Oops ??

[BeardedUtahn]

I am about to cry. I just drilled one hole through the side of our brand new 2021 Grand Design fifth wheel while trying to install a tv wall mount. What is the easiest and best way to repair the hole? Is the trailer a total loss. Please go easy on me.

[ACZL]

Brittney Spears......"Oops ......". Sorry to hear of your misfortune bud. I conqur w/ the post about dropping a RV. I almost lowered ours onto the top of box w/ the auto-level 1st time I went to use auto retract and not knowing what it was going to do. like yourself, it was brand new (RV). I shut off power to the auto level about a second into contact. No damage to truck, scraped decal on hitch and did just a lil damage to trim, but nothing a couple crews didn't taker care of. FWIW, did GD have labels for the tv mounting plate? Did they have them in the right spot? Many posts about drier vent hole locations not being right.

[Me_Again]

I have two different friend that did that to their boats. One above the water line and the other right at the water line.

[2012Coleman]

I'm sorry this happened to you - but knowing my luck, the same would happen to me - so I had the dealer install the front bedroom TV mount for me!

[BeardedUtahn]

Well trouble averted for now. Ran a silicon product by Grand Design and they reassured me it’d work for now. Thank you again to everyone who helped.

[Super_Dave]

Googled fiberglass / gel coat repair and found this.

https://www.wholesalemarine.com/one-step-finish-gel-coat-white-38159.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIl5_qz53B6QIVkcDACh2Q6winEAQYBCABEgLlWvD_BwE

[Roger10378]

A number of years ago I wore a groove on my front cap because I mounted a level too close. I bought a Tub & Shower repair kit from the local home store. It is for repairing gouges and scratches in fiberglass bath tubs and showers. It worked great and to this day you cannot find where I made the repair.

[ford_truck_guy]

looks like a perfect spot for a " dummy" light.....

[BeardedUtahn]

Super_Dave wrote:
Did you drill through something solid or is there a void behind the fiberglass?

I was drilling into the TV mount plate in the bedroom.

[laknox]

Y'know, you could have made up a great story about getting shot at while driving through Colorado City. :B

Lyle

[Super_Dave]

Did you drill through something solid or is there a void behind the fiberglass?

[BeardedUtahn]

Moderator edit to re-size picture to forum recommended limit of 64-px maximum width.

[laknox]

BeardedUtahn wrote:
I am about to cry. I just drilled one hole through the side of our brand new 2021 Grand Design fifth wheel while trying to install a tv wall mount. What is the easiest and best way to repair the hole? Is the trailer a total loss. Please go easy on me.

Is =that= all? Try dropping your FW...after 15 years of RVing experience. :M:M:M

Lyle

[Lwiddis]

Rookie mistake? Nope, we’ve all made mistakes. X2, nickthehunter.

[Super_Dave]

If you decide to try to patch and cover, consider sliding a piece of dowel the diameter of the hole in so that whatever you patch material is has some backing.