Bubbled Fiberglas
We just brought a 2012 Viewfinder 19FK from an elevation of 4500 feet to 8500 feet, then back to 5500 feet, in high southwest temperatures. This was over a two-day period. When home, I found a round ...
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david_iona wrote:ScottG wrote:
Around that time there were a lot of RV's having problems with the adhesive bonding the wall. So it may not be a water intrusion problem at all.
My previous 2005 fifth wheel delaminated most of the rear wall about 8 years after I purchased it new. I was very meticulous about maintenance and roof/seams recaulking. My insurance refused coverage for repair so I paid for a local repair and when the rear filon was removed it was not bonded to luan but glued to cardboard sheeting and the repair shop said it was glue failure most likely caused by residual humidity build up over the years. Upon contacting the manufacturer for my brand and asking about the cardboard instead of luan I was informed it is not cardboard it is "compressed fiberboard"......how about that!
Most front and rear walls that do not have a fiberglass cap are as you describe. A sheet of filon glued to what is essemtially paper, and only attached at the perimeter. Thats why you see waves in them even when new on a dealers lot. The only manufacturer I know of using a true laminated panel the same as the sidewalls is Rockwood/Flagstaff. In fact their roofs are laminated also, 5" thick in the center and crowned down to 3" at the edge with the AC ducts formed in the foam layer.
