TXBobcat
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I am at Pipe creek Texas getting my living room slides repaired. Over the years I have had a leak
that is rotting out the edges of the big slide. Tried to stop it but didn't get it done. A friend
helped me work on the front edge of the big slide last year or so and I worked on the rear of the
big slide the end of last year. Neither was very successful.
I read an add in the Buckhorn RV Campground brochure about Texas Custom Coach. I also talked with
a friend that had work done there on his Teton 5th wheel and he was very satisfied of the work
they did.
On the way to Rockport we went down Hwy 16 to Pipe Creek and stopped in at Texas Custom Coach to
meet them and see what they thought about repairing the big slide. They gave me an estimate and we
made an appointment for me to come back. We came here on March 18th. As they started to clean up
the rotting wood it became clear that it was a very good deal to be here to get the work done.
I try to let others know what I have had done to my 5er so if they have a similar problem they
could look into how it was done and do it them selfs or get someone else to do it with enought
knowledge of what has been done before.
So here is what I am having done.
This is the bottom of my big slide at the front edge.
They are just getting started and raised the slide up with this jack.
You can see the plastic coming off the bottom.. This is the strip that
Heartland put on the bottom to prevent chipping.
This is the back of the big slide before they started.
Another view if the front of the big slide
before repairs.
This is the front of the big slide after repairs have been made
Front edge of big slide by entry door after repair has been made
This is the bracket being used.
It is 1/8" aluminum that is bent with a
special bending machine
This is where the bracket comes up on the inside.
It comes up under the black wood of the slide floor.
There is a piece of aluminum under the carpet at the corner shown above
that is attached to the black wood floor above.
The aluminum keeps the carpet up but the screws in the aluminum
go to far and come out the bottom and are scaring the plastic skid
shown in the next photo
As you can see the marking on the plastic glide.
It is scared by the points of the 2 screws that the
aluminum plate is secured with to hold up the carpet.
This should cover the over all repair of the slide. The small living room slide is being done the same way but does not have the rotting of the wood. To keep that from happening is why I am having the extra work done as preventive maintenance.
I will make additional posts if anyone is interested but this is about the entire process.
This is Texas Custom Coach.
I hope this is helpful to anyone else needing to make this type of repairs..
BC
that is rotting out the edges of the big slide. Tried to stop it but didn't get it done. A friend
helped me work on the front edge of the big slide last year or so and I worked on the rear of the
big slide the end of last year. Neither was very successful.
I read an add in the Buckhorn RV Campground brochure about Texas Custom Coach. I also talked with
a friend that had work done there on his Teton 5th wheel and he was very satisfied of the work
they did.
On the way to Rockport we went down Hwy 16 to Pipe Creek and stopped in at Texas Custom Coach to
meet them and see what they thought about repairing the big slide. They gave me an estimate and we
made an appointment for me to come back. We came here on March 18th. As they started to clean up
the rotting wood it became clear that it was a very good deal to be here to get the work done.
I try to let others know what I have had done to my 5er so if they have a similar problem they
could look into how it was done and do it them selfs or get someone else to do it with enought
knowledge of what has been done before.
So here is what I am having done.
This is the bottom of my big slide at the front edge.
They are just getting started and raised the slide up with this jack.
You can see the plastic coming off the bottom.. This is the strip that
Heartland put on the bottom to prevent chipping.
This is the back of the big slide before they started.
Another view if the front of the big slide
before repairs.
This is the front of the big slide after repairs have been made
Front edge of big slide by entry door after repair has been made
This is the bracket being used.
It is 1/8" aluminum that is bent with a
special bending machine
This is where the bracket comes up on the inside.
It comes up under the black wood of the slide floor.
There is a piece of aluminum under the carpet at the corner shown above
that is attached to the black wood floor above.
The aluminum keeps the carpet up but the screws in the aluminum
go to far and come out the bottom and are scaring the plastic skid
shown in the next photo
As you can see the marking on the plastic glide.
It is scared by the points of the 2 screws that the
aluminum plate is secured with to hold up the carpet.
This should cover the over all repair of the slide. The small living room slide is being done the same way but does not have the rotting of the wood. To keep that from happening is why I am having the extra work done as preventive maintenance.
I will make additional posts if anyone is interested but this is about the entire process.
This is Texas Custom Coach.
I hope this is helpful to anyone else needing to make this type of repairs..
BC
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