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Tic Wilson:
05 Monterey
We are full-time and we feel it is time to replace the slide-out rubber seals.  Looking for recommendations/suggestions on where best to have it done, and estimate on the downtime.  Thanks!

Gerald Farris:
Tic,
My opinion on slide out seals is that you replace them only when needed. If you have no leaks at the slide seals now, you are better off leaving them alone. The old advise "don't fix it if it isn't broken" applies here very well. There is a good chance that replacing the seals may cause a leak that you do not already have, so I would save the money and apply it to repairing what needs to be fixed.

Gerald

Roy C Tyler:
The bedroom seal on my 03 is shot on the rear bottom corner.  The rubber has torn right at the corner far enough back that water running down now runs inside when the slide is open. No leak when closed. I have talked to Elite RV in Harrisburg, OR and I will get the seal replaced next July on my way back from the Oregon Coast. They did a temporary fix on it last year that started leaking again. They told me that since mine is a glue on seal, they would have to clean all the old glue off, glue the new seal on and they would like to run a sprinkler on the roof over night to make sure it does not leak. The actual job would take about 5 hours. Cost should be in the $700 range.

Bill Stireman:
I had all of the seals replaced on my '04 Beaver Monterey 4 slides in December of 2013 by Alliance Coach in Wildwood FL.  The labor cost was $1,860. and the job took several days.  We do have occasional leaking on one of the bedroom slides and it appears that one of the side seals was improperly installed.  I have just ordered a replacement for that seal at $5.61 per ft plus shipping.  I am going to replace that seal myself.

Tic Wilson:
Thanks for the input gentlemen!  I can see daylight at the floor of one slide-out, feel a draft from under the couch, and when we have a driving rain, the bedroom carpet gets wet in one corner.  Visual check of the seals from the outside show them to be weathered and showing wear at the edges.  We are headed toward Oregon later this year, and I will continue to seek guidance on this. 

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