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Is This Water Damage

einy
Explorer
Explorer
Good morning. We are considering a purchase of a 2006 Winnebago Adventurer 33v that is 500 miles away and the salesman just sent us this pic. Does this look like water damage? Or something else?

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garyemunson
Explorer
Explorer
Too many coaches for sale out there WITHOUT leaking roofs. Pass on that one.

Bruce_Brown
Moderator
Moderator
Run!
There are 24 hours in every day - it all depends on how you choose to use them.
Bruce & Jill Brown
2008 Kountry Star Pusher 3910

2oldman
Explorer II
Explorer II
dougrainer wrote:
when you have VINYL ceiling material, you will NOT see stains.
Yes, that would make sense.
"If I'm wearing long pants, I'm too far north" - 2oldman

dougrainer
Nomad
Nomad
2oldman wrote:
einy wrote:
You have confirmed what we had suspected.
I wouldn't confirm that unless I saw staining. Oh well, there are plenty of other units for sale.


When you have VINYL ceiling material, you will NOT see stains. The "tell" is the wrinkled/bubbled Vinyl. Another way is to push the area where the bubbles are. The wood backer will feel soft and not solid. Doug

mtrumpet
Explorer
Explorer
Just based on the picture without any other details, I would say that it looks like water damage.
Mark & Cherie
2002 Newmar Dutch Star DP 3872, Cummins 350 ISC, Spartan Chassis

2oldman
Explorer II
Explorer II
einy wrote:
You have confirmed what we had suspected.
I wouldn't confirm that unless I saw staining. Oh well, there are plenty of other units for sale.
"If I'm wearing long pants, I'm too far north" - 2oldman

Effy
Explorer II
Explorer II
More fish in the sea

adventurers for sale
2013 ACE 29.2

einy
Explorer
Explorer
Thank you everyone for your help. You have confirmed what we had suspected. It's too bad, we were really excited about this unit. A 2006 Winnebago with full body paint for 49K sounded really good to us. Guess the old saying is true

If it looks too good to be true.......

The search will continue.

gbopp
Explorer
Explorer
My guess is, the damage you can't see is much worse than the damage you can see.

Effy
Explorer II
Explorer II
Lacking a lot of details as to whether this is a good deal or not. They might be giving it away, but PLENTY of used MH's out there without water problems. I would stay away from any unit with water damage unless it was a deal you couldn't pass up and you had cash to repair it correctly and mitigate any issues like mold.
2013 ACE 29.2

2oldman
Explorer II
Explorer II
What kind of ceiling material is that? Without showing any obvious staining is difficult to know for sure.
"If I'm wearing long pants, I'm too far north" - 2oldman

einy
Explorer
Explorer
We were told that it is near the center of the coach between the microwave and the dinette.

2oldman
Explorer II
Explorer II
It's difficult for me to tell exactly where that is in the coach.
"If I'm wearing long pants, I'm too far north" - 2oldman

Mile_High
Explorer
Explorer
I wouldn't want to look at that regardless of what caused it.
2013 Winnebago Itasca Meridian 42E
2013 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara Towed