Good afternoon,
I decided to create a new thread since this is no longer about vinyl trim. I went in today to attempt to take out the dinette seats. Made my first mistake. I took out all of the screws at the bottom and back (not an easy task). Tugged and was still hard to get out. Later found out that they were also screwed from the outside. Luckily, I did not do too much damage to the seat. Disappointed that I may have to take of the outside metal siding to get the seat back in again. To be honest, a little scared about that. I am glad I took out the seat because as I started pulling out the damaged paneling, I found that it was still really wet behind the walls. Had to rip out paneling and found that the paneling, studs and insulation were all wet.
The Good
The rot in the floor seems to only come back about 2 to 3 feet. I didn't have a measuring tape outside with me.
The Bad
The rot in the wall studs seem to go up past the window which means we will probably have rip out paneling around and above the window. May have to take out the window and cabinet.
I was surprised how wet it still was in the wall. The camper has been covered since the end of October. We were giving it time to dry out. We will probably have to rip out the rest of the bottom of the front wall so that it really can dry out. It will at least give us time to come up with a game plan.
I decided to create a new thread since this is no longer about vinyl trim. I went in today to attempt to take out the dinette seats. Made my first mistake. I took out all of the screws at the bottom and back (not an easy task). Tugged and was still hard to get out. Later found out that they were also screwed from the outside. Luckily, I did not do too much damage to the seat. Disappointed that I may have to take of the outside metal siding to get the seat back in again. To be honest, a little scared about that. I am glad I took out the seat because as I started pulling out the damaged paneling, I found that it was still really wet behind the walls. Had to rip out paneling and found that the paneling, studs and insulation were all wet.
The Good
The rot in the floor seems to only come back about 2 to 3 feet. I didn't have a measuring tape outside with me.
The Bad
The rot in the wall studs seem to go up past the window which means we will probably have rip out paneling around and above the window. May have to take out the window and cabinet.
I was surprised how wet it still was in the wall. The camper has been covered since the end of October. We were giving it time to dry out. We will probably have to rip out the rest of the bottom of the front wall so that it really can dry out. It will at least give us time to come up with a game plan.