Hi All,
been lurking around a while and have found the site very useful and informative. We picked up a 2014 17.56-2 OB late last year but I haven't had a chance to start a thread yet on our van... Will get around to it soon... I promise...
Anyway, I've discovered some water damage on the inside wall panel below the mains water/tank inlet panel. Refer photo. I've eliminated leaks on the mains fittings and tank fittings as the cause. After monitoring for a while it goes damp after a decent amount of rain, so looks like the water inlet panel needs resealing. No sign of damage above this panel (without pulling it out yet) so fairly sure it's not coming from the window or anything higher. And no sign of damage to the floor, have checked both inside and underneath.
Before resealing the inlet panel I wanted to get some ideas for fixing and tidying up the wall panel. It's under the dinette seat so doesn't have to be a perfect fix...
My thoughts so far:
-Pull out water inlet panel
-Remove as much of the water damaged laminate as will come away easily and any of the internals of the panel that are water affected (assuming it's mostly insulation foam or something in the guts of the panel?)
-Glue on some thin (1-2mm) laminate/melamine sheeting or similar to cover the whole area under the seat
-Fill void in panel with expanda (pardon the pun) foam through the cutout for the water panel?
-Refit water inlet panel and seal with a silicone neutral cure sealer. (have read elewhere on the forum that the silicone stuff is better for sealing on the van than polyurethane products?)
Have I missed anything, or any better ideas or tips?
Thanks,
GM
been lurking around a while and have found the site very useful and informative. We picked up a 2014 17.56-2 OB late last year but I haven't had a chance to start a thread yet on our van... Will get around to it soon... I promise...
Anyway, I've discovered some water damage on the inside wall panel below the mains water/tank inlet panel. Refer photo. I've eliminated leaks on the mains fittings and tank fittings as the cause. After monitoring for a while it goes damp after a decent amount of rain, so looks like the water inlet panel needs resealing. No sign of damage above this panel (without pulling it out yet) so fairly sure it's not coming from the window or anything higher. And no sign of damage to the floor, have checked both inside and underneath.
Before resealing the inlet panel I wanted to get some ideas for fixing and tidying up the wall panel. It's under the dinette seat so doesn't have to be a perfect fix...
My thoughts so far:
-Pull out water inlet panel
-Remove as much of the water damaged laminate as will come away easily and any of the internals of the panel that are water affected (assuming it's mostly insulation foam or something in the guts of the panel?)
-Glue on some thin (1-2mm) laminate/melamine sheeting or similar to cover the whole area under the seat
-Fill void in panel with expanda (pardon the pun) foam through the cutout for the water panel?
-Refit water inlet panel and seal with a silicone neutral cure sealer. (have read elewhere on the forum that the silicone stuff is better for sealing on the van than polyurethane products?)
Have I missed anything, or any better ideas or tips?
Thanks,
GM