Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

How hard is it to fix leak on bottom of door seal. After driving through rain I noticed that the inside is a bit wet from bottom door seal leaking.

goramsey wrote:How hard is it to fix leak on bottom of door seal. After driving through rain I noticed that the inside is a bit wet from bottom door seal leaking.

My TD has never leaked, while camping in the rain, but have sometimes had water come in at the bottom of the door while driving in the rain. I think it has something to do with creating a vacuum inside while moving.
If anyone has a solution for this, I would also like to hear it.

Jim

Maybe crack a vent or window? that would solve the vacum
Where is the leak coming from ? near the fender or the hinge side?
If it is the hinge side maybe a drip cap mounted vertical as a deflector.
just a few thoughts.

I put a 1/4" square piece of wood in the door to keep out the water. Covered it in epoxy and put a seal on it.... Water might run up hill but it won't often run at a 90* angle upside down....

Something that Halfdome Danny has done on his trailers and I've taken to doing is using the door drip molding and putting it in front of the hinge and along the bottom edge. It helps to keep the water from being driven in by wheel splash. I also do an interior flange, sticks up about 1/2" along the bottom edge and is all epoxied up to act as a diverter lip.

I'd watch just stuffing in more weatherstripping, unless you have a real void...it may work in the short term but if your door is flat now...it may want to bow it out in the future. Doug

look through my link and you can see the Steve Fredericks door seal design. It uses an inside frame that forms a lip to keep water out (with a seal).

Were I you I would be talking with the manufacturer ASAP. That should be the first step, as they may already have a fix.

I added a drip rail to the front of the door )like Doug stated) and run it all the way down. Works good and is simple.

It doesn't leak much while driving in the rain. I like the idea of cracking the window a bit to release any pressure build up. I will try that first before going into anything else.

goramsey wrote:It doesn't leak much while driving in the rain. I like the idea of cracking the window a bit to release any pressure build up. I will try that first before going into anything else.

In other words it leaks thru the open window. Daaa

P.S. If your tear is sealed so tight that presure could build up then there would be no leaks (anywhere).