Let me share with you this tip from a local RV dealer. He recommends that you put a single ice cube in a paper cup and leave it in your freezer and check daily to make sure there hasn’t been a power outage at camp while you were away for the day, or that nothing has happened plus. to make frozen food partially thaw and refreeze.

If the freezer has been working fine, the ice cube should retain its original shape. If it has been melted and refrozen, the ice will collect at the bottom of the cup and the quality of the food in the freezer and refrigerator is likely to be compromised.

RV Roof Inspection, Maintenance and Repair

Inspecting the roof sealant on an RV is something you should do twice a year. Why?

Because that is the likely place where a water leak will first develop. Water runs downhill, of course, and a small roof leak will become a major problem within the RV’s structure.

Think about it: one drip per minute (through a small leak) adds up to 1440 drips per day or 10,080 drips in a week.

I don’t have time to figure out how many gallons of water are in 10,080 drops, but I think you get my point.

Closely inspect the condition of the roof sealant on each item that overhangs the roof. Any cracks or fine spots can be touched up with the appropriate material. If the roof sealant is peeling or flaking in any way, then the old coating must be physically removed.

On metal roofs, I use a 1′ wide scraper with a firm blade, like the ones auto techs use to scrape old gaskets. For the rubber roofs I made a similar sized plastic scraper that will not cut through the rubber membrane.

If you heat the old siding with a heat gun, it will come off quite easily.