@rdonahe did you do any sealing to the RTT itself or just in the bed?
Another rain shower here and water is still intruding into the tent. Does anyone’s tent look like this after any amount of rain?
Opened up a service request January 3rd regarding my issue and still haven’t heard back.
@Tyler-Kai - the sealing work GFC had me do was primarily on the top at the corners where the extrusion meets the machined corner pieces. It is consistent with what is documented in their weatherization kit instructions. Mine supposedly had the weatherization fixes done before I picked it up but those corners were not sealed very well at all.
I also sealed the corners of the tent itself with Shoe Goo. Again at GFC direction and consistent with their documentation.
Do you store yours closed without the mattress up top? I’m guessing yes based on your picture above. GFC somewhere has said that we are supposed to leave the mattress in as it forces the sides of the tent to remain vertical along the clamshell seam and keeps water out. I’d like to remove mine for Winter / wet season but leave it in there based on this advice.
GFC, is the above accurate?
@GFC I am wondering same as Phil, why is this thread archived? It’s a real issue for many and I don’t see where anyone in the thread is being counterproductive.
Yes I did keep my mattress in the tent but after each rain event I would have to take it out, bring it inside and set it up with a fan to dry it out so I gave up and just removed it completely unless I’m going camping.
I just can’t bring myself to agree with that logic of keeping the mattress in the tent as a way to help waterproof it. There are bulb seals along the sides and rear of the tent extrusion which is to prevent water from getting in - these bulb seals will also prevent water from getting out. Therefore, any water that made its way inside the tent extrusions, but on the outside of the fabric is being diverted away with the mattress pushing on the sides of the fabric would just get trapped inside the tent because the bulb seals prevent the water from escaping. This information has been said to me multiple times (not from GFC) and I have to believe this might have been the case before the weatherization update to the tents but not true any more.
Hey Folks- As we’ve seen through a recent RTT customer’s post regarding water intrusion concerns, it has also come to our attention that we need to address the delisting of this ‘weatherization’ topic.
The reason for delisting was not to hide behind any issues or use this as an avoidance maneuver. If that was our goal, we would have simply closed and subsequently archived the topic, which would effectively remove it from the forum and search engines all together.
We did so as there were efforts made on our part in the camper’s design. which resulted in fewer Service Request Forms being submitted, and diminishment of the issue. Delisting was also done as this thread had reached a point where commentary had slowed and we didn’t want the topic to dominate over others in the forum, but we still wanted the conversation to continue in case the issues recurred for those affected.
However, the fact remains that some of you are still experiencing issues, and we would like to find resolution as quickly as possible. We support conversations on the topic and have been open to feedback, positive or negative, since this forum’s creation. That said, the best form of action is to reach us directly for support if you have yet to do so.
Regardless, we should have addressed our delisting reasoning the day of to avoid confusion and remain as transparent as we always have.
If you do have issues, water intrusion or otherwise, reaching our Customer Experience Team immediately allows us to capture data more effectively, which in turn can help us reach a broader customer base who may also be experiencing similar issues.
While water intrusion might be an outlier and could be specific to those in moist climates, it merits our immediate attention, and we’re reevaluating how to better support this moving forward.
Again, should you have any questions, please feel free to reach our team at support@gfcengineering.com or call us at (406) 905-0987.