Water...please tell me it's gonna be ok!

samhain7 wrote:
I am new to trailering..but I can tell you this. If it were a house, you dry up,the water immediately, put a fan and dehumidifier on it, and all is good. Mold needs constant moisture to do serious damage.

I agree with this, too. We've had a "flood" and once it was dried up, it didn't get moldy. IF your underbelly has insulation, you may want to see if you can get to it to dry it out.

PS -- reminds me of when my folks borrowed my old MH. Brought it home after 2 days and told me there was a "stink" in the holding tanks....they'd poured 3 gallons of chemicals in it but the stink was still there. ???? I'd cleaned it out...couldn't figure it out. I asked if it was possibly LP they were smelling. My step dad informed me that LP doesn't have a smell (yeah, right --- I know -- he was wrong). SO, since he delivered it to my house, I waited till I got off work and opened the door. OMG.....they'd left 2 burners ON and not LIT, the smell of propane dang near knocked me on my a$$. I reached under the rig and turned it off. They had NO idea they'd turned on the burners without lighting the burner!!!!!!! (and yes, I HAD told them it didn't have an electronic ignition). They had driven it 250 miles to bring it home!!!!!!! That was the last time I let anyone use my rig.......:)

Although it's kind of a pain I would pull the underbelly and take a look. Or at least pull the corner where it was dripping out and see how wet it is. You might get lucky and only have to replace a corner of the insulation.

Honestly though a roll of insulation from Home Depot is $13. You could pull the underbelly, let it dry for a week and then put new insulation in and put the screws back in. It really isn't that big of a job once you get started.

I am new to trailering..but I can tell you this. If it were a house, you dry up,the water immediately, put a fan and dehumidifier on it, and all is good. Mold needs constant moisture to do serious damage.

Water fitting blew off on backside of our water heater while we were sleeping.......water ran for hours, flooded kitchen/living room area, down into basement storage compartment and into underbelly

For the underbelly.....I unscrewed the rear portion across back of 5th wheel and the front portion across the front of 5th wheel......stuck 2 fans in rear and let them blow for 2 days then sealed it back up. NO issues.

Insulation in our underbelly is foil/bubble/foil....doesn't absorb water

Good luck!

You will likely have to remove the underbelly covering and all the insulation as it is probably soaked and mold will be growing in that. Plus the underside of the floor is probably wet also and it will be a real problem later if not dried out asap. Good luck to you sir.