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    Posted: 28 Sep 2014 at 8:59pm
Hi, just winterized my 2014 176 and noticed that the holes in the floor for the drains etc to the outside are not sealed. You can look through the holes to the outside. Was wondering if this was a common mistake in the rpod builds? Thanks.
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Posts: 1797 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Sep 2014 at 9:29pm
Originally posted by NLPod

Hi, just winterized my 2014 176 and noticed that the holes in the floor for the drains etc to the outside are not sealed. You can look through the holes to the outside. Was wondering if this was a common mistake in the rpod builds? Thanks.


The Rpod, when properly built and finished, is almost air tight. You can tell by the difference in sound of the Fantastic fan with a window closed or open. However, FR seems to miss the sealing steps every now and then. This has been reported previously and really affects the ability to heat the Pod. I recommend you contact your dealer and have them fix this. No excuse, but it happens. Maybe early Monday or late Friday build. Unhappy
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Sep 2014 at 8:20am
Originally posted by CharlieM

Originally posted by NLPod

Hi, just winterized my 2014 176 and noticed that the holes in the floor for the drains etc to the outside are not sealed. You can look through the holes to the outside. Was wondering if this was a common mistake in the rpod builds? Thanks.


The Rpod, when properly built and finished, is almost air tight. You can tell by the difference in sound of the Fantastic fan with a window closed or open. However, FR seems to miss the sealing steps every now and then. This has been reported previously and really affects the ability to heat the Pod. I recommend you contact your dealer and have them fix this. No excuse, but it happens. Maybe early Monday or late Friday build. Unhappy


Yep, that's the gist of it. All they use to seal those areas is some of that minimum expanding foam. Dealer should take care of it for you.
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i bought a can of that foam if needed.  is that stuff difficult to use, or pretty simple and straight forward?  never used it before.  hogone
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General rule of thumb when using expandable spray foam - make sure you are wearing clothes that are only for working around the house.  If any foam gets on them (and it will find a way) it will never come off.  Been there, still have the nice shirt I was wearing... which immediately became a work-around-the-house-shirt.  Also make sure you are wearing disposable latex gloves for the same reason.
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Sep 2014 at 12:35pm
Also, even the minimum expanding foam, expands a lot, put about 1/2 of 1/2 of what you think is needed.. lol.
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Thanks, just went to the dealer I purchased from and this will be covered under warranty. Things like this make me wonder what else was missed during assembly. Also, discovered that the lower seal under the slide-out comes off its track when I put out the slide Thumbs Down, will be fixed by warranty as well. Paid $20,000 for the pod and did not expect this.
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nlpod:  please let me know what there fix is for the bottom seal on the slide; have tried various things to mine with no good results; it doesn't come all the way off, just the middle part.  hogone
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nlpod:  please let me know what there fix is for the bottom seal on the slide; have tried various things to mine with no good results; it doesn't come all the way off, just the middle part.  hogone

Will do. Mine only comes off in the middle as well. Looks like it was off at some point when I put in the slide and now the seal looks like it is pinched flat.
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Originally posted by techntrek

General rule of thumb when using expandable spray foam - make sure you are wearing clothes that are only for working around the house.  If any foam gets on them (and it will find a way) it will never come off.  Been there, still have the nice shirt I was wearing... which immediately became a work-around-the-house-shirt.  Also make sure you are wearing disposable latex gloves for the same reason.

LOL it's not really funny but I put a new door on the side of our house and used spray foam to seal it. I did not tell my wife and she got her good winter coat into it. I still cannot bring that up if I don't want her to get mad. I also was not wearing gloves when I did it and learned the only way to get it off was to take the skin it was stuck to off. 
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