Help! Water sloshing under gel siding

agesilaus wrote:
I would quickly drill a few small holes at the bottom of that panel

You can seal them with epoxy putty latter

Thanks. I did and it seems to be empty now.

CA Traveler wrote:
Have you carefully checked the inside for moisture? Especially where the wall and floor meet at the delam areas. I would certainly expect that dry rot has already started.

If you are going to salvage this RV you need to get it completely dry and leaks repaired. You are faced with a lot of work or dollars or salvage. If not the latter then immediately get the rig to an enclosed area out of the rain.

The formula: moisture + wood + no air circulation = dry rot! :( :( :(

Thanks for some tips and things to check. The most I can say I've done is pushing on the interior walls looking for soft spots. The couch is where the slide delam is and I don't feel any soft spots. The area where water actually was is a much harder area to check because its where a cabinet is. My plan was to reno before it turned into salvage lol. I completely agree with fixing the root cause which will require a lot of tear down and some level of rebuild. I was looking at some remodel docs people have done but not too much out there where they go down to studs... This one seem to also be the outside.. :(

The wife wanted to use last summer and trade, our first trip this year (last weekend) and she was already wanting to get rid of it.

I'm not sure a salvage is worth it to me but at the same time, what's the cost of a replacement.. Something to weigh against. It may very well be for someone with more time though. I would be able to tarp but not even sure yet where to do that since only doing the corner isn't going to prevent it from running down the roof to whatever crack it found.. but would at least keep out of direct elements until more troubleshooting can be done (when not raining).

Thanks again to the quick helpful posts!