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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Hi Don,
Your HDPE will work for what you are doing with it. For future if you need something, UHMW will work well on that application too.
Your slide setup is a bit different than ours. Ours has a cam that lifts the slide up off the carpet on the way in. Yours looks like it slides straight in and out.
Regardless of type, the ends of the slide where the walls are takes the brunt of the load. The walls being more rigid is where the weight loads are. Ends walls and the long side wall. The center does carry some load but not like the ends.
The staple gun, When I did my slide back when, I bought an air stapler from Home Depot at the time to staple the siding back on. They may have different brands now. They change often.
Mine is not the 1/2" wide but they make them in different widths. Mine is 1/4". But it will shoot 1 1/2" long no problem. It's an air stapler and it will shoot staples through 0.70" aluminum no problem. I was amazed...
I run mine on an air regulator as with 80 psi from the compressor it will blow the staples in way to deep. You can set some of the force adjustment at the stapler for fine tuning, but for coarse adjustment you have to tone down the pressure. Just do a test piece and get to set right for what you are stapling.
If you need a little extra room to get you block in, you may be able to jack up that end of the slide 1/4 to 1/2" to allow you to put the HPDE block in easier. Let the slide out a ways to a point you can get closer to put the block in. That might be all the way out.
Get up on a ladder and look up top above the slide for how much room there is to lift before you touch slide ceiling to the side of the camper. There is generally some amount of room you can go up as the rubber seals take up the gap. Mine has a good 3/4 to 1" of room.
If you are going to lift it, put the jack at the end walls, again that is where the strength it.
Jack stands to hold the slide after jacking
Hope this helps.
John
Your HDPE will work for what you are doing with it. For future if you need something, UHMW will work well on that application too.
Your slide setup is a bit different than ours. Ours has a cam that lifts the slide up off the carpet on the way in. Yours looks like it slides straight in and out.
Regardless of type, the ends of the slide where the walls are takes the brunt of the load. The walls being more rigid is where the weight loads are. Ends walls and the long side wall. The center does carry some load but not like the ends.
The staple gun, When I did my slide back when, I bought an air stapler from Home Depot at the time to staple the siding back on. They may have different brands now. They change often.
Mine is not the 1/2" wide but they make them in different widths. Mine is 1/4". But it will shoot 1 1/2" long no problem. It's an air stapler and it will shoot staples through 0.70" aluminum no problem. I was amazed...
I run mine on an air regulator as with 80 psi from the compressor it will blow the staples in way to deep. You can set some of the force adjustment at the stapler for fine tuning, but for coarse adjustment you have to tone down the pressure. Just do a test piece and get to set right for what you are stapling.
If you need a little extra room to get you block in, you may be able to jack up that end of the slide 1/4 to 1/2" to allow you to put the HPDE block in easier. Let the slide out a ways to a point you can get closer to put the block in. That might be all the way out.
Get up on a ladder and look up top above the slide for how much room there is to lift before you touch slide ceiling to the side of the camper. There is generally some amount of room you can go up as the rubber seals take up the gap. Mine has a good 3/4 to 1" of room.
If you are going to lift it, put the jack at the end walls, again that is where the strength it.
Jack stands to hold the slide after jacking
Hope this helps.
John
