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.
The adhesive I've been using on some areas is ChemLink M-1. Once that is cured, it's very unlikely to crack or leak for a long time to come.
I am planning to eliminate as many holes in both the sides and roof as possible. That's a good way to eliminate leaks.
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.
Adding any kind of "good" sealant is a step in the correct direction. Unfortunately, rv's are not an example of "good" design.
Manufacturing is a juggling act based on price. How much labor is it going to take to assemble the rv? What can we do differently to cut down on the amount of time it takes to assemble it? Can we use cheaper components to put it together? Will those components hold together long enough to survive the original owner's expected time of ownership?
I used to work in a manufacturing plant. Not an rv plant, but manufacturing, non the less.
I've seen how corporate works to make their product less expensively, faster or quicker, with less labor, cheaper materials, etc.
My goal is to try to cut down on as many possible leak points as possible. We'll see how this progresses.
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.
Yup. There was a bunch of stuff on this rv that was just asking for a leak. Lol.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
