Is this a big deal? pic inside

[vesh1717]

Bidding on this currently and I am curious how big of a deal this is. This is a new travel trailer, obviously with this issue though.

Thanks.

If pic doesn't work, here is link.

http://www.crankyape.com/MRCPhotoFlipper.asp?ItemNumber=44343&NumImages=26&PreviousItem=1&MoveWhere=last

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[vesh1717]

Thank-you so much everyone. Puts my mind at ease.

[ROBERTSUNRUS]

🙂 Hi, I also had the vinyl floor lifting around my raised platform toilet; I used aluminum strips on the front edges and quarter round Oak down the sides and back to hold it in place. Never came loose again.

[CavemanCharlie]

Bumpyroad wrote:

PenMan wrote:
I'd cover the gap with a piece of molding and seal with a clear caulk.

x2, quarter round maybe?
bumpy

X3

[JJBIRISH]

Personally I wouldn’t worry about it very much, it’s not sealed anywhere else around the platform either… so if you going to worry about sealing it you will need to seal it all…
The sealer used would need to adhere well to because that wallboard will move to the touch and expand and contract with seasonal changes…

[dodge_guy]

subcamper wrote:

dodge guy wrote:
Problem! the linoleum is always put down under the walls, complete floor. then the walls are put down over that. if the linoleum is lifting it is because it was cut along that wall. unless they cut it to access something under there, I think there are bigger under lying issues?

I agree linoleum is usually put down under the walls, but in this case it looks like the toilet is on a raised platform and that is why the linoleum is not under the wall. The bowed wall extends down past the toilet platform to the main floor.

Steve

Ah yes! didn`t see that. if that is the case then it probably is normal. temperature swings will do this to linoleum.

[Bumpyroad]

PenMan wrote:
I'd cover the gap with a piece of molding and seal with a clear caulk.

x2, quarter round maybe?
bumpy

[PenMan]

I'd cover the gap with a piece of molding and seal with a clear caulk.

[F105]

Doug33 wrote:

rockhillmanor wrote:

P.S. If you do buy this RV I'd definitely put a line of caulk along that wall to keep moisture from wicking under.

Good Luck!

X 2

Or if the gap is too wide, you could place a piece of strip molding to cover the gap.

The gap is in the bathroom and what's in a bathroom - water. This gap is an open invitation for water intrusion and everything that goes with it like mold.

A strip of molding is not going to keep water out of the gap and making its way elsewhere. Even caulking is not going to be a permanent fix - it's going to flex and crack in time.

This requires a permanent fix.

Be wary.

[Doug33]

rockhillmanor wrote:

P.S. If you do buy this RV I'd definitely put a line of caulk along that wall to keep moisture from wicking under.

Good Luck!

X 2

Or if the gap is too wide, you could place a piece of strip molding to cover the gap.

[Bumpyroad]

I agree with the others that this is typical light weight rv construction.
bumpy

[rockhillmanor]

Before you ditch the idea of buying this RV.

This is common on ALL RV's. The nature of the beast.

Push on just about any wall in an RV 'between the studs' and it will move. They are not going to be solid feeling like a stick built house.

It's the way in which RV's are constructed. Not really poor workmanship but what the workers have to work with!

P.S. If you do buy this RV I'd definitely put a line of caulk along that wall to keep moisture from wicking under.

Good Luck!

[subcamper]

dodge guy wrote:
Problem! the linoleum is always put down under the walls, complete floor. then the walls are put down over that. if the linoleum is lifting it is because it was cut along that wall. unless they cut it to access something under there, I think there are bigger under lying issues?

I agree linoleum is usually put down under the walls, but in this case it looks like the toilet is on a raised platform and that is why the linoleum is not under the wall. The bowed wall extends down past the toilet platform to the main floor.

Steve

[F105]

Agree with the poor (and lack of Quality Control) workmanship statements.

In addition, if something like this is obvious, then what about the areas you can't see - what else is just slapped together

This would bother me to the point I wouldn't be comfortable with the unit, especially when other workmanship issues start popping up later.