Water leak scare
This came as a surprise to me so I thought I'd pass it on.
We're getting ready to give up the RV lifestyle and sell the motor-home. I started out with a major clean-up inside. The last job was to shampoo the carpets. The next afternoon, I was in the RV and opened one of the overhead cabinets. All along the underside of the top cabinet frame next to the outside wall were water droplets. I went around and looked at all the cabinets and they were all the same.
The MH has a rubber roof and it's 12 years old. It was over-coated and re-sealed just before we bought it. I wiped off the water all the way through. Since a heavy rain system was due through, I was really concerned.
I checked after the storm and there was no water in any of the cabinets. We had another storm the next day, still no water inside. I finally concluded that the water droplets I found were the condensation from evaporation of the hot water remaining after using the carpet shampooer.
I think the roof will still need work, but it's not the disaster I had feared.
We're getting ready to give up the RV lifestyle and sell the motor-home. I started out with a major clean-up inside. The last job was to shampoo the carpets. The next afternoon, I was in the RV and opened one of the overhead cabinets. All along the underside of the top cabinet frame next to the outside wall were water droplets. I went around and looked at all the cabinets and they were all the same.
The MH has a rubber roof and it's 12 years old. It was over-coated and re-sealed just before we bought it. I wiped off the water all the way through. Since a heavy rain system was due through, I was really concerned.
I checked after the storm and there was no water in any of the cabinets. We had another storm the next day, still no water inside. I finally concluded that the water droplets I found were the condensation from evaporation of the hot water remaining after using the carpet shampooer.
I think the roof will still need work, but it's not the disaster I had feared.
