Hello, I'm new at "RVing" and recently bought a Rockwood Geo Pro 19FD Travel Trailer. While examining the trailer I noticed that there was an vertical overlap in the corner of the shower that was not caulked whatsoever. Some tell me to use silicon to seal it and some tell me that using the Dicor non-sag caulk would be better. Can we use Dicor non-sag product for that purpose? Is silicon better? Should I leave it that way?
welcome to the forum its a great place to get your questions answered. In areas like the shower where there is allot of moisture I like to use silicone. A little trick for making clean seams with silicone is to lightly mist the area of the seam with denatured alcohol (not in the seam) apply the silicone and then wet your finger and make the seam smooth, the silicone will not stick where the alcohol is. I do not use silicone on outside seams like the roof and would not recommend it.
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Yep, silicon inside the shower. One of the first things I do in a new rig is silicon the whole shower. Every seam, every glass panel. Good luck and enjoy your RV!!
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Our shower surround is detaching from the wall at the top of the shower and I am trying to determine what to do to reattach it to the wall prior to putting silicon along the top. I have reviewed many posts over the past 2 days on what to do with a shower surround that is warping/detaching from the wall. Here is what I have seen and wanted to find out my best option:
1. Many people say not to put silicon on the walls where they are separating because they say it is for moisture to escape.
- This makes sense on the bottom of the surround where it overlaps the tub, but it does not make sense at the top where water would splash and run down into the walls.
2. Many people also say to use plastic rivets to hold up the surround.
- Again the plastics rivets would hold it in place but water would be able to still run down behind the walls and you are drilling additional holes into the surround which now allows more access for water to get behind the wall. (Assuming you don't put chalk into the holes before inserting the rivet)
So in summary...If my understanding of the issue is correct, then should you seal the top of the shower surrounds? What type of adhesive works the best prior to putting silicon around the top?
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