Rain water in exterior door
Just had a blowing rain. I have rain water in both exterior doors. As I stand outside on the ground, I can quickly,swing the door back and forth and water appears to come out the bottom corner of th...
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SidecarFlip wrote:bobndot wrote:SidecarFlip wrote:bobndot wrote:
The most common place is where the exterior glass meets the trim, they have known to leak there. Put a bead of caulk around that area.
No, remove the glass as I described and bed the removed glass in sealant and replace the inner garnish. That is the right way to do it.
The inner garnish applies clamping pressure to the glass and seats it in the sealant. Just applying a bead of sealant around the outer glass frame may or may not seal it....and it will look like hell.
Do it right the first time and be dine with it.
Ive done it this way many times and if you use clear and you're neat about it , it looks fine. I never had one con't to leak.
However, you are correct that doing it as you describe is correct. It all depends on a persons skill level.
Not much skill involved in reality. A phillips screwdriver to remove the inner garnish and a putty knife to break the seal between the glass and the outer garnish (only maybe tricky part and the ones I've dome come away easily). The it's a matter of removing the old sealant, applying the new sealant to either the glass or the outer garnish, slipping in the glass and tightening the screws. 95% of RV doors are made by Lippert Components and believe me, they are real cheap on sealant.
:) yes for sure , a little shy on sealant.
