the corner in the horizontal. In my case, the seal is continuous and not cut like yours going around the corner. I only slit the wiper part and not the bulb part. Different seal setup then your but just showing the screws.
You can see here the screw head. The issue was the factory did not bury it behind the bulb good enough and over time the screw head beat through the rubber bulb when the slide closed. Granted it took several years for the head to come through, but the other locations it did not when the screw was placed better.
Point: Take care when adding your screws so the heads do not beat into the flange on the end of the slide room when the slide is closed so over time damage does not occur on the seal rubber.
Hope this helps
John
That top opening is problem 1. The water can sneak down between the inside seal and the outside seal and then has access to sneak in around the slide floor and into the basement of the camper. Any you may not see it inside the camper. Well until the floor rots out...
However this still does not look right down at the bottom. I'll call this problem number 2.
Now that you know you have a hole up top, it seems the front side slide seal dropped down. You can see it in that picture with it being below the aluminum slide flange molding.
But.... there is that slit in the seal right at the bottom of the slide floor. My take, that slit in the wiper is not supposed to be there. And if the whole seal dropped down, then that slit will be about 2" higher up the side of the slide. Still not good.
Can you fill in some missing pieces of the puzzle on how that slit shown at the floor line ended up in the seal? Does the rear slide side seal have that same slit and where is it located?
Ideally there is no slit so water running down the seal will break tension at the very bottom and fall to the ground, not at the slide floor line. That slit at the floor line in my mind is bad news and a potential for water to wick onto the back side of the wiper and then wick where ever it can back there.
On slide seal screws, my slide seal is a combo bulb and wiper seal. But it has screws in the seal into the end of the aluminum slide flange to keep it from coming out or down.
Here is the bottom
Here at the top are 2 screws. One in the vertical before the corner and one after the corner in the horizontal. In my case, the seal is continuous and not cut like yours going around the corner. I only slit the wiper part and not the bulb part. Different seal setup then your but just showing the screws.
You can see here the screw head. The issue was the factory did not bury it behind the bulb good enough and over time the screw head beat through the rubber bulb when the slide closed. Granted it took several years for the head to come through, but the other locations it did not when the screw was placed better.
Point: Take care when adding your screws so the heads do not beat into the flange on the end of the slide room when the slide is closed so over time damage does not occur on the seal rubber.
Hope this helps
John
