Rain water in exterior door

[Jay_Pat]

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 the door closest to me.
I'm guessing water is getting inside around the window of each door.
I assume water in the door is not good.
Does anyone have any tips/suggestions to stop this.
Thanks!!
Pat

[Vulcanmars]

SidecarFlip wrote:

TurnThePage wrote:
Might not be a bad idea to drill a couple small holes in the bottom of the door either.

Already there on a LCI door. Why? because LCI knows it will leak

Yep, CW repaired my leaking window by replacing the entire door with a new one which leaked just as bad a week later. Only took two months.

[Mortimer_Brewst]

When my door window was leaking I used this sealant by Lexel. It's clear and stays flexible. It worked great but is not easy to clean up.

[SidecarFlip]

TurnThePage wrote:
Might not be a bad idea to drill a couple small holes in the bottom of the door either.

Already there on a LCI door. Why? because LCI knows it will leak

[TurnThePage]

Might not be a bad idea to drill a couple small holes in the bottom of the door either.

[westend]

Hint: Silicone remover spread across the old sealant and allowed to work (overnight with plastic wrap) makes getting all the old sealant off, like butter.

Since I started using Geocel Tripolymer sealant, that is pretty much what I use to seal joints on the trailer.

[Jay_Pat]

SidecarFlip wrote:

Jay Pat wrote:
It will be a few days before I tackle this.
A lot of rain in the forecast.

Thanks for all the advise.
Pat

Just makes sure you have a grip on the glass when you break it loose from the little bit of sealant Lippert puts in there. First one I did, the glass almost got away from me and dropped into the door cavity. I use a suction cup on the glass now and that keeps it from dropping.

You can do it. I have faith.

Thanks! Pat

[SidecarFlip]

Jay Pat wrote:
It will be a few days before I tackle this.
A lot of rain in the forecast.

Thanks for all the advise.
Pat

Just makes sure you have a grip on the glass when you break it loose from the little bit of sealant Lippert puts in there. First one I did, the glass almost got away from me and dropped into the door cavity. I use a suction cup on the glass now and that keeps it from dropping.

You can do it. I have faith.

[Jay_Pat]

It will be a few days before I tackle this.
A lot of rain in the forecast.

Thanks for all the advise.
Pat

[bobndot]

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.

[SidecarFlip]

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.

[bobndot]

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.

[SidecarFlip]

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.

[bobndot]

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.

[SidecarFlip]

Jay Pat wrote:
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 the door closest to me.
I'm guessing water is getting inside around the window of each door.
I assume water in the door is not good.
Does anyone have any tips/suggestions to stop this.
Thanks!!
Pat

It's not good. In fact it will rot the internal door frame.

You need to pull the inner garnish off, remove the glass (top and bottom if it's a double pane and apply sealant to the glass (outside side) after removing all the old sealant. I've done that before and used the 'no no' RTV silicone clear but Dicor will work if you have some.