RV Pre-Purchase Inspection in Yorba Linda

Water intrusion first, because it is the most expensive and the most concealable. Fresh sealant over a failing seam looks like maintenance and is frequently cosmetic cover. Moisture readings find what caulk hides.

Then structure. Sidewall delamination in early stages, soft floor at slide edges, frame stress from towing or impact. Then systems, meaning slides, roof, electrical, water and generator. Then evidence of prior repair, which matters because a poorly repaired collision is worth substantially less than an unrepaired one.

• Moisture readings at ceiling, sidewalls and slide floor joints
• Sidewall delamination mapped by tap testing
• Roof membrane and every penetration assessed individually
• Slides cycled with opening geometry measured
• Frame and structural inspection for towing or impact stress
• Evidence of prior repair and how well it was done
• Every finding priced at posted labor rates

Because a $150 inspection that finds $14,000 of deferred water damage has paid for itself ninety times over, and because a priced list changes the conversation with a seller from opinion to arithmetic.

It also works in reverse. An inspection that finds a genuinely sound vehicle is worth the fee too, because buying with confidence is worth something and so is not walking away from a good coach on a hunch.

Roof age. Membrane has a service life and a fifteen year old roof is a $4,500 to $22,000 item whether it is leaking yet or not. Buyers price the coach and forget the roof clock is running.

Slide geometry. A slide that works today on a racked opening is destroying its mechanism, and that shows up six months after purchase as a repair the buyer thinks is bad luck.

And awning rails. Elongated fasteners from a wind event feed water into the sidewall silently, and it is invisible from outside.