As I removed the kitchen area, I exposed the wheel well and gas tank inlet. I removed the black plastic pvc cover and it was just solid under it. Then I touched it and realised it was sand and mud. So I cleaned it out, and low and behold its a 8 inch hole going straight through the floor unsealed. Well thats a fixer.
The wood over the wheel arch, now thats interesting. The metal to wall of the metal wheel arch is not sealed at all, and of corse the metal is dimpled in the middle so water gets in there and sits, right under the wood arch. The hot water tank is over this and is not braced at the back so the wall was deflecting from supporting all the weight. So that's all ripped out.
I remade the wood wheel arch, then sealed the wood with a few layers of Fiberglass, then sealed the edges with membrane tape, put it back together and sealed the tin arch to the outside wall with Etrabond tape.
The floor around the gas inlet was amazingly not rotted, so I sanded it down to make sure the wood was good, sealed the wood, then sealed the edges with membrane tape. I made a rubber gasket for the fuel tank, line and sealed that from underneath so no more road grim can get up and in there.
I was having issues with the tin outer wall's in the factory the wood and foam are preasure sealed. In this case its hard to get the preasure. So, I jury rigged it up. The inside as I mentioned is now playwood, and the window frames just don't sit there now in space only held up by foam. I now have proper 2*4 joists in there with the frames properly set.
To get the bonding. I took 4* 8 sheets on the outside, with 2* 4's. I then made my own massive clamp by running the two by fours on the inside and out side between the open window frames then used large clamps at the ends, this then put preasure on the outside 4 * 8's to squeeze the skin to the wood and insulation. Worked like a charm.
More Pic's to follow.
The wood over the wheel arch, now thats interesting. The metal to wall of the metal wheel arch is not sealed at all, and of corse the metal is dimpled in the middle so water gets in there and sits, right under the wood arch. The hot water tank is over this and is not braced at the back so the wall was deflecting from supporting all the weight. So that's all ripped out.
I remade the wood wheel arch, then sealed the wood with a few layers of Fiberglass, then sealed the edges with membrane tape, put it back together and sealed the tin arch to the outside wall with Etrabond tape.
The floor around the gas inlet was amazingly not rotted, so I sanded it down to make sure the wood was good, sealed the wood, then sealed the edges with membrane tape. I made a rubber gasket for the fuel tank, line and sealed that from underneath so no more road grim can get up and in there.
I was having issues with the tin outer wall's in the factory the wood and foam are preasure sealed. In this case its hard to get the preasure. So, I jury rigged it up. The inside as I mentioned is now playwood, and the window frames just don't sit there now in space only held up by foam. I now have proper 2*4 joists in there with the frames properly set.
To get the bonding. I took 4* 8 sheets on the outside, with 2* 4's. I then made my own massive clamp by running the two by fours on the inside and out side between the open window frames then used large clamps at the ends, this then put preasure on the outside 4 * 8's to squeeze the skin to the wood and insulation. Worked like a charm.
More Pic's to follow.
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