leaking camper

Nick167 · Sep 24, 2015

I might be getting a camera my buddy offered me for free I went and checked it out it looks alright they were using it in the last ten years I noticed a couple spots in the ceiling where water had been leaking in is this gonna be a major fix or not to bad they didn't look to bad to me its a goose neck but don't know the make thanks for any help!

stonerock · Sep 24, 2015

had a 1998 goose neck camper 32' roof leaked put a rubber roof on and fixed that problem, kept it until 2013 then down-sized ...250.00 for rubber roof and hardware I put it on

ray hofstetter · Sep 24, 2015

I had a 26' but it wasn't a goose neck. Seams on the roof tend to leak, pretty easy fix - I just stuck some really sticky roof patch tape on the seams.

redtom · Sep 24, 2015

After having lived through the repair of a leak damaged fifth wheel, I would run away fast. Of course, if you're handy anything can be repaired. One issue is having a nice big work shop with space to rip it apart and leave it while doing repairs. Plus being able to work up on the roof area. I pulled the slide out on mine out to repair the floor etc and that was job enough. The water damage was repaired by a dealer. One small area in the corner of the gooseneck area had enough hidden damage to make needing the entire gooseneck wall and floor repaired.

fixerupper · Sep 24, 2015

Regretfully if it has visible leaks there will be rot and probably more than you realize. It probably has been leaking for awhile before the ceiling stains showed up. Look closely at the screws holding the siding to the top side rail. They are probably under some trim. If the trim is gaping away from the siding there is a good chance the screws are in rotten lumber.

My son replaced the whole front and half the roof on his bumper hitch camper. It occupied the shop while the front end was opened up so he had good incentive to finish the job quickly. I have a pretty well equipped larger wood working shop he could use to rip out the special width structural lumber you find in a camper so he could make most of the parts ahead of time to speed up the reconstruction part. It was a much larger job than he realized it would be but he got it done and it looks good.

da.bees · Sep 24, 2015

Kinda of a rule of thumb imo is if you see water when it first starts dripping from ceiling you stand a good chance of fixing it before major structrial damage occures. When damage can be seen indoors it's usually long past major damage. Repairing a leeak isn't complicated,fixing subsequent structrial damage is usually plenty complicated.

John M · Sep 25, 2015

Dad got one of those deals years ago. Very small spots like the size of a dollar bill. Figured it would be OK. 3 miles down the road, the AC unit fell though. While tearing things out to fix that, more damage was found. That small leak had been running down the ac unit, and was dripping on the floor, so the roof damage looked OK from the outside. Had also ran down over to the wall, and did more damage. It ended up getting stripped down and a trailer made out of the frame.

David G · Sep 25, 2015

I hate those leaky cameras even worse than leaking campers, run away.

Tim in OR · Sep 25, 2015

I learned the hard way. Got a deal on a trailer with a small leak, I found it and thought I fixed it.
The idiots that put the roof on had stapled it down on the top and covered the staples with gray goo.
The movement when going down the road caused the staples to break off and work their way thru the goo.
The dry rot started, I rebuilt the back wall. That was good for 1 season. Dry rot was working its way up the sides. I threw up my hands. A guy came along who couldn't live without it. SOLD. Not my problem any more.
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