So the chosen repair man (more on him later) rang me on Friday to say that as it is forecast a lovely sunny day on Sunday (Today) could he come over to start the repair. No problems for me.
So the first task was to remove the window, easier said than done, all research and his experiance says lift window, remove stopper and slide off, this is the first Fleetwood he has tackled, so further search I found more info, top of window has a aluminium strip with a lip and sikaflex in position, cut sikaflexand lift the strip which was quite hard but came out.
The strip at the top being lifted out. Window then lifted out.
Window and seal now removed.
Main crack to repair.
All cleaned up and if you Look closely you can see it has now been
cut into a "V" to allow a better weld.
The bottom edge was not flush with the timber frame so the guy put
3mm plastic packing where you see the 4 clamps and on the main crack where you see the two clamps he managed to slide a 4mm packing pice under the crack.
One of the smaller cracks , drilled hole at bottom and "V" out raedy for weld.
Close up of the weld which will bind the crack together, he is back tomorrow to sand down, insert more weld where required and polish to a finish.
TO BE CONTINUED>>>>>>>>>>
So the first task was to remove the window, easier said than done, all research and his experiance says lift window, remove stopper and slide off, this is the first Fleetwood he has tackled, so further search I found more info, top of window has a aluminium strip with a lip and sikaflex in position, cut sikaflexand lift the strip which was quite hard but came out.
The strip at the top being lifted out. Window then lifted out.
Window and seal now removed.
Main crack to repair.
All cleaned up and if you Look closely you can see it has now been
cut into a "V" to allow a better weld.
The bottom edge was not flush with the timber frame so the guy put
3mm plastic packing where you see the 4 clamps and on the main crack where you see the two clamps he managed to slide a 4mm packing pice under the crack.
One of the smaller cracks , drilled hole at bottom and "V" out raedy for weld.
Close up of the weld which will bind the crack together, he is back tomorrow to sand down, insert more weld where required and polish to a finish.
TO BE CONTINUED>>>>>>>>>>
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Mighty impressed with him so far Dusty, problem was we had a lot in common and spent a lot of time yapping but I was helping to clean off all the old mastic etc.
Here's a tip(he showed me), when cleaning off old mastic, cover in talcum powder first and roll it onto it self and it doesnt stick .
Then clean rest of residue off with brake cleaner. 👍
There is another mark there but it could be dirt. An impact would normally be cracks radiating out from the point of impact rather than vertical. I do think this is stress.
Hi Raywood, definitely stress there are too many cracks/splits in different location's for impact.
Unless some one shot my caravan with a machine gun !!!
He found a 5th one under the seal so sorting that as well.
Quick Update,
So Matt the Plastic's man returned today as the sun was shining for him again, he was not happy on two counts firstly there was an air bubble in his filler so rubbed down and re-filled and secondly the rubber seal on the window wasnt sitting right, so took window and seal out again and refitted!!
Back next Saturday to re-rub down and polish
His words when he left in the dark,,,,,nearly there.
So Matt the Plastic's man returned today as the sun was shining for him again, he was not happy on two counts firstly there was an air bubble in his filler so rubbed down and re-filled and secondly the rubber seal on the window wasnt sitting right, so took window and seal out again and refitted!!
Back next Saturday to re-rub down and polish
His words when he left in the dark,,,,,nearly there.
Hi Wayne, agree with every thing you have said, brilliant guy, I just want to see it finished, cant wait but he is busy until next weekend.
So guys and girls take a look at the before and after, tell me your thoughts and I will tell you mine when I have had some responses!!
So thats before, and now
At least it is watertight now, comments please.
So thats before, and now
At least it is watertight now, comments please.
Hi Kev Pleased to see the job has now been completed and you can now enjoy another number of adventures knowing it is now okay. Looks like a decent job and one you can be confident with.
Hi Kev, being totally critical , but not seeing the other repairs, I would have hoped not to see any visable repair. I can visably see an indentation, which if I was claiming on insurance I would not accept. If you run your finger over it can you feel anything , maybe the photo is deceptive..
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