Trapped moisture within walls
Okay, like most of us here, I've been following the recent discussion on wrapping the body of the trailer before skinning. There has also been a lot of talk on condensation under the skin and the...
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The moisture will be less with insulation next to the skin. I used fiberglass on the Corvette, have used styrofoam and also the silver bubble wrap. All work well. As far as the skin attachment goes, I...
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Bob, Valid concerns. Excess moisture must be able to get out. The only two places excess moisture comes from is a leak in the roof/siding/plumbing, or from the interior of the trailer, caused by...
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Well, I'm in So. Cal. where it is all a desert. I don't have the entire trailer torn down, just the needed exterior portions. I was very fortunate to find very little water damage, and all of that was...
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Bob, "Preserving" the wood is not a bad idea, but... For it to be very effective, all sides of a given piece of wood need to be thus treated. If a bottom plate for example, were attached to the floor...
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What about paint as a vapor barrier? I have read there are some paints that are used as vapor barriers. They have a "perm" rating equal to plastic sheeting. This could be helpful to those that aren't...
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Guess I will just leave it alone. Makes sensewhat you are saying Rob. Thanks...
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Hi Gordon, Some paints can serve as a vapor barrier. However, I'm not going to get anywhere close to that one, as I much prefer the original varnish look of the old trailers over the "painted"...
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I'm curious...........if your water marks are from condensation...........why would they appear only under the front and rear windows? Seems to me like "condensation" should be fairly uniform though...
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Grant,Sorry to hear you're having such trouble.Can you provide more photos please?Sealing the floor and using rigid insulation doesn't cause issues as you describe.Excessive sweating will cause a lot...
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Grant,Thanks for the additional close ups.Any chance you can step back and get broader pictures?Something like the whole front and back end that shows everything?A couple of the outside too.I'm trying...
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Thanks for the additional photos. Very sorry you had this experience, hope you stay with it. Did you have the stationary glass "out of the window frame" when you resealed the windows? There's really...
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I also was concerned about condensation when I built my trailer so I looked at the methods of modern RV builders and found that Forrest river was putting roof cavity vents on their units so decide to...
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