Finished the tape job on the roof (see pics) and put down the final layer of primer.
Today I will put down the first coat of the sealant (pics to come later). Yesterday I started working on the inside of the Sloth and found the water damage in the front of the RV wasn't as bad as I originally thought BUT the water damage to the back of the RV was MUCH worse than I ever imagined.
The prime reason for this was that the ceiling for the back of the Sloth (bunk bed area) was mad out of fiberglass so the water never dripped from the sealing it just traveled all over the place up there. You will see in the pics that the studs that were used to frame that area of the RV were so rotted out that I just took them out with my fingers. The bright spot you see in the pic is the actual skin of the Sloth (sounds like a science project
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OK this is where you ALL come in!! I need suggestions on the repair. I was planning on just buying some studs and then some of the anchors that are used to butt two pieces of wood together and screw those into the existing studs. The other thing I want to do is add a plug to the overhead sleep area in the front of the Sloth since this is where Shannon (my lovely wife
and I sleep) She needs a plug in order to keep her cell phone charged 'cause I play with it all night long
. The wires that are up there now are from the over head light and I'm not sure if I can use those to wire an actual outlet???
I'm running out of time for I need to take it to my local RV shop to have them check out my fridge (not working) and to fix the black water tank (I'm too old to go walking around at night looking for a bath house). We're planning a short trip with the kids around the Cascade loop on Oct 16-19 to see the Fall Foliage and I need all this to work.
Anyway thanks again for reading and please feel free to provide opinions and experiences since this is my first RV. Oh by the way although I'm going through all of these growing pains I'm still like our Sloth very much
By the way thanks for all of you who have offered support and suggestions. Keep them coming.
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