Water Leak, Repair Update Feb 12th
Well, here we go again. Back in 2013 I found a leak that was deteriorating the slide out floor, so I undertook those repairs. I had a thread on here but couldn't find it again to give you a link, bu...
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Well, the weather hasn't been the best here in the northeast, but I did manage to make some progress. The fender skirt is back on and the water fill re-attached. The side wiper seals on the slide have been replaced and look to be positioned well.
On the rubber spray, that corner block was wrapped in Darco from the factory and had a zillion staples in it. I coated it with CPES, caulked up the screw holes and then sprayed with the rubber coating. If the wood gets wet, it won't absorb the water and water will roll off. The horizontal piece was patched with Gorilla tape and sprayed with rubber seal.
On to fix water damage #2...this I actually caused a few years ago when I left the storage hatch open. The door was not hooked open, but it wasn't latched either, so it was dangling. We got a bad blowing storm up by Lake Erie back in 2014, and water blew in and soaked the floor. It dried out but eventually crumbled due to dry rot. Fortunately the frame was still solid.
The carraige bolt that fastens the wood frame to the steel outrigger went through the floor, and with the floor gone the bolt is dangling
I added a corner bracket to the framing and some plywood scraps under the seams to attach the new floor
IPlywood installed and seams taped with Gorilla tape.
I should mention that the vinyl floor in here tore at the same time it tore by the main entry door during our first "arctic blast" in Louisville. I have some trunk liner carpet in this storage area so was never too concerned about fixing the floor until the OSB got wet....
I had a tube of this MHRV sitting around so I used it to seal the flange around the baggage door. It was originally installed with some type of sealant, not putty tape, because the screws go through the jamb of the frame and not from the exterior flange.
I still have work to do on the slide, so more pictures coming, but find myself on the bench with the flu this week...ugh...
JBarca, you mentioned the Belly Tape....I found that stuff on a mobile home repair site a few years back and bought a roll. It's tough like you say, like a roll of Darco with an adhesive backing. The issue I had with it was adhesion...I thought I had the Darco cleaned well, the Belly Mend tape went on great, and when I was under the TT doing a routine inspection the following season, half of it was gone and the other half was hanging off.
So far, the Gorilla Tape has held up well for several years.
On the rubber spray, that corner block was wrapped in Darco from the factory and had a zillion staples in it. I coated it with CPES, caulked up the screw holes and then sprayed with the rubber coating. If the wood gets wet, it won't absorb the water and water will roll off. The horizontal piece was patched with Gorilla tape and sprayed with rubber seal.
On to fix water damage #2...this I actually caused a few years ago when I left the storage hatch open. The door was not hooked open, but it wasn't latched either, so it was dangling. We got a bad blowing storm up by Lake Erie back in 2014, and water blew in and soaked the floor. It dried out but eventually crumbled due to dry rot. Fortunately the frame was still solid.
The carraige bolt that fastens the wood frame to the steel outrigger went through the floor, and with the floor gone the bolt is dangling
I added a corner bracket to the framing and some plywood scraps under the seams to attach the new floor
IPlywood installed and seams taped with Gorilla tape.
I should mention that the vinyl floor in here tore at the same time it tore by the main entry door during our first "arctic blast" in Louisville. I have some trunk liner carpet in this storage area so was never too concerned about fixing the floor until the OSB got wet....
I had a tube of this MHRV sitting around so I used it to seal the flange around the baggage door. It was originally installed with some type of sealant, not putty tape, because the screws go through the jamb of the frame and not from the exterior flange.
I still have work to do on the slide, so more pictures coming, but find myself on the bench with the flu this week...ugh...
JBarca, you mentioned the Belly Tape....I found that stuff on a mobile home repair site a few years back and bought a roll. It's tough like you say, like a roll of Darco with an adhesive backing. The issue I had with it was adhesion...I thought I had the Darco cleaned well, the Belly Mend tape went on great, and when I was under the TT doing a routine inspection the following season, half of it was gone and the other half was hanging off.
So far, the Gorilla Tape has held up well for several years.
