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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

there's a water leak??


Oh and i forgot to mention, the water leak!!  So obviously this thing has (had) a leak, are you shocked? Well we all originally thought that the water was coming in from the roof near the bathroom vent, because well, it was all separated in that area, and other reasons that i forget right now.

I think we have to go back a bit on this one...So the day Andy drove this into our yard he stood there, as men do, and took a really really good look at it. And he comments that one of the fenders is all cracked and then looks closer and sees a newer tire than the one next to it. So he deduces that this thing must of had a blow out at some point and they (the old owners) put the spare on and thought that was that.  Well as it turns out when he was taking all the "stuff" out of the camper he found the wheel well cover to be FULL of water.  What happened was that when the tire blew and hit the fender it separated the sealant from the camper and that allowed water to drip into the camper that way.  
Along the way he has found many places that could be possible water leaks. None of the seals around the whole camper, roof included have ever been maintained.  So he did take a tube of self leveling lap sealant and go over all the seams and vents on the roof after he tore everything out of the camper.  
The other big area that was leaking was from under the front part of the walls, between the fiberglass of the camper and the wall it attaches to.  Not sure if i described that too well; basically under the storage compartment door area on both sides of the KZ.  Well it turns out that it was coming from 2 cracks in the fiberglass that are in the front of the camper in the section that holds the battery and propane tanks. The whole side seem seal was separated and as i mentioned there were identical cracks that almost looked like they belonged there.  
So as of yet those are not fixed but are covered with tape to prevent any weather getting into them; because of course we are due to get rain and some snow for the next couple of days. 
Good news. I just checked and so far the underneath of the camper is dry, and it is currently raining out, YAH!  
Maybe all the leaks have finally been taken care of?? I guess only time will tell...

This is the area in the front that was leaking, it is in the exact same spot on the other side as well.  Just thought i would give you an idea of what i was talking about there.

 
This is the bathroom shower skylight.  See how it is separated a bit there?  We (Andy) still
needs to fix that, hey Hun when are you gonna get to that?  You sure are taking your time
fixing my camper....  :)



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