2016 Montana 3710FL front living room slide out bottom
Hey all, I am hoping someone here can help me out with this.
Our 2016 3710FL Montana has the two slideouts up front for the living room. The weird thing about it is that each of the slides have different material that make up the slide bottom. The slightly smaller of the two next to the front door has a textured brown or black solid plastic sheeting as the exterior floor face. The opposite side slide out has a cream colored sheet of plastic that actually matches the rest of the trailer.
So, 1st question is why the difference?
Next, we very recently had like 40days of rain and began noticing that the carpet was getting wet and staying wet so we pulled it up to reveal wet plywood along all three outer edges of the slide. We immediately began operation dry-out with fans and whatnot. Also noticed on the exterior that there were some obvious seams where the caulking had separated, which I'm positive we're the culprate.
Thankfully, for the most part I don't believe that the water damage resulted in rot or mold but, as we are putting this slide back together, I noticed two things that are concerning me. One is that Ive noticed that the plywood in the leaking slide seems to have a slight bow or sagging toward the center of it and wonder if this is something that I should consider how to straighten out? The slide is currently in the extended position.
Also, in looking closer than I ever have, I see that, from the That interior that thin cream colored plastic piece is visible just under where the carpet rolls over the edge. I'm curious what product that sheet is actually made of? Is it normal for it to also sag ( more so than and independent from the plywood subfloor) and the last element is that I also noticed that the rollers that support the slideout have sorta crushed a spot where they are when the slide is fully closed, something I can only guess happened while in transit.
I don't know if I need to consider replacing the full sheet, of plastic, or is there another option that I could consider that would alleviate that problem?
We live full-time in this thing and so find it very difficult thinking about putting the rig into a shop somewhere. I don't even know if that is a feasible option for us.
Has anyone ever repaired/replaced the wood, plastic sheeting or rollers on one of these?
I have added pictures of the holes made by the rollers for reference.
Thanks in advance for any input.
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