After my mini-meltdown last night after finding water damage in my
Scamp and following the advice of thrifty bill, I am making window repair my priority numero uno. Also per his advice, I’m starting on ONE. This one. It has a hurricane hinge at the top of the window and the panel pops out at the bottom.
Before I did anything I just went out there and studied it. There were several failure points that I’m sure are working collectively to cause it to leak.
#1: The butyl tape has shrunk and cracked. Easy enough fix.
#2: The glazing between the window pane and the metal frame was old and had pulled away from the acrylic. It was so loose that the window rattled in its frame.
I’m going to buy the glazing that Jenny reference in this post:
https://www.fiberglassrv.com/forums/...ows-42049.html
3: The bulb seal that was on the window frame was taped ON TOP of the frame. There was no gasket keeping in place. This seal was pretty intact, though flattened, on the sides on bottom of the window, but the top edge had migrated significantly and left the entire top edge open to the elements.
Bulb seal intact.
Bulb seal at top of window offering no protection.
#4: The rubber rope-like gasket used to secure the screen in its channel was blocking about 3/4s of each of the two drain holes. When I reinstall this gasket, I will leave gaps in front of the holes so that they aren’t blocked.
Gasket in place = drain hole partially blocked.
Gasket removed = drain hole open