Hi we are Ben and Rebecca from His and Hers Alaska! We just arrived at the thousand
trails along the Russian river in Cloverdale, California.... And we have a leak
in the back window of our motorhome! In a couple of days a big El Nino storm is
going to be coming through the area. So we need to get this thing sealed up! This
is something we've never done before but we've done some research and it
looks pretty cut and dry! So let's jump right in...
Well I'm about 99% positive that the leak is coming from this back window. The
reason why I that is; I've checked up here in my cabinet and I'm getting
nothing but what happens is it leaks right there in that corner!
Nothing tremendous, just a nice little drip but it gets the mattress wet! As you
can see, we have insulation up! This back window, gets really cold! So we put some
reflectix, cut to shape and some of this Duck brand window treatment. It really
makes a big difference! But I'm going to tear that off now.... One of my concerns
is... The fact that this is also one of those escape windows that I guess you
could technically kick and escape the coach! I'm not quite sure how much
pressure I'm going to be able to put up against the glass. But like I said, I
really don't have any idea what I'm doing. I'm just winging this! But it seems
like it's pretty cut and dry!.... When I put up the window treatments, I covered these
Phillips head screws with little strips of electrical tape..... And I'd like to reuse
those. So I'm just gonna line them up right there.... Alright, there's about a
dozen or so screws like this. So there's only one way to jump in and I'm gonna start
undoing these..... Okay! The trim ring has been removed and I can see daylight
there.... So I'm about to push on the glass and Rebecca is here to catch it!
Hello there!...I caught it!... You did!... That was not that difficult...No!It popped right up... I'm not seeing too much water
damage here..None actually... Of course it's only leaked twice. So that's a good thing!....Let's give
this sealed up before the storm comes up..... This is not good! What's going on? What
happened to my bedroom?... We got some helpers here don't we?... You like
this new Sun window Remmy?.... Now the best part of the job, is to scrape off all this
crap off! Its residue!.... Well Beck's working on the Motorhome part. I'm working on the
window... So I'm just working this party off here..... So now that we scraped the
residue off, we are cleaning it. You really got to get it all the way
down so that there's nothing left... All we had in the RV was some carb
cleaner... It's working really well with the.... Nice Hardy paper towel..Paper towel yeah...And I've
got the whole bottom and one side done! Now I'm doing the other side and the top... The
back of the Motorhome is all clean and now from the research that I've seen... We
need to run this butyl tape around the outside of the Motorhome. And then set
the window back in place! This is what butyl tape looks like. It comes in a
variety of sizes of rolls. I believe this one was 20 ft. So we're just going to
run that around the edge of the Motorhome!.... Brand the butyl tape all the
way around the edge of the Motorhome. And I have it over lapping just a little bit
on to the other side. So I don't have it like flushed with the edge of the
Motorhome. It is over lapping! Now we're gonna peel this off and then put the
window up! I did make the seam. This is all one run of tape but I put the seam
right down here in the bottom Center. I didn't want the seam up top because that
could be a leak point!..... We got the window up! It's a little loose in its place but...
Hopefully that snugs up nicely when I run the screws in on the other side!
Here's what it looks like on the inside. You can see a little bit of that putty
starting to bulge out! Time to screw the frame in....We ran all the screws in for the
trim here and it looks good on the outside! And back is going to give us a
spray down. Start with a light mist....
And now, she is hitting the top of the Motorhome..... Oh! that's a full-blown flood
now.... So far so good..... Back window hasn't been this clean since
we left Alaska!..... I think we did it!.... So she's given it some El Nino sized rain
showers here and.... No more leaks!! Awesome! Good news..... So we are ready for this El
Nino grade storm. And also I want to let you know, if you enjoyed this video
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