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Old 12-12-2020, 07:24 PM   #1
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Delamination Price Estimate Help!

Hi! I am new to this forum so I hope this is in the right place! I appreciate any help or advice anyone has!!!

I'm looking to purchase a Class A to live in full-time. A family member has one they are willing to sell me for WELL below market value. However, it has a few issues... which warrants the extremely discounted price.

The biggest one is delamination. It has quite a bit of it. The RV is a 2011 Forest River Georgetown 300FWS. This has a very large slide-out that extends almost the entire length of the 30ft RV. The leak that caused the delamination has been fixed, but not the delamination itself. It's a lot of delamination, at the top of the slide, going down the wall, and more at the bottom. It extends the entire length of the huge slide-out.

I am pretty handy, but I want this to be fixed correctly and I don't think I can do it myself as a solo person job sadly.

Does anyone know what a price estimate could be for this? Just a max estimate would be great. Someone said $5,000 to me, which would be fine because the price for the RV is so low. I did some research and I think the entire slide-out wall might need to be replaced, meaning the entire RV might need to be repainted. Would this fit into that $5,000?

Basically I just want to know a worst-case-scenario price. What's the most you've ever heard for this type of repair? Including a new paint job?

Thank you so much for any guess at all, anything would be so helpful!! I attached pictures for better estimates!!
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Old 12-12-2020, 07:52 PM   #2
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Nice looking coach, but you didn't give a year or the condition of the rest of the coach. If you're going to insist on making the slide factory new you're looking at a BIG price tag. I wouldn't be surprised if it exceeded $10,000 but that's a guess based on how these slides are assembled. When building, these skins are glued and then pressed to the under frame by continuous pressure or in a vacuum bag. A must if you're in the "impress the neighbors" mode. If you're looking at function and strength, a series of truss head rivets, screws or other fasteners would work, but of course, you'd lose the smooth, slick side look. For the right price, I could live with that, but... Your rig...Your decision. As they say, there ain't no such thing as a free lunch. TANSTAAFL (LOL)
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Well I won't begin to give a price on such a repair , but believe that the wall replacement is probably the only true fix .
There may be an opportunity to find a slide at an RV wrecking yard , but then you'd still need paint ; probably the whole side to get a good match .
AND I DON'T think $5,000 would begin to cover it.

There are options , use the coach as is , and keep the purchase price in mind when you decide to trade ( and there will be limited places willing to consider the coach) or sell privately .

Or contact Forest River to see if this type of repair they would undertake; and ask about pricing.
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As odd as this may sound...attempt to find a boat/yacht repair service they excel at such issues. What looks major to you in not to them. Some might say nope notta but an experienced glass guy will know what to do quite quickly.
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Based on a couple estimates got but didn’t need to use dealing with a slide I believe you would be a lot closer to 20k or above and not many DIY’s have the place,tools or experience to do a job like that properly.
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Where was the leak and how was it fixed and by whom that caused the delamination?
This is important to get a better educated guess on how bad the damage is once it gets opened up.

Certainly the outside wall Luan under the fiberglass is water damaged / rotted / moldy.
So, the outside has to be peeled away, the wood removed, all cleaned, new insulation, new luan and the exterior either replaced or reinstalled if it will straighten out and if it isn't damaged much during removal.

Either way, $5K is modest but not too far off the mark. Very likely the slide will have to be repainted. Definitely not the whole rig as I assume the damage is restricted to just the slide.
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Welcome aboard.

Sorry that your first post doesn't have an easy, cheap fix.
I have some on my fifth and I'm just ignoring it. Everything else is good and works well.

Good luck.
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Delamination can lead to hidden damage....rusted structural members rotted floor, etc. Sometimes the solution is to totally remove the sidewall and rebuilt it. If the coach has a fair amount of delamination, you will be better off passing it up and looking for a better coach.

We had a 1989 Pace Arrow that had both side walls replaced at the factory. Then again later I had one repaired locally and the bill was $18,000.

My first inclination when I see a delaminated coach id to RUN.

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Agree that you are looking at $10k-$20k to make that slideout side new again. But it may not need any repair at all unless the cosmetics bother you. Delam isn't necessarily the end of the world!


The first thing is to determine the cause of the delam and what needs to be done to prevent any further damage. If it is a water leak (looks likely from the photo, but that's a guess), fix the leaks and investigate if the sidewall is rotted or moldy. In a modern RV, often they can be simply dried out and an antifungal treatment (like Lysol spray) applied. If that's it, then it's a cosmetic decision only.


Fixing slide water leaks and checking out the interior of the wall ought to be in the vicinity of $1000-$1500 at an RV shop. Maybe $2500 tops.
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My SWAG - "scientific, wild (word nanny edit) guess" is$50-$100 per square foot with a minimum of $5000.

My experience with water damage (in general, not just RVs) is that it's worse than it looks and if the cost of repair is only double the estimate, it's a happy day. Why? Because often the damage extends far beyond the visible symptom that prompted the repair in the first place.

Unless this is a <10 year old coach, is sold for $20k under typical price, and an experienced repair shop is engaged for the repair, I'd pass.

My Majestic has some delam from a leaky shower skylight. The leak has been fixed but the unit is 15 years old. I'll not be restoring it as it will cost more than the value it will return.
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The painting (and decals?) alone will meet or exceed the $5000 mentioned in the original post.
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That a DWAI. Dont worry about it.
Go have fun. Spend the repair money on going more places. Life's too short. I used to get up tight about these things until I realized at resell you won't get one more penny for fixing it.
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As long as you can get to the delamination, it’s easy to fix with epoxy and pressure. I would think on a slide out it might be easy, as you can peel back the fiberglass from all 4 sides...

Makes the most sense as a DIY, go watch some YouTube videos...
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Delamination Price Estimate Help!

I have made Delamination repairs on a couple of coaches learning the hard way on my 06 National coach.
Slide outs are the easiest to gain access.
1st you need to park your coach along side a wall I’ll explain later.
Remove the painted aluminum trim & that gives you access to the damaged area, I can see that water came in from the top & migrated down I also see from your picture that bubbling just above the bottom along the molding is probably related.
Once your in it depends on what your willing to do, if there is delam with no rot you can re laminate with epoxy check marine supply store for materials use spatula type tools to spread the epoxy on both inner sides then push the delam panel back in place & put a board can be a piece of fairly thick plywood over the damaged panel area, now for the wall, cut 2”X4” boards to fit between the plywood & the wall the tighter the better which will squish the luan flat against the substrate after its all flat & positioned go drink a beer or three then the next day or so remove the 2X4s & plywood & what you see is what you get.
I caulked the trim mold back on & screwed it in place & your done!
There are more tips & tricks like using a product called get-rot but that’s for areas impossible to access.
I used trees instead of a wall but walls are straight so much easier.
In the end my coach came out very good, one of my friends brought his over after seeing the results, that’s what I get for bragging?
I have pictures but the site won’t let me post them.
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