I have a leak on the long wall somewhere in my LQ trailer. I noticed water under the cabinet where my fresh water tank, pump and hot water tank is. I know its not leaking from those things, as they have not had water in them in 8 months.

I soaked up the water with towels, as you cannot get a wet vac in there to do any good. We caulked a section that looked like it could be the culprit.. it rained and everything is soaked again.

I cannot see any water running down anywhere. The ceiling is dry, the walls are dry. No evidence of water running anywhere.

Ive looked at the roof and and the seam, looks fine to me, but maybe leaking there and running down the wall.

My trailer is a 03 Kiefer Built Genisis 4horse. Has a/c on top, tv anntenna on top also. No window in LQ other than in door and in the nose.

Can anyone give me suggestions on how to find this leak??? Where to look, how to look, what to look for, any testing that can be done and how to do it?

Thanks

THe fresh tank is empty, I have looked.. the drain is on the bottom. THe hot water tank was drained also, however, you cannot get all the water out of it due to design. The amount of water I have extracted is more than what might have been left in the hot water tank.

I dont think that is the cause, but guess that anything is possible.

I looked at that area last night. The caulking looks really good around the fill thing. I opened it up and there were no cracks or anything either.

We had that horrible drought and high heat last summer, then all the freezing rain and snow this winter.. Im sure it didnt help things at all.

Can you believe that the trailer places want $95/hr to just LOOK at my trailer!!

Here's some idea's.  Is there any water in the horse compartment, under the mats?  When the trailer is parked is the long wall down hill, or up hill.  Is it raised so the water will drain toward the back?

Cover the roof with a good tarp and duct tape the edges, hose down the outside wall and wait to see if it gets wet inside.  Then uncover the antena, and repeat.  At some point you should discover where the leak is coming from. 

I have a leak at my door, and with the long wall low the water runs to that side. 

I hope that this helps.

Turfa

Bought a used trailer at QH Congress in '04. Had some minor issues with the interior while I was there (interior hadn't EVER been used) and a leak stated in the LQ (new leak...no previous staining) Sierra LQ's spent 5 days tweaking every little thing that was wrong. The leak...they resealed the entire roof, then found out the leak was from an incomplete exterior window seal. The window was the culprit! Sierra LQ interiors ROCKS!! They couldn't have done more, especially since this trailer was USED! Mike the pres. was hands-on and aces!  Won't mention the dealer though . So check the window, the problem part of the seam was only about an inch long!

    Heidi

Thanks Heidi. I will check the windows again.

I found a new leak/wet spot last night. I had my trailer parked in a different spot and the nose was downhill. Found a west spot on the same side, but up in the nose corner. I know it wasnt wet before as I checked every square inch of the trailer when I found the other one.

My hubby found some of the white skin on the nose loose and the caulk gone at the channel where the skin sits in. If this rain will give us a break... we will get that caulked and see if that is it.

We got some heavy rain yesterday again and then it rained off and on after we got home from work. It was too wet to even try to fix it.

I also bought some roof patch to go over some areas on the seam that look suspicious.

When you say my trailer has the "old type roof", how is it different than the newer Kiefers?

There is no window where it is leaking on the floor, but windows in the nose.. I now have a leak in the nose on the same side. SO where ever that leak is.. it ran down and got my nose/mattress wet as the nose was lower than the rear of the trailer (parked it in a different place)

There is only one clearance light on the trailer up high.. its at the nose. (I wish it had more clearance lights, apparently they put the minimum required by law on it). I will pop the cover off and re caulk it, just in case.

What do I look for on the roof caulk? This stuff that they used is thick, white and kinda spongy feeling. Looks like it was brushed or poured on. Do I take this off or just seal over it?

My water heater is electric home style kind. Only access is from inside the trailer. I plan to recaulk the water fill hatch on the outside as I noticed it is not a tight seal around it (but doesnt appear to be open enough to cause that much water to come in, but guess it could?)

This trailer has the white skin glued on(sides), not riveted. We did find last night that the skin on the nose (which is riveted on) was loose at the channel where it sits below the window. The caulk was missing and there was a lot of water that would come out when you would push on the skin. Could that be enough to cause the water to run and follow that channel to the floor?? A new leak was found last night and since I parked it with the nose lower than the rear... the nose was wet in the front same side corner.

Is it possible for that to have caused the floor leak or do I just have many leaks and a lot of work ahead of me to reseal the trailer?

What do you recomend to seal the roof with?

Thanks for your help

Thanks!

We are thinking that is where our leak is also. There is some caulk missing under the window where the skin meets the frame and there was a lot of water in it. If it will just stop raining.. we could fix it.

Now to figure out how to get it dry on the inside and get the musty smell out.

Thanks RTS!!

The roof caulk looks pretty tight in the areas I can actually get too right now. Havent pulled out the ladder yet to examine all of it. Some of it does look missing, but untill I can get the ladder up there and see if I see if its torn off, I dont know.

I bought some Kool Seal from the RV store. I will look for the product you suggested.

Im glad to know that we may have found our leak in that channel. We plan to work on it today as there is rain forcasted every day for the next week.

Im not complaining about the rain in any way after last years drought. Im not sure we have recovered from it as the rain is making it hard for the hay farmers to get their fields fertilized and sprayed. We had 20 days of rain in May, and 12 days so far this month. (total of 45 days of rain April, May, June to date).

Lots of horses here for sale also, Its been really slow and I have several for sale myself that arent moving.

I feed hay year round as I dont have a lot of land. I hope the rains soon find your area and help with your drought.