Hello,we've almost had our '23 paradigm 370fb for 4 months..we had a extremely heavy rain with wind gusts upward of 50mph slamming into our door side living room/dinning table,rain was coming in at the bottom of the windows under the wood trim of them,didn't have time to get pictures or video,unscrewed recliners towels all around cleaning it up,trying to keep it all wiped off walls. We just thought, well that was a if you will extremely rare occurrence. Apparently not we had a fairly heavy rain with gusty wind again thankfully it only came in one window,by the door,kitchen. Has anyone had this happen? Is there anything that we can do to keep this from happening? We would hate to be away somewhere and this cause damage to anything. I thank you!!!
Rain coming in windows in living room/dinette area.
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Midnight Rider
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IMO you need to find the leak!
Maybe put someone on the inside to watch for water and spray above and around and on windows with a hose individually and try and find what window is leaking? Leaks are frustrating, try and locate it a section at a time.
once the leak is identified you or the dealer can address and seal or fix.
Maybe put someone on the inside to watch for water and spray above and around and on windows with a hose individually and try and find what window is leaking? Leaks are frustrating, try and locate it a section at a time.
once the leak is identified you or the dealer can address and seal or fix.
Socal-Paul
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I don't imagine 50mph winds and heavy rains are a common occurrence at least I hope not. The only thing I can suggest is to make sure the weep holes are open and window track is clean.
On my current rv Grand Design had the same issue, once i sprayed with the hose it was clear that rubber seal around the window needed replaced. The old seal had a rough dry spot that did not make good contact which allowed ot to leak. When i replaced the issues was gone.
Yes sir our grand design did do this too,apparently the week holes got overloaded with heavy hard rain almost like a 5 gallon bucket being dumped right at the weep holes on the bottom of windows then it ran inside under bottom down my wall...this is what's happening in my Alliance paradigm 370fb 4 month old camper...I was just hoping something could keep it from happening so if we were away from rv and a storm hit we wouldn't have to worry or come back to water all along the inside slide...thank you for responding...
Thanks for video,yeah if it wasn't the bottom causing the issue I definitely would do that...sadly it's because of the weep holes being extremely overloaded by heavy rain along with winds slamming the rain into the frame...thank you so much for responding..
Having been in some very heavy rains, like 6" at a time, I can tell you that the weep holes are channeling water that is getting into the window frame. I have been told by more than one mobile tech that caulking the windows helps stop this. The weep holes are just showing you how much water is getting into the frame. You might also consider checking the screws on the inside. I had a number of them that were stripped out and this prevented the clamping that the window needs to do on the sidewall for a good seal. You can get screws that are slightly larger and black at any big box hardware store.