Should I be concerned about the long term?
I posted earlier this week that my brand new TT had a leak and soaked the dinette and carpet on the slide.
The carpet ended up drying easily and the dinette cushions were not ruined because the foam came in a thin later of plastic! We were happy about that.
We thought perhaps that the rain was extraordinarily hard and sideways and somehow managed to come in the little vent holes on the bottom of the slider window. We couldn't see a weak spot anywhere else.
Well, the TT walls and dinette have got wet 2 more times since Wednesday. It's clearly not the window vent holes but must be a seal somewhere around the window that is manifesting in a leak under the window. We end up seeing beads of water on the wall and the dinette cushions are wet. (We did shrink wrap the foam to try to protect water damage should we get water again). Water is always in the same spot, including location of the water drops on the wall. But it doesn't look like water running down the wall- more like drops appearing through the wall, if that makes sense.
We are going to take the unit up to the dealer this coming week and I can only assume they will fix the leak or at least caulk the******out of the window.
What I would like to know is if I should be concerned about long term damage in/on the wall because it did get wet on the inside. It's supposed to be 6 sided vacuum bonded. Does that mean that water can't get in and cause rot/mold? What should I be aware of?
Also, what should I push the dealer to do regarding this? Is just caulking/fixing the leak good enough? Should they be doing further repair or prevention work to the wall?
Dh did run duct tape everywhere so the second two times it got wet inside the extent of the wetness was minor- but annoying because clearly this trailer is flawed.
Will mold be a concern based on what happened? Anything I should know/do?
It's a Jayco Whitehawk 31DSLB.
The carpet ended up drying easily and the dinette cushions were not ruined because the foam came in a thin later of plastic! We were happy about that.
We thought perhaps that the rain was extraordinarily hard and sideways and somehow managed to come in the little vent holes on the bottom of the slider window. We couldn't see a weak spot anywhere else.
Well, the TT walls and dinette have got wet 2 more times since Wednesday. It's clearly not the window vent holes but must be a seal somewhere around the window that is manifesting in a leak under the window. We end up seeing beads of water on the wall and the dinette cushions are wet. (We did shrink wrap the foam to try to protect water damage should we get water again). Water is always in the same spot, including location of the water drops on the wall. But it doesn't look like water running down the wall- more like drops appearing through the wall, if that makes sense.
We are going to take the unit up to the dealer this coming week and I can only assume they will fix the leak or at least caulk the******out of the window.
What I would like to know is if I should be concerned about long term damage in/on the wall because it did get wet on the inside. It's supposed to be 6 sided vacuum bonded. Does that mean that water can't get in and cause rot/mold? What should I be aware of?
Also, what should I push the dealer to do regarding this? Is just caulking/fixing the leak good enough? Should they be doing further repair or prevention work to the wall?
Dh did run duct tape everywhere so the second two times it got wet inside the extent of the wetness was minor- but annoying because clearly this trailer is flawed.
Will mold be a concern based on what happened? Anything I should know/do?
It's a Jayco Whitehawk 31DSLB.
