Moisture inside RV

[tsax1951]

I recently had a new decking, roof and new dycor (sp?) done to my travel trailer to stop leaks in the front cabinet area. After our rain yesterday I noticed there was some moisture in the same spot on the wall in one of the cabinets as before. Does it sound like I still have a leak or is just condensation. The temperature has been in the 70's.

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

That's a hard question to answer without being there to actually see the situation. That said, leaks in travel trailers are notoriously hard to track down. What looks like a roof leak may actually be a leak in the sidewall or around a window frame. Water can travel quite a distance horizontally as well as vertically.

Having dealt with a few leaks back in my travel trailer days, I suspect that you still have one and the water is just not coming from the roof area where you recently had work done. There is another possibility as well; that the roof work missed a spot (around a vent, perhaps, or air conditioner). It only takes a tiny leak to let what appears to be a substantial quantity of water in.

Wishing you good luck in running this issue down.

TJ

 

[tsax1951]

Thank you!

 

[AbdRahim]

Check around your marker lights and look for seams vertival seams where the roof comes over the side, if yours does. Also check for a seam just above the rain gutters, if you have them. You may even try trying to trace the path with one of those moisture detector meters. That I haven't tried, so I don't know how well they work.

 

[tsax1951]

Check around your marker lights and look for seams vertival seams where the roof comes over the side, if yours does. Also check for a seam just above the rain gutters, if you have them. You may even try trying to trace the path with one of those moisture detector meters. That I haven't tried, so I don't know how well they work.

Thank you. I checked the running light close to where the moisture was inside. It looked like it was still sealed. However, just above the rain gutter I did find a very thin opening so I caulked it. We are supposed to get a rain Wednesday so we'll see if that was it or nor. Thank you for the info.