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Christ wrote:

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> On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 15:00:01 -0000, you wrote:

I am tempted to dismantle it and see if I

can't find the mold. I have a few suspect areas I would like to

examine. The shower and the slide in particular. I found an entire

strip of channel that was not caulked at all on the slide. I

overlooked it because I was looking for breaks in caulking and holes

and what not. Wasn't expecting something to not be caulked at all. I

called the manufacture and they are a joke, they said they only

guarantee their products for 90 days for leaks. They told me that I

need to strip the old caulking and recaulk 3 times a year. Obviously

nobody does this. I guess you get what you pay for.

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I should send you pictures of when I attempted to do precisely that,

with a camper " gone bad " that I bought new in 1999. I was so mad that

I decided to keep ripping it apart until I found the mold, or there

was nothing left!

I kept removing parts, AND finding more mold, until there was nothing

left but the floor. And when I took THAT away, the area where the

camper was dismantled slammed me - even though there was nothing at

all left but a bare patch of cement on the hangar floor.

Look at this old message where I mention my discussion with Tad about

Airstreams, and the inherent problems of RV's.

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We've covered Airstreams/metal buildings before, and this way my

response to Bob Harrington on the subject.

I still like metal buildings in a warm climate, but I would go the

extra expense for Amvicsystem in a cold one.

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, Bob wrote:

> You mention some things I would not know to look for. Is there a

particular brand of travel trailer which is good and then make a few

necessary modifications? Basically , what should we be looking

for in a " safe house " .<

I can't tell if a house is good or bad after I've been " hit " .

So I get " clear " and then go directly to the place and assess my

response by trying to sleep there. A lot of places that seem ok

turn out to be bad for me if the wind changes directions, so I have

to be there under various weather conditions and wind directions.

The bothersome thing is wondering if your " good " place will go bad

and trailers are ESPECIALLY bad about this.

I haven't found any brand that I would trust. The materials have

really gotten bad since wood prices went out of sight and good kiln

dried wood became a thing of the past.

I like the metal buildings with cement floors - hangar style.

They are getting quite good and even look like regular homes now.

They understand " thermal bridging " and can control for a fair degree

of heat loss through proper insulation.

If I were to erect a permanent structure - I would choose a metal

building. But as I've found, if my neighbor is letting out a

ripping spore plume, it negates the whole point. So it would have to

be fairly isolated to be really trustworthy.

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On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:54:07 -0000, you wrote:

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> I should send you pictures of when I attempted to do precisely that,

>with a camper " gone bad " that I bought new in 1999. I was so mad that

>I decided to keep ripping it apart until I found the mold, or there

>was nothing left!

> I kept removing parts, AND finding more mold, until there was nothing

>left but the floor. And when I took THAT away, the area where the

>camper was dismantled slammed me - even though there was nothing at

>all left but a bare patch of cement on the hangar floor.

>Look at this old message where I mention my discussion with Tad about

>Airstreams, and the inherent problems of RV's.

>/message/32599

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I would be interested in the pictures if it's not to much trouble. I

have a gigabyte of space at this email address so you can send as many

files as you want.