Water inside trl after 4 hours driving in rain and fog

moose074

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So when we arrived at our final destination lest night I had some water on floor of trl. No indication from the ceiling. No water on anything but the floor in living room and bedroom. Water appeared clean not like water that might come from getting kicked up from the road. The floor had very little water on it the very edge of the carpet passenger side slide was wet. I almost want to say that we tracked in more water than I found on the floor. I thought maybe condensation from when I brought in slides but don’t think we hit dew point the night before. While not overly concerned because rarely drive in rain. I would like your thoughts it’s still u dear warranty so if it’s seals probably need to take it in. If it’s because it was 100% humidity rain fog then not much can be done I assume
 
The only time I ever found water inside our rig was after a HARD driving rain hitting the entry door side of the rig. The floor just inside was wet. It’s not a perfect seal, but it only happened once ……….so far.
 
I had a wet spot once.......... too

it never came back (yet)
but i keep an eye on it every time we get a heavy rain , just in case
 
We too have had very small amounts of water on the floor near a couple slides but we were traveling in a driving rainstorm.

We've also had condensation on countertops and other surfaces when leaving with a warmed up R/V and then driving through much colder temperatures enroute.
 
Thank you for your replies, thinking along same lines as your responses.
 
Had that happen before traveling through Ohio in heavy wind driven rain. Slide seals aren't perfect and they are less perfect when the RV is bouncing and twisting down the road.
 
I had water on the floor of my trailer (Wildwood Heritage Glen 271RL) near the walls after driving in a rain storm. I used 4" wide eternabond tape to seal the bottom side of the floor where it meets with the inside of the outer exterior wall, underneath the trailer, forming a 90 degree angle. I have not had any further water intrusion after 12,000 more miles of travel, including a number of rain storms.
 
So when we arrived at our final destination lest night I had some water on floor of trl. No indication from the ceiling. No water on anything but the floor in living room and bedroom. Water appeared clean not like water that might come from getting kicked up from the road. The floor had very little water on it the very edge of the carpet passenger side slide was wet. I almost want to say that we tracked in more water than I found on the floor. I thought maybe condensation from when I brought in slides but don’t think we hit dew point the night before. While not overly concerned because rarely drive in rain. I would like your thoughts it’s still u dear warranty so if it’s seals probably need to take it in. If it’s because it was 100% humidity rain fog then not much can be done I assume
We had a mystery leak at the bottom of our slide out. It turned out that there was no seal behind the outet bottom trim of the slide out. That trim has a 1.5" angle on the bottom of it that extends inward past the seal. I removed and caulked behind that bottom trim, and reinstalled it. No more leak! Luckily, it always flows downhill! Look upward to where the moisture stops. That will be your point of entry. Good luck!
 
I’ve had this happen twice. Somehow the toilet had more water than usual and splashed out on floor. Other thought is coming from roof, I.e. vent/ac?
 
Or perhaps a window seal could be the cause of the leak.
Unless you find the cause, it will probably be hard to get fixed under warranty.
 
So when we arrived at our final destination lest night I had some water on floor of trl. No indication from the ceiling. No water on anything but the floor in living room and bedroom. Water appeared clean not like water that might come from getting kicked up from the road. The floor had very little water on it the very edge of the carpet passenger side slide was wet. I almost want to say that we tracked in more water than I found on the floor. I thought maybe condensation from when I brought in slides but don’t think we hit dew point the night before. While not overly concerned because rarely drive in rain. I would like your thoughts it’s still u dear warranty so if it’s seals probably need to take it in. If it’s because it was 100% humidity rain fog then not much can be done I assume
 
I've experienced something similar on our mini lite, mentioned in posts 7 & 8. Could actually see light through outside edge of the slide while retracted. Can imagine the tires slinging water up there. Caulked, but have not been in rain since the repair.
 
Sometimes water can come from unusual, unexpected places. Two I've seen:

1. One travel trailer we had (Rockwood Mini Lite 2506) had a vent for the fan over the stove that can only be opened and closed from outside. One day in a hard rain, I spent a lot of time looking for the source of the water before realizing the vent was open.

2. Different trailer (current Rockwood 2608). There was water on the floor in the kitchen area after being on the road on a hot sunny day. It was condensation comming from the refridgerator. It's a 12v fridge and I had put a couple of Arctic Ice bricks in the fridge thinking it would help keep the fridge cold and keep battery usage down. But it was humid and condensation formed on the bricks, dripped down to the bottom of the fridge until it overflowed to the floor. The converter and fuse box are right under the fridge so lucky it didn't get fried.
 
I've experienced something similar on our mini lite, mentioned in posts 7 & 8. Could actually see light through outside edge of the slide while retracted. Can imagine the tires slinging water up there. Caulked, but have not been in rain since the repair.
We have a 2109s mini lite 2016. In the left and right corners of the slide out in the interior, under the sofa, there are little water collection bins for water that gets inside the seals. They have a drain in the bottom with a short length of hose clamped to the drain that run directly down through a hole in the floor of the slide out. After a hard rain storm last year, we had water pooling on the floor of the trailer and it turned out that the hose was not properly clamped to the drain and it had come loose allowing the water to trickle freely into the cabin.
 
We had something similar happen to us last year, driving in a rainstorm and then found water on the kitchen/livingroom area. Turned out the A/C unit was not bolted down tight to the roof. Mounting bolts were tightened and problem solved.
 

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