Adventure Location:
Decatur, Alabama
Date: February 11, 2024
Today started late last night. The OFM washed his hands and dried them on the kitchen towel then turned toward the bed when a big drop of water from the ceiling hit him in the face and the fun began. The drop of water came from a leak around the sunlight through the ceiling. That is not good. The next few minutes was spent putting down bowls to catch the dripping water and contain the trouble.
Then we wiped up the splatters still on the floor. And finally we got the trim stuff removed and over there out of the way.
Then we followed the water trail to the likely culprit spot.
Careful viewing lead us to the upper inside of a corner of the skylight hole in the ceiling. So now we had a reasonable suspect. The drip rate was slow enough while it was raining to have time to empty the bowls as needed. Shortly after all the detective work the rain quit and the drips soon quit. The good news is that we had a good probable point to start for the leak point in the morning.
So right after breakfast the OFM got busy because we had rain storms in the afternoon in the forecast. A look at the caulking on the skylight showed every thing good except a small crack about a half inch long and a sixteenth of inch wide in an inconspicuous place. So now we have a target to attack. The spray caulk by Gorilla products was gotten in hand ready to apply. However the roof was very wet and slippery. So we piddled around and found out that it seemed the crack was within arms reach from the edge of the roof if we used the ladder.
About then our neighbor asked what was happening. After giving him the short version he volunteered to hold the ladder stable and hand things up to the OFM as needed. WOW that was a welcome offer.
To get to the core of this mess, things worked out just right and the OFM managed to get the spraying job finished in good time. And nobody got hurt.
Here we have the skylight back together for tonight's test by Mother Nature.
The couple of minor rains this evening did not have any drips show up. But the big storm tomorrow will let us know the real result.
Just another great day in the life of a full time RVer.
Ah geez. So glad you had a helpful person show up. I know it's hard to give in and ask for help, but sometimes, things are a two person job. Even when they were a one person job in one's memory. Hope the repair keeps it dry and quiet inside!!
ReplyDeleteJust when you did not need that it happens. Glad you were able to Safely take care of the issue, so you can Enjoy going back to having tooooo much fun.
ReplyDeleteIt's about time.