floridarandy
Well-known member
As we get into the summer camping season I plan to give the Sundance 2900MK a detailed visual inspection. I have a few questions that came up with a preliminary once over today:
1. I'm comfortable with cleaning (Protect-all cleaner and treatment) the roof and inspecting the thru-roof fittings and the edge strip where the room comes over the top along the sides of the trailer. I plan to fill and gaps with Dicor 501 Lap Sealer (for the thru-roof fittings). Is it necessary to remove the old material first or just supplement the Lap Sealer?
2. I'll use Sikaflex 521 for any gaps I can find from where the roof mates with the edging at the top of the sides and elsewhere on the rig. Is it necessary to remove existing material? How much to be removed if needed? Any particularly vulnverable areas to look out for leak potential?
3. What's recommended for cleaning the material on the "roof" of the slides when open? Protect-all too?
4. Where the slide roof mates with the inside edge of the slide (not the sides where it mates with the slide walls) there's a bead of what appears to be lap sealer. Does this need to be cleaned out and replaced? Dirt and leaves seem to be attracted to the bead that's there.
5. Where the slide roof mates with the outside edge of the slide (not the sides where it mates with the slide walls) there appears to be a tape type material and the bond in this tape has give up in a couple of places. Silkaflex seems better here than lap sealer?
As always the wisdom the group is appreciated.
Randy
1. I'm comfortable with cleaning (Protect-all cleaner and treatment) the roof and inspecting the thru-roof fittings and the edge strip where the room comes over the top along the sides of the trailer. I plan to fill and gaps with Dicor 501 Lap Sealer (for the thru-roof fittings). Is it necessary to remove the old material first or just supplement the Lap Sealer?
2. I'll use Sikaflex 521 for any gaps I can find from where the roof mates with the edging at the top of the sides and elsewhere on the rig. Is it necessary to remove existing material? How much to be removed if needed? Any particularly vulnverable areas to look out for leak potential?
3. What's recommended for cleaning the material on the "roof" of the slides when open? Protect-all too?
4. Where the slide roof mates with the inside edge of the slide (not the sides where it mates with the slide walls) there's a bead of what appears to be lap sealer. Does this need to be cleaned out and replaced? Dirt and leaves seem to be attracted to the bead that's there.
5. Where the slide roof mates with the outside edge of the slide (not the sides where it mates with the slide walls) there appears to be a tape type material and the bond in this tape has give up in a couple of places. Silkaflex seems better here than lap sealer?
As always the wisdom the group is appreciated.
Randy