2013 Leprechaun water leak problems

CT51 wrote:

tvchen wrote:

GollyCollie wrote:

tvchen wrote:
Did he tell you where those other leaks are?

The one that he mentioned in particular was in the rail above the awning. He said he believed that there was entrusion happening there and that the water then traveled under the rail up to the front and then into the cap. I hope Azdel does what they say it will or those walls are in trouble.

When I saw those railings I did not have too much confidence in them so I laid a bead of dicor at the rail and roof junction. In fact I also laid a bead between the plastic trim (in front of the awning railing)up to the point where the trim meets the front cap). I also pro-flexed all the screw heads inside the rail. I believe I mentioned this in one of my earlier posts.

tvchen,

Regarding the sealant work you did, what made you choose Dicor to seal at the rail/roof junction rather than Pro-flex? Also, it seems to me that water that gets into the awning rail (under the vinyl insert, where the screws that hold it on are), should have a way to get out. If you remove the vinyl insert, it's easy to see that water has been in there. Has anyone considered adding weep holes to the vinyl strip, or better yet drilling a few small (1/8" or less), holes thru the awning channel, and up into the area of the rail where the vinyl insert rest? If there wasn't any water ever allowed to stay in the rail, there wouldn't be a problem with it passing thru the screw holes. Of course, this doesn't address water entering behind the rail from above-that area would still need to be resealed as discussed above.

Hasn't rained hard yet, so have just been thinking about what actions I might take after I see what happens tonight. Even if I don't have any leak occur, I still plan to add whatever protection I can.

CT51

I reason I picked dicor is because it is self leveling so it will get into any cracks. I've found that Proflex also does not like to stick to TPO that well. For your other question about the vinyl strip, I basically ran a small bead of Proflex at the vinyl/railing junction both top and bottom along the whole length. We've had quite a bit of rain in the last few weeks and I did check behind the vinyl strip and it was bone dry. So this method completely prevents water entering the rail. The Proflex never hardens so the vinyl strip can still be removed and the Proflex scraped off and cleaned with mineral spirit.