sidewall demaination

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   A couple shops used a meter to test the areas. Some areas showed moisture and others not. I'm not sure about the peeling back question. I suppose the fiberglass skin should peel off fairly easily?? Our intentions were to peel that off. remove the lauan and add a piece of cdx 1/4 plywood to the entire face. Then install alum. corrugated over that. 
I suppose the same roof corner trim can be used? Or is there different trim used for corrugated material? I'll have to go look at a metal trailer on a lot some where to see how its trimmed out. Ugh!. What a nightmare. We thought we would be relaxing and enjoying life in our rpod and now we gotta deal with this. 

Forrest River has replied and been nice, but they want nothing to do with it. They shouldn't tell you in their video that the window seals are some special design that do not need maintenance or caulk around them. Total BS!! 

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dcool1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 18 May 2021 Location: FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Topic: sidewall demaination Posted: 19 May 2021 at 12:47pm
	A couple shops used a meter to test the areas. Some areas showed moisture and others not. I'm not sure about the peeling back question. I suppose the fiberglass skin should peel off fairly easily?? Our intentions were to peel that off. remove the lauan and add a piece of cdx 1/4 plywood to the entire face. Then install alum. corrugated over that. I suppose the same roof corner trim can be used? Or is there different trim used for corrugated material? I'll have to go look at a metal trailer on a lot some where to see how its trimmed out. Ugh!. What a nightmare. We thought we would be relaxing and enjoying life in our rpod and now we gotta deal with this. Forrest River has replied and been nice, but they want nothing to do with it. They shouldn't tell you in their video that the window seals are some special design that do not need maintenance or caulk around them. Total BS!!

offgrid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290	Posted: 18 May 2021 at 6:12pm
	Lauan is plywood. If it's intact and not wet then you shouldn't need to add another layer, if it is wet then step one is to get it dried out, you don't want to put new plywood over wet material. If you aren't sure, buy a wood moisture meter and test it. Can you peel back the fiberglass in the delaminated areas without damaging it so you can get behind there and dry it out if needed?.
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dcool1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 18 May 2021 Location: FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Posted: 18 May 2021 at 3:13pm
	Hi All. Our 2017 RPod 180 is coming apart on the sidewalls. Don't let them fool you into thinking the windows don't need to be chalked. Somehow water got behind the window, or the fiberglass siding install was faulty from the factory. We have no evidence of a hole in the butyl tape around the window, but the entire area under the window is delaminating now. Total nightmare! Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has experience with covering an rpod or similar with corrugated siding. The repair shops want $10k to re-skin one side of the trailer and $4K to paint and re-decal. We only paid $16k for the trailer in 2018, so this cost is absolutely absurd. I was thinking about covering it with corrugated alum., but im not sure about how to fasten the siding with such a limited amount of framing. Maybe remove the lauan and install 1/4 plywood, and then staple to that? Any thoughts? Thx