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Apply New Silicone Sealant to Exterior Seams

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The Newell Project Begins: Roof Is Leaking??

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What happens here

After removing the old sealant, the creator applies new clear silicone to the exterior seams of the RV. This is done along the vertical seams of the side panel and along the roofline, including around the AC unit. He notes that this is a temporary fix, estimating he spent about an hour and a half on the roof ensuring all areas were covered. He also reseals the two forward cab lights that were still functional but had compromised seals, anticipating he will replace all cab lights with LEDs later.

Goal: Provide a temporary waterproof seal to all accessible exterior seams.

Tools and materials

  • Ladder Werner — Accessing the RV roof and high side panels
  • Silicone gun — Applying the silicone sealant
  • Clear silicone sealant — Sealing the RV seams and around fixtures

What they say

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so I've peeled out all the crap and I put some clear [Music] it still doesn't look very good but I can tell if someone's rivets up they're out so whenever I do all this I'll be in a closed area or in a dries very soon where I'm not gonna have to breathe but things get wet I'll draw those rivets out research them back down and do the window refill everything right think here these are have come out to this panel sluice I'm gonna go up there because you can see where the roof air the water just constantly the runoff and the AC comes right down there so this has been off all day everywhere on the basement areas instead I'm going to preventative ly seal up that rivet scene right there just just for peace of mind that I need to figure out some way to divert that water running down the side because what it's doing is it's separating these trim pieces like this the water gets in there and it lifts it up this is just like double-sided tape that holds it on and the other side is not like that because there is no runoff and after that like whatever the front pull out that front cab light that thing back in there preventatively again that's that's gonna come out to something replace all these with LEDs like this this is the same style so I could just get like a bunch of these [Music] one step at a time it's funny whenever I hear these semi-trucks one of them will fire up this isn't it right away they got a real distinct sound so I was just up on the roof an hour and a half with the silicone just going around like all kinds of random little stuff eventually I think once I can find a place to do this inside I'll take everything off the roof and reseal it so I know it's good instead of just putting solar I figured well that was up there at might as well run over everything just to be sure when it's blowing my hair's a mess I'm hungry I don't know if I'm gonna get to the cab light right now think I'm gonna get some food but that part up there is my main concern and I also preventatively sealed up that AC area I found out how it drains out of there and I'm pretty sure I can make my own drains that does not do that so that could be a future project

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