sheri piveteau
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Have rear wall panels fiberglass bubble separation which I believe sucked up water trapped in the under belly. Believe the water gets in when driving as the under belly is not sealed completely. My husband can stick his fingers into the inside between the screws holding the underbelly up. So water can get in. Now we had an odd smell in our camper and the water looked green so I suspect the water accumulation is creating mold and maybe rust. Now we need to take all the screws out drop it and clean it. I wish someone would have told us about this type of problem when we bought it. So why have an underbelly if all it will do is hold water when driving down the road in the rain. I see some people say they drill drain holes in the low spots where it sags. But then that leaves critters and cold air in right?
Has anyone else had this issue? Seems like most of the water accumulates behind the axles where most of the spray would happen from the tires kicking water off the road and shouldn't the under belly be completely sealed with some sort of caulking? Any suggestions as my camper is only 3 years old. Maybe a modified screw plug that can be inserted into the skin like drill a 3/4 inch hole in the belly at the low point and you can unscrew it easily and let water out? I am concerned now there is a lot of mold built up from sitting in there for who knows how long. Anyone else have water accumulation? I recommend you go under and push up on the low area and see if water flows out the sides. And no it does not appear to be a water leak from the hot water heater etc as we were able to push most of the green/rust/dirty water out and it is not filling up.
However we will inspect it all when we drop the belly skins and look more closely.
Has anyone else had this issue? Seems like most of the water accumulates behind the axles where most of the spray would happen from the tires kicking water off the road and shouldn't the under belly be completely sealed with some sort of caulking? Any suggestions as my camper is only 3 years old. Maybe a modified screw plug that can be inserted into the skin like drill a 3/4 inch hole in the belly at the low point and you can unscrew it easily and let water out? I am concerned now there is a lot of mold built up from sitting in there for who knows how long. Anyone else have water accumulation? I recommend you go under and push up on the low area and see if water flows out the sides. And no it does not appear to be a water leak from the hot water heater etc as we were able to push most of the green/rust/dirty water out and it is not filling up.
However we will inspect it all when we drop the belly skins and look more closely.