Underside edge of slideouts flaking off

[enolacamper]

Has anyone out there had the edges of the slides start to flake and brake off. It's like dried out fiber board when it dries out. I bought my 2010 used but apparently the original owner tried to use calking on one of the edges. I guessI didn't look it over well enough when we bought it. Would a thin 45deg edgong interfere with the slides working? Help

 

[hoefler]

Many have installed aluminum fascia to the edges of the slide and under the bottom trim piece, this is what I have done. Heartland also has a fix that you can order from them. Call customer service and give them your Heartland members number for a 10% discount.

 

[Rickhansen]

This has been a documented problem for about 3 or 4 years. A search of the forum will give you many results of the problem and fixes. I personally installed a galvanized, painted, 90 degree angle aluminum trim piece on each edge secured with caulk and screws. It took about 4 hours and $12, but it was caught and corrected early so there was minimal damage.

 

[Birchwood]

I think an edging would give you grief as it would snag on your carpeting.
The root of the problem is water is allowed to soak into the fiber board
causing it to expand and flake off when using slide .I coated these edges
with clear silicone to prevent water absorbtion and then treated the damaged
areas with Marine goop.All this was done after a year so I did go through
what you are experiencing.

 

[enolacamper]

Thanks, That's along the lines I was thinking just wasn't sure if it would interfere with the slide operation

 

[cookie]

When you look at the leading edge of the slide, as the slide goes in, you will see an upward taper of the floor. When I did mine I made the aluminum piece long enough to follow that taper. You will have to jack up the slide a bit to install that piece. I put a 2x4 flat under the slide floor and put my jack on that.
It never did cause a problem with the carpeting.

Peace
Dave

 

[TandT]

Like this?

HL sent the dealer what looks like a strip of 1/8" x 4" black ABS type material, which the dealer glued in place. I found it a bit surprising that they only did the one side of the slide that was damaged and not both sides of that slide.
I would think that doing both sides would even up the slide from side to side. Even though the material is only 1/8" thick.

The kitchen slide where the rollers hit, is now doing the same thing.

I went and bought a half sheet of a similar ABS material from a local RV repair shop. I cut it into 4" strips and I am going to pro-actively do all the slides.

 

[caissiel]

I also had to repair mine and that was after a lot of damage, after I had sealed the edges with just caulking.
Also added teflon strips all along to prevent damage to the sheet cover also.
Added the angles were added on the edges and tucked in under the sides paneling so moisture will run off.
I had to repair the extensif damage to the plywood with rubberguard as the wood was rot in deep.

We need to keep a close watch on these edges because the plywood used is not fit to be used on construction as I have learned while working at a building supplies store 4 years ago. The wood has small grain and just flakes off and the glue not strong enough to hold.