Has anyone ever taken any steps to hide or minimize the gap under the street side galley slide? The gap leaves the slide rollers visible with the slide open and appears to have been built that way. My reference point is some You tube videos of new 325rl units with the gap clearly visible.
Is this mainly cosmetic in not wanting to have the large gap on the inside? How does your bottom slide seal fit when the slide is open? Vanleigh put the trim along the bottom of the street slide to help conceal that gap that exposes the rollers.
Those large / heavy street slide slides slightly dip down into the floor when being retracted so if there are no other problems outside of cosmetic I wouldn’t want to adjust the slide else it will hit the floor as it retracts. I had a lot of work on my street side slide and even replaced my rollers so I was happy to see a gap.
It is mainly cosmetic. the outer seal works well. Just one of those things that bugs me when I am leaned back in the recliner seeing the floor rollers.
I am not certain how they did it in 2017 (mine being a 2021) but as I worked on my unit the only thing I could have done to lessen that gap was increase the size of the trim piece that runs along the bottom of the slide. On my unit if I would have done that however it would have decreased the distance during travel from the floor and caused problems there as I didnt have much clearance as it extended / retracted.
I would be interested to hear others ideas or if you come up with a different solution.
You could remove the wood trim piece and install some type of sweep to the slide edge and put the wood trim back on. I know they make 2 inch light duty webbing in a variety of colors that might work. 2 inch velcro might work as well. You would want to make sure it doesn’t come into contact with the rollers attached to the slide itself.
The sweep idea is good. I’ve also been thinking about foam gasket material with 3m adhesive tape backing. Whatever it turns into does need to be able to slide across the floor, deform to allow for the up and down of the slide and not leave a mark on the floor.
I have installed a 5” wide piece of neoprene rubber the length of the slide on the outside underneath the slide on my street side sofa slide. Before I could see daylight coming in from underneath the sofa while sitting in my recliner. I also rolled some sort of soft cloth and stuffed underneath the sofa slide from the inside to help with temperature control. The neoprene rubber works well with the sliding no problem yet. I have to remember to remove the cloth from the inside before retracting the slide. I have installed the neoprene rubber with screws and some finder washers to hold it in place. Link below for the neoprene rubber.
Ralph
Sorry wrong link in the above neoprene rubber.
This should be the correct link.
Could you show a photo of your 5” rubber installation? I would like to see how you installed it.
Hey Tman, I will asap, it is behind my skirting that I made. At the moment I have a water leak at or near the hot or cold water manifolds. Thank goodness for the water leak detection I have to get an early warning of a slow leak. Now I have to determine which crimp is leaking at a real slow rate.
Ralph
Thanks for the photos. I may do that to my beacon.
You mentioned in your email about a leak detector. That is a great idea.i never thought about that. What device are you using for that?
I am pretty sure Ralph is using Govee leak detectors. We have been using them for almost 5 years and cant speak highly enough about them. We have been saved many times with an early alert vs and water build up. I was going to explain how we use them but pulled this segment of video that discusses them. The link will take you to the spot in the video:
Thank you for the info.
Actually I am using a different brand I will add a link to them! 5 to a package.
I have 10 of them scattered around my Beacon
Thanks
Ralph