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Old 07-09-2020, 11:20 PM   #1
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Dry rot in 2000 10 ft Lance camper, looking for ideas to fix

I have a 2000 10 ft Lance camper, I found dry rot in the back end down low--the bottom 2 ft, it is fibreglass. Any body fix a problem like this?
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If it is laminated plywood and fiberglass panel then yes, most of us have. If regular fiberglass then not so much. First find out how the water got in or it will happen again. Second take a bunch of pictures and show us what is happening.
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Your description of the extent of the issue is too vague to give a specific answer. Perhaps if you posted a couple photos.
There are products like get rot, low expansion foam and polyurethane adhesive. It all depends on what is left behind the fiberglass. Is the framing gone or still solid. Is the backer board still solid. Can you get to the area from inside the unit?
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Your description of the extent of the issue is too vague to give a specific answer. Perhaps if you posted a couple photos.
There are products like get rot, low expansion foam and polyurethane adhesive. It all depends on what is left behind the fiberglass. Is the framing gone or still solid. Is the backer board still solid. Can you get to the area from inside the unit?
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It sounds like the last two Lance campers I just looked at, one was a '97 945 11'3" and the other '98 1110 11'6". It also happened to the '92 Caribou we had for 23 years. I don't think a leak was responsible on any of these campers, but from water splashing up underneath while driving in wet weather over time.

The Caribou had aluminum skin so it wasn't a problem to remove it to get to the wooden frame and replace the damaged parts. Damage to it was pretty severe and required rebuilding the entire rear structure. I think damage to the Lance's may have been limited to just the "wings", but since they weren't mine I didn't explore further.

I'm assuming the damage is external and limited to the inside of the "wings". I have never repaired only this part, and have never worked on glass sided campers, but I can't see why it wouldn't be possible to just remove the plywood from the inside of the "wings" and replace it with some good marine grade plywood by gluing with waterproof glue and clamping. If it were me I would also remove enough of whatever is in the way to be certain there is no structural damage. I would also try to avoid removing the glass "skin", if possible.

Best of luck with it.

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