interior wall separation

[crouseman]

Hi I have a 04 newmar kountry star gas coach, the corner of the bedroom side wall is coming loose from the rear wall, anyone know of a way to pull the two back together and glue them, I talked to the people at newmar and they were not much help, gave me the name of the glue they use but not much else.

[Mr_D]

Any pictures? I'm having a hard time picturing what you mean.

[RVNeophytes2]

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Originally Posted by crouseman Hi I have a 04 newmar kountry star gas coach, the corner of the bedroom side wall is coming loose from the rear wall, anyone know of a way to pull the two back together and glue them, I talked to the people at newmar and they were not much help, gave me the name of the glue they use but not much else.

I'm not sure about the nature of your separation; but, I like to use JB Weld for such things when possible. Hot glue might be a reasonable alternative.

If you get the Kwik Cure JB Weld, it is pretty snappy setting up, but not nearly as fast as hot glue.

We looked at some new coaches in NM on vacation, noticed that the wall panels were curling up at the seams, particularly adjacent to the ceiling. The salesman offered up this explanation: in making the transition from the high humidity sea level evirons of the manufacturing facility to the arrid high country of Albuquerque, displacement occurs. But, it can be glued down. I was skeptical, but didn't argue. If that was the case, why did other brands on the same lot seem immune from the problem? The anwer: inferior materials quality. Before you ask, I cannot recall the offending brand. But, it is very easy to spot.

[crouseman]

Don't know how to post pics, there is a separation between the rear wall and the side wall the separation is about a foot long about half way up the wall, newmar gave me the name fo the glue they use but not how to get the two walls together.
signing off for today but will check back tomorrow, Thanks Dale

["007"]

What is your coach model number and what is on other side of wall from bedroom a closet or bath with sliding pocket door?
Got the model # 3560
Is it the right hand side of bed slide and main wall to coach?
Bottom or top of wall?
If its the bottom of wall it may have been pulled by slide fascia board from floor surface attachments.

[crouseman]

There is a shelf across the back of the coach about 30 inches above the floor and the separation is about two feet above that. It is on the passenger side of the coach. There is a closet on the other side. It appears it is the back section that has separated from the wall portion. There is no window in the area of the separation - Newmar suggested going through a window opening to access the area. The bedroom slide is the closest opening to it. Is there a way to take the face off the slide to gain access to the side wall so I can reach the back wall to bring it back into alignment with the side wall so I can glue it?

I will try later to figure out how to post a photo.

Thanks

Dale

[crouseman]

Trying a photo post of the separation

Dale

["007"]

Good picture, is the back wall surface moving when the slide fascia meets the outside wall?
My corners like that have a finish wall paper tape that runs from ceiling cornice down to floor to finish the two wall surfaces.
The inside wall board maybe loose from slide opening to back wall, a good adhesive squeezed into corner and wallboard pushed into rear wall may work.
If both walls in corner do not move a dress corner molding could be placed to finish off the corner plus the opposite corner to make the same.

[crouseman]

Thanks, everyone, for the input. I guess I will check with Newmar and see if there is a matching trim strip available that is wide enough to cover the separation.

Dale

[GaryKD]

Hi crouseman,
You have the right solution. Trim/molding is the way I would take to eliminate the problem.

[jojolima]

Newmar no longer stocks the oak trim. There is an Amish man in the area that does Newmar rennovations that has the corner trim. Any good local cabinet shop can stain an inside corner and install for you MUCH cheaper than shipping the 7 ft. piece. This should be a fairly easy fix.

Happy Trails.

[read & learn]

We had a separation of the bedroom/bathroom wall. Took to Newmar the problem was the road side slide was traveling just enough that a 3/8 inch opening in wall would appear when slide was out between the sink cabinet and the medicine cabinet.
Fix adjusted slide and also opened wall re-glued and added additional screws. 3 years and no more problem.