Trying to seal everything that could leak in an older TT
We bought a 1993 travel trailer. It was used mainly as a second residence for family that was coming to visit the family we bought it from.
Backstory:
We noticed a soft spot in the floor in the storage compartment in the rear. We lifted the linoleum and the wood was soaked. We removed all wet wood and wood that looked as though it got wet. We removed the insulation and basically rebuilt the whole storage compartment area. What a pain. Anyway, lucky for us, it rained a lot these past few weeks and we noticed that the old rain gutters had a point where the water would run down over the gutter and down the side of the camper right over the storage compartment door where we thought the leak originated from.
Our fix:
Other than rebuilding the whole storage compartment interior which took 3 days, we also removed and resealed the storage compartment door and the water heater compartment door right next to it.
We bought some EZE gutter and put a seamless gutter along each side of the trailer right under the old gutter and extending slightly past the old gutter on each end. We also put a strip over the front window.
What we want to do:
We want to take some of that roof repair sealant which comes in a tube like caulk and seal around the windows and other areas which may leak. We also want to take a bead of silicon and run it along the top side of the EZE gutter to limit any junk that may build up and eventually start working the 3M tape loose.
We also want to go over the seals where the roof meets the side with the roofing sealant.
My question:
Are going overboard? We don;t want to have to repair an area that got water damage like the storage compartment area. We got lucky being able to access the tight storage compartment space by lifting a small bed up, but it would have been too hard if we could not do that. We just don't want to have this thing leak and know that we could have done a little preventative maintainance to stop it from happening. Any suggestions?
We are in Alaska. We need to winterize the TT very soon and from the looks of the weather, we have 4 days of decent (non-rainy) weather to work on this starting tomorrow. After that, all bets are off and we will have to put it away for the winter. We are getting the TT ready for a return drive along the ALCAN back to Texas and don't want any surprises as the snow thaws.
Thanks
Backstory:
We noticed a soft spot in the floor in the storage compartment in the rear. We lifted the linoleum and the wood was soaked. We removed all wet wood and wood that looked as though it got wet. We removed the insulation and basically rebuilt the whole storage compartment area. What a pain. Anyway, lucky for us, it rained a lot these past few weeks and we noticed that the old rain gutters had a point where the water would run down over the gutter and down the side of the camper right over the storage compartment door where we thought the leak originated from.
Our fix:
Other than rebuilding the whole storage compartment interior which took 3 days, we also removed and resealed the storage compartment door and the water heater compartment door right next to it.
We bought some EZE gutter and put a seamless gutter along each side of the trailer right under the old gutter and extending slightly past the old gutter on each end. We also put a strip over the front window.
What we want to do:
We want to take some of that roof repair sealant which comes in a tube like caulk and seal around the windows and other areas which may leak. We also want to take a bead of silicon and run it along the top side of the EZE gutter to limit any junk that may build up and eventually start working the 3M tape loose.
We also want to go over the seals where the roof meets the side with the roofing sealant.
My question:
Are going overboard? We don;t want to have to repair an area that got water damage like the storage compartment area. We got lucky being able to access the tight storage compartment space by lifting a small bed up, but it would have been too hard if we could not do that. We just don't want to have this thing leak and know that we could have done a little preventative maintainance to stop it from happening. Any suggestions?
We are in Alaska. We need to winterize the TT very soon and from the looks of the weather, we have 4 days of decent (non-rainy) weather to work on this starting tomorrow. After that, all bets are off and we will have to put it away for the winter. We are getting the TT ready for a return drive along the ALCAN back to Texas and don't want any surprises as the snow thaws.
Thanks
