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Cocared
Newbie Joined: 30 May 2020 Location: Houston Online Status: Offline Posts: 12 |
Topic: Underbelly wet!!!! Posted: 29 Jun 2020 at 6:23pm |
Thank you, it does look as though the previous owner beefed up the caulking around the spoiler. We are in the process of trying to dry it out now, we just have to do it outside though. Rpod won’t fit in our garage. So you left the black underlayment on? We were thinking of replacing it with something better, still researching though. Still trying to find leak too🤷🏻♀️
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 29 Jun 2020 at 6:08pm |
I have a 2015 178. I discovered I had a wet underbelly when installing back up lights at rear of trailer. Probably the last 6-8 inches of the bottom of the floor. First thing I did was move the trailer inside and start a drying process, I didn't remove anything. Secondly I sealed the spoiler with eternabond tape. I kept the trailer out of the weather all the winter months. I moved it outside, and monitored the floor are for wet, near all the water sources, it stayed dry. One thing I noticed was the protective black undercoating holds water in, there is no way for water to drain from the floor. The floor is dry, so it appears the spoiler was culprit in my case. I could test it with an awl and find wet areas. Once I penatrated the black covering, if it was wet I'd get a drop of water. For me it was a matter of getting it dry and then trying to figure out what would make it wet. I wasn't ready to just quit and get rid of the camper until I tried to fix it.
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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Cocared
Newbie Joined: 30 May 2020 Location: Houston Online Status: Offline Posts: 12 |
Posted: 29 Jun 2020 at 5:18pm |
I am freaking out, thank you in advance for any help! We just bought a 15 178 from a private owner and just discovered there must have been a leak. We can not locate the leak yet... we noticed it when it started dripping from around the low point drain when I was putzing around to find out why the water pump wasn’t consistently pumping. I removed the foam around the drain and tore some of the underlayment and realized the whole area was wet and the wood was like mush. The whole floor isn’t like mush, just that area and the surrounding area. I pulled enough underlayment to find the whole underbelly was to some extent wet. We started removing the black cover to let the wood dry out. There are not any soft spots inside the camper. We still can’t find where the leak is coming from. Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thanks again!!!
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