โJun-17-2017 10:30 AM
โDec-18-2018 07:23 PM
โDec-18-2018 07:16 PM
tempforce wrote:fulltimin wrote:
And here is the back side of the door, with and without caulk....
When installing anything, don't use the sink type putty, use the rubberized putty. It wonk let the screws loosen. Or water to work in like when the plumbers putty wears.
โDec-18-2018 07:11 PM
tempforce wrote:fulltimin wrote:
Now we get a look at those 2 screws from the inside. Yes, they are rusty from water intrusion, and yes, the plywood is discolored from being wet.
So, after looking at this, it appears that, in addition to checking the roof caulking and resealing it every so often, we are supposed to pull every window, door, gasket, screw, or anything else that penetrates the sides, front and back of a motor home, and reseal them as well!
Can you imagine if you had to do this every few years to your house, just like we are expected to do with an rv?
Arggggg!
Yea, it's time to do something different when this thing goes back together to prevent this from having a repeat failure.
If we fix it the same way it was designed originally, and depend only on caulk, like the factory did, no doubt we will have the same failure that occurred the first time.
What's that you say? Doing the same thing over and over expecting different results is just plain crazy? Ah, yea.
When I used to work on r.v.'s, I put cool seal over every screw before putting on the vinyl trim.
โDec-18-2018 06:52 PM
tempforce wrote:fulltimin wrote:
In this pic, we can see that the aluminum was split at the very top in the center. It didn't match perfectly, but I guess it was close enough.
Just found your project, that trim piece seam, should be at the bottom. Maybe they did it this way, for some reason. Being upside down, is asking for a leak.
โDec-18-2018 03:06 PM
fulltimin wrote:
And here is the back side of the door, with and without caulk....
somewhere in the texas 'lost pines'
โDec-18-2018 03:03 PM
fulltimin wrote:
Now we get a look at those 2 screws from the inside. Yes, they are rusty from water intrusion, and yes, the plywood is discolored from being wet.
So, after looking at this, it appears that, in addition to checking the roof caulking and resealing it every so often, we are supposed to pull every window, door, gasket, screw, or anything else that penetrates the sides, front and back of a motor home, and reseal them as well!
Can you imagine if you had to do this every few years to your house, just like we are expected to do with an rv?
Arggggg!
Yea, it's time to do something different when this thing goes back together to prevent this from having a repeat failure.
If we fix it the same way it was designed originally, and depend only on caulk, like the factory did, no doubt we will have the same failure that occurred the first time.
What's that you say? Doing the same thing over and over expecting different results is just plain crazy? Ah, yea.
somewhere in the texas 'lost pines'
โDec-18-2018 02:59 PM
fulltimin wrote:
In this pic, we can see that the aluminum was split at the very top in the center. It didn't match perfectly, but I guess it was close enough.
somewhere in the texas 'lost pines'
โDec-17-2018 06:08 PM
fulltimin wrote:
How long did it take you to drink all that wine? Lol.
That backsplash looks great. Thanks for posting the pics. Feel free to post the motor home backsplash pics here after you are done. Thanks.
โDec-17-2018 05:59 PM
โDec-17-2018 05:57 PM
STBRetired wrote:fulltimin wrote:
As far as wall covering, it's not going to be the same throughout the coach. I plan on breaking it up a little, between the front half and the back half.
I'll have to finalize that with the wife. It would be nice to use 4 x 8 sheets, but I'm not sure it will all end up like that.
At least part will probably end up being wainscot, most likely in the Living area.
I was looking at the 1/8" plywood you used for the wheel well mold and thinking that it had some pretty nice grain. You can find 1/4" thick hardwood trim in various widths (we got some at Menards, but they might not be where you are) and use it as an applique to make it look like wainscot or Shaker style cabinetry.
โDec-17-2018 05:49 PM
STBRetired wrote:
Well, first we have 2 1-gallon ziplock bags full of cork halves.
These will be coming with us when we head south in a few weeks. I will pry the annoying mirrors off the wall of the MH and we will affix the corks to the wall in their place with some high temp commercial hot glue. When we are done, it will look similar to this, which is in our S&B.
Click For Full-Size Image.
This was done about 10 years ago. The only difference is we drink better wine now. Will post pics when we are done with the MH. Either here or on a separate thread.
โDec-17-2018 05:45 PM
Bill.Satellite wrote:
Google Wine Cork Backsplash and you will see dozens of images.
โDec-17-2018 04:47 PM
fulltimin wrote:
As far as wall covering, it's not going to be the same throughout the coach. I plan on breaking it up a little, between the front half and the back half.
I'll have to finalize that with the wife. It would be nice to use 4 x 8 sheets, but I'm not sure it will all end up like that.
At least part will probably end up being wainscot, most likely in the Living area.
โDec-17-2018 04:34 PM
โDec-17-2018 02:10 PM