WATER DAMAGE/LEAKY WINDOWS, WHAT DO I NEED TO BUY???
Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 1:20 pm
HELLO,
WE DISCOVERED SERIOUS WATER SEEPAGE AROUND 2 WINDOWS IN OUR FLEETWOOD 1997 80X16 MODEL MOBILE HOME. APPARENTLY ALL THE SIDING AROUND THE WINDOWS DO NOT BUTT UP TO THE WINDOW FRAME AND ON TOP OF THAT, THEY HAVE NO CAULKING! ALL THE MATERIAL BEHIND THE SIDING IS ROTTED AND MUSHY, UP TO AND POSSIBLY THE SHEETROCK BEHIND THE LOWER PANELING. BEHIND THE VINYL IT IS BLACK WITH MOLD/MILDEW AND HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN GOING ON A WHILE. SEVERAL SQUARE FEET UNDER THEM ARE DAMAGED. WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN INTO TAKING OFF VINYL AND FINDING THE FULL SCOPE OF DAMAGES. BY PUSHING ON THE SIDING WE CAN TELL IT WILL BE SEVERAL SQUARE FEET. I DO KNOW WE WILL HAVE TO GO A FEW FEET FURTHER THAN THE DAMAGED AREAS TO PREVENT SPREAD OF MOISTURE/MILDEW/MOLD.
MY HUSBAND IS VERY HANDY AND ABLE TO DO ANYTHING IN REPAIRS BUT THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT REQUIRED/ACCEPTABLE/QUALITY MATERIALS FOR A MOBILE HOME. ALSO WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE ACTUAL WALL IS CONSTRUCTED FROM BEHIND THE SHEETROCK TO THE VINYL OUTSIDE, THE WALL SECTION SO TO SPEAK. BOTH OF US ARE FAIRLY KNOWLEDGABLE WITH ACTUAL "BRICK AND MORTER" HOUSING. WITH MY JOB AT OUR COUNTY BUILDING PERMIT DEPARTMENT I AM ABLE TO READ PLANS AND SUCH VERY WELL. BUT I KNOW THINGS ARE DIFFERENT WHEN IT COMES TO MOBILE HOME CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS USED.
IS THERE ANYTHING ANYONE CAN TELL US? A LIST OF PRODUCTS THAT ARE GOOD QUALITY? A TYPICAL WALL SECTION OF A MOBILE HOME OR DETAILS ABOUT EACH LAYER UNTIL YOU REACH THE SHEETROCK? ADVICE ON WHAT TO USE TO SEAL THE WINDOWS THAT IS BETTER THAN SIMPLY CAULKING? ANY OTHER POINTERS???
I JUST NEED TO KNOW THIS IS DOABLE AND THERE IS A PROCESS OR PLAN TO FIX IT. ANY ENCOURAGMENT WOULD BE SO GREATLY APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH,
LINDSEY
WE DISCOVERED SERIOUS WATER SEEPAGE AROUND 2 WINDOWS IN OUR FLEETWOOD 1997 80X16 MODEL MOBILE HOME. APPARENTLY ALL THE SIDING AROUND THE WINDOWS DO NOT BUTT UP TO THE WINDOW FRAME AND ON TOP OF THAT, THEY HAVE NO CAULKING! ALL THE MATERIAL BEHIND THE SIDING IS ROTTED AND MUSHY, UP TO AND POSSIBLY THE SHEETROCK BEHIND THE LOWER PANELING. BEHIND THE VINYL IT IS BLACK WITH MOLD/MILDEW AND HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN GOING ON A WHILE. SEVERAL SQUARE FEET UNDER THEM ARE DAMAGED. WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN INTO TAKING OFF VINYL AND FINDING THE FULL SCOPE OF DAMAGES. BY PUSHING ON THE SIDING WE CAN TELL IT WILL BE SEVERAL SQUARE FEET. I DO KNOW WE WILL HAVE TO GO A FEW FEET FURTHER THAN THE DAMAGED AREAS TO PREVENT SPREAD OF MOISTURE/MILDEW/MOLD.
MY HUSBAND IS VERY HANDY AND ABLE TO DO ANYTHING IN REPAIRS BUT THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT REQUIRED/ACCEPTABLE/QUALITY MATERIALS FOR A MOBILE HOME. ALSO WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE ACTUAL WALL IS CONSTRUCTED FROM BEHIND THE SHEETROCK TO THE VINYL OUTSIDE, THE WALL SECTION SO TO SPEAK. BOTH OF US ARE FAIRLY KNOWLEDGABLE WITH ACTUAL "BRICK AND MORTER" HOUSING. WITH MY JOB AT OUR COUNTY BUILDING PERMIT DEPARTMENT I AM ABLE TO READ PLANS AND SUCH VERY WELL. BUT I KNOW THINGS ARE DIFFERENT WHEN IT COMES TO MOBILE HOME CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS USED.
IS THERE ANYTHING ANYONE CAN TELL US? A LIST OF PRODUCTS THAT ARE GOOD QUALITY? A TYPICAL WALL SECTION OF A MOBILE HOME OR DETAILS ABOUT EACH LAYER UNTIL YOU REACH THE SHEETROCK? ADVICE ON WHAT TO USE TO SEAL THE WINDOWS THAT IS BETTER THAN SIMPLY CAULKING? ANY OTHER POINTERS???
I JUST NEED TO KNOW THIS IS DOABLE AND THERE IS A PROCESS OR PLAN TO FIX IT. ANY ENCOURAGMENT WOULD BE SO GREATLY APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH,
LINDSEY