My first question.

Hey everyone,

I just joined. I promise to contribute. I was wondering if anyone has ever attempted to insulate the underside of a slide out. I will be preparing my WC 29bh FVER for a temporary living arrangement the next year and a half. Every winter I notice the slide out gets pretty chilly (well chilly for the west anyway ). I have already inserted foil insulation in windows, and covered the roof vents. I am working on expansive foam in the underbelly also. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

Hi Stevo,

I'd be careful on how you insulate the bottom of the slide cause as it slides in, I think anything there would be ripped off. There is not much space at the bottom of the opening there the slide goes in.

You could insulate the basement doors with reflectix which will help keep the floors warmer. I'd also put a 60 watt drop light in the basement to help keep the plumbing warm.

You could also put the reflectix on the inside of the coroplast(the under belly cover) to help keep the heat in the underbelly to keep the tanks from freezing.

Remember, your basement and underbelly are heated from the furnace, so if you only run an electric heater, no heat get to the basement or underbelly.

Stevo:
I addition to oldelmer1s get some heat strips for the exsposed drains. If you are going to be in the same campsite fo the whole time I would add skirting around the trailer also.

oldelmer1:
NIce looking 5th

Thank you very much for the pointers oldelmer and Frank. I will definitely cover basement doors and install the light. The idea I had for the slide was to mount velcro on the bottom surface and buy some 1" foam board from store and attach velcro on it as well. i would then attach foam and remove when the slide goes in for travel. Not sure if its worth it though. I will look into skirting, but I am not sure if the park I will be in will allow it. Thanks again for the help guys.

I am going to use my Cat for weekend breaks all year and I have started to make plexiglass panels for the non opening windows, I have done the tree small ones at the back of the Cat and I am very pleased with the results. I am using dry glazing strip between the frame and plexiglass
Sean

I have heard of this Sean, but not quite sure what glazing is??? Is that an air pocket between glass and plexi, or some type of film on the actual glass?

Glazing is a term used in the U.K. for window, (Double glazing ,in the U.K. Dual pane I think in the USA.).
Dry glazing strip is a5mm thick rubber strip that has one sticky side so that it can be stuck to glass/plexiglass and so ,to give a slightly flexible seal.
Sean

One of the best ways of keeping the slide warmer is to wrap a skirt around it to keep cold air from blowing underneath. It doesn't have to be anything fancy. Just use tarps or something similar. You can tape it to the side walls and stake it to the ground or set rocks on the edges to keep the wind from blowing it around. You'd be amazed how well that insulates the slide!!

TC

Thanks for the tip TC. Sean, good to know what "glazing" is. I would have never figured that one out.

Sean wrote:Dry glazing strip is a5mm thick rubber strip that has one sticky side so that it can be stuck to glass/plexiglass and so ,to give a slightly flexible seal.
Sean

Sean,
If the dry glazing strip is sticky on one side, how are you holding the plexiglass to the window frame?

oldelmer1 wrote:[quote="Sean"
If the dry glazing strip is sticky on one side, how are you holding the plexiglass to the window frame?

I am removing every other screw from the window surround and using mirror clips. (When the rest arrive from The USA).
on the windows I have done it seems to be working all right.
Sean