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Old 08-01-2016, 06:35 PM   #1
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Water Leaking Under Rain Gutter

Hi all, complete noob here. Just bought our brand new 2504S trailer. Always been tent camping. Been out twice already and everything seems ok. My issue is water streaking down one side(so far) about 2 feet before it hits the rain gutter spout at the end of the trailer. It does this in three particular spots. So to investigate I went on the roof and watched the water condensation from A/C flow down roof and into gutter. Everything is fine. But once that water hits those three particular spots it comes out from under the gutter. The gutter spout at the end still works great. Any advice as to what is going on would be greatly appreciated. How are the gutters attached to side of trailer? I didn't see any holes at top of gutter where the water streaks were starting. Sorry this is long. Thanks in advance.
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Old 08-01-2016, 09:32 PM   #2
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Same issue, but only in one spot. Been wondering about a fix also, so subscribed!

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Old 08-06-2016, 06:38 PM   #3
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Is it a seam in the "gutter"? Mine had seams that leaked. Little clear silicone caulk fix er right up.
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Old 08-06-2016, 06:53 PM   #4
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Same issue with our new Wildcat. Turns out a gutter joint wasn't siliconed at the factory. The gutters on our trailer are NOT single runs of plastic, but rather several pieces siliconed together for the run. A little dab of silicone fixed the issue immediately.
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Old 08-06-2016, 07:08 PM   #5
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Same issue with our new Wildcat. Turns out a gutter joint wasn't siliconed at the factory. The gutters on our trailer are NOT single runs of plastic, but rather several pieces siliconed together for the run. A little dab of silicone fixed the issue immediately.

You have plastic gutters?????????????
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Old 08-06-2016, 07:24 PM   #6
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You're right...metal gutters, plastic downspouts. Same reply however....non-siliconed joint between runs.
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Old 08-07-2016, 08:46 AM   #7
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You're right...metal gutters, plastic downspouts. Same reply however....non-siliconed joint between runs.

I was gonna say.........I thought maybe they found another way to squeeze a few more pennies out of material costs.
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Old 08-15-2016, 10:50 AM   #8
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i had metal gutters on my old trailer with same caulking on joint got old and leaked. I scrapper out the old stuff and sealed it with silicone. It'e been fin ever since.
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