Another very common leak in that same rear area is the city water
connection. Airstream uses one that has a built in
pressure regulator. On the face of it this seems to be a great idea, however
it is a cheaply made expensive device prone to failure and leaking BETWEEN
the inner and outer walls of the trailer and it is virtually undetectable,
you can easily think it is body seams or taillights leaking when it is this
city water connection/pressure regulator.
Steve
'89 Excella 29
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Denman <denman.hans@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Anne:
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> The PO installed cork floors in our trailer and we are very happy with it.
> It is holding up well to the pea gravel found on many state park campsites
> and the sand from Assateague. As to the existing carpet, I would not just
> pull out what is needed for the new floor, I would pull it all out that I
> could. It hides leaks. Heck they even have carpet under the water
> pump...duh. I guess they carpet the whole thing then install cabinets etc.
> One main area that leaks on our type of trailers (as yours is identical to
> mine) is the rear trunk area. Again a carpeted area that hides leaks, I
> discovered my rot after we purchased the trailer. On ours and many other
> models water runs in to the rear floor between the body/rub rail and the
> rear bumper cover. I ran a bead of caulk between the bumper cover and the
> body and the leaking has stopped, at least for now. This has gone on for
> years and the fine folks at AS have only very recently worked on a fix. When
> / if you pull the carpet up, just be prepared (hopefully without cause) for
> the potential of finding other water leaks in the flooring.
>
> Dennie
> Frederick, MD
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