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Post by sshansen on Jan 3, 2013 0:05:30 GMT -5
We have a new 2012 38' Stoneridge. We live in it full time, and bought it because we thought it was said to be well insulated. We live in Montana for now. Well, I discovered this morning, I can put my hand under the bed, and push the inadequate, flimsy, rubber gasket out, to the outside. There is no insulation, I can see daylight. All the slides feel the same. And we are getting solid strips of ice on each stud on the slid in the bedroom.  the bedroom is drastically colder than the rest of the trailer. We also have solid ice build inside the small closet, but not the large one, so the slides are obviously poorly designed or insulation was forgotten. It's cold, flat out, up here. We are extremely disappointed that the slides are like this. There are other problems we've found, like our bathroom counter was never finished, and the cabinets are ice cold, the paneling In the cabinets is pulling down. We have a large dehumidifier to try to keep the moisture down. We can feel air coming in under the couch too, so, it isn't a wind direction thing, or it would change. This is not a cold weather trailer. |
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Post by sshansen on Jan 3, 2013 0:11:19 GMT -5
I'm not looking forward to -40 below, and having to insulate the slides on our own. There are a number of other problems, poor quality. Strange designs. The A/C filter, has to be unscrewed to clean, and I have use of one arm. We are also on our 2nd thermostat in 2 months, because they don't work.
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Post by netjam on Jan 3, 2013 11:51:54 GMT -5
As another fulltimer (from Alberta) I feel your pain. Traded in my DRV Elite Suite for an Escalade. I soon found out the Escalade is not made for cold weather like my previous trailer. I use a 2" X 2" foam strip pushed in to the space on the bottom of the slide to prevent light intrusion, wind and bugs. When it gets below 32F you need to move or go to a motel.
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Post by sshansen on Jan 3, 2013 12:33:06 GMT -5
We have no choice. We had to sell our house for my husbands job. We will be pushing insulation in ASAP. We are covered in snow right now. We have already been -10, I love how the floors on the slides have NO Insulation either. We have a milk house heater under our trailer, so it helps a little. Extremely disappointed, we should have bought a Montana, or another brand. Even more disappointed on KZ's lack of care, and basically lies of weatherproofing.
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Post by sshansen on Jan 4, 2013 3:12:56 GMT -5
And the sad thing, I adore the floor plan, I have room to move, I'm tall and don't hit my head. My husband, 55# dog and i have tons of room. The trailer is bigger than my first apartment.
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Post by spadoctor on Jan 7, 2013 10:34:10 GMT -5
The Stoneridge is a much better unit then a Montana so you made a good choice. You did however buy a TRAVEL TRAILER not a mobile home. No travel trailer is designed well enough to live in at -40 degrees. If you see light anywhere around the seals then you have an issue but again you are expecting a whole lot more from your unit then it was built for. It is sold as an approved and warranteed EXTENDED STAY unit NOT an all season or all weather unit. And no I do not work for KZ or any dealer
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Post by sshansen on Jan 7, 2013 17:20:54 GMT -5
Well, when you have no choice, you make due. And it's not made better, cause the roof is leaking. What we expected was not to be lied too from the dealer, nor be ignored by KZ. Btw, it's listed as an all season.
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Post by sshansen on Jan 7, 2013 17:27:33 GMT -5
I honestly believe, that the oil field boom, caused a huge amount of pressure on EVERY manufacturer to get trailers out, and quality control was a second thought. I have a friend with a Voltage by Dutchman, and she has the same issues we have, hers is an all season, cold weather, just like ours.
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Post by netjam on Jan 8, 2013 11:33:50 GMT -5
sshansen.......I would be interested in why you think it is an ALL SEASON trailer? My dealer told me it was all season, but after I found out how uninsulated it was I talked to KZ and read the brochures. NO where does it say all season (just extended stay) and KZ told me my Escalade was not designed for use at temps below 32.
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Post by mreevesrn on Jan 11, 2013 15:18:55 GMT -5
 Well we just bought our Stoneridge in December. We love the floor plan but had some rude Awakenings on the maiden voyage to Denver for Christmas. We had a water line freeze twice even with a heated water hose. Luckily we escaped any damage to the pipes. Here is what we had the dealer do. They added extra insulation to the water control side of the under storage compartment and electric heat tape to the low point drains. I also added a small ceramic heater to the compartment as additional heat to prevent freeze ups in that area of the plumbing where it seems there is most prone to freeze. We also found a poorly constructed bed frame and leaking in the bedroom slide. This was repaired under warranty by the dealer no problem. We experienced temps of around 0 to 18 above zero and found the furnace more than adequate to heat the trailer. Especially supplemented by the fireplace heater. Note we have a front living room model with FP. In the RV park, we stayed at in Denver, I spoke with many RV trailer owners and all without exception had to do some insulating, heat taping, and other types of modification to truly make their trailers ready for winter use, regardless of make,even some Montana Owners.
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Post by ronn1234 on Aug 26, 2020 15:00:18 GMT -5
Where were your low point drains located I have a 2011 Stoneridge and i can't locate them.
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the bedroom is drastically colder than the rest of the trailer. We also have solid ice build inside the small closet, but not the large one, so the slides are obviously poorly designed or insulation was forgotten. 
Well we just bought our Stoneridge in December. We love the floor plan but had some rude Awakenings on the maiden voyage to Denver for Christmas. We had a water line freeze twice even with a heated water hose. Luckily we escaped any damage to the pipes. Here is what we had the dealer do. They added extra insulation to the water control side of the under storage compartment and electric heat tape to the low point drains. I also added a small ceramic heater to the compartment as additional heat to prevent freeze ups in that area of the plumbing where it seems there is most prone to freeze.