Carpet discoloration on doghouse

weebur · 08-09-2008, 07:36 AM

We have gray carpeting and have noticed that the carpet has discolored at the rear of the doghouse, it looks yellow like a giant coffee stain (it's not). The discoloration even extends onto the floor near the rear of the doghouse. I have a feeling that it's caused from heat from the engine.

We never store the MH without closing the front curtains so it's not sun bleeched. I've tried a good quality carpet cleaner and stain remover and it won't come out. It appears to be getting worse with time.

I plan on insulating the underside of the dog house with some 12" wide sticky back aluminum faced foam tape which hopefully also help with the hot right foot problems and engine noise with these models.

Has anyone had a similar problem and found a solution?

Thanks.

weebur · 08-09-2008, 07:36 AM

We have gray carpeting and have noticed that the carpet has discolored at the rear of the doghouse, it looks yellow like a giant coffee stain (it's not). The discoloration even extends onto the floor near the rear of the doghouse. I have a feeling that it's caused from heat from the engine.

We never store the MH without closing the front curtains so it's not sun bleeched. I've tried a good quality carpet cleaner and stain remover and it won't come out. It appears to be getting worse with time.

I plan on insulating the underside of the dog house with some 12" wide sticky back aluminum faced foam tape which hopefully also help with the hot right foot problems and engine noise with these models.

Has anyone had a similar problem and found a solution?

Thanks.

Indy Itasca · 08-09-2008, 10:07 AM

I wonder if the rubber seal around the dog house is allowing some engine burn off to seep in to the cab area?
I installed the insulation under mine and couldn't believe the difference in both noise and heat but had a devil of a time getting the dog house to seal back up completely. It would lock down perfectly but over time creep back about a quarter inch, allowing heat and noise at the front. I finally put the two screws back in the front that the factory had put there. (The ones everyone said to trow away because you don't need them.)

weebur · 08-09-2008, 10:21 AM

Thanks, I'll keep your reply in mind when I install the insulation. We had the doghouse blow off at 65mph...that was fun, my wife almost hard a heart attack.

weebur · 08-09-2008, 12:30 PM

Thanks, I'll keep your reply in mind when I install the insulation. We had the doghouse blow off at 65mph...that was fun, my wife almost hard a heart attack.

Izzyblueye · 08-10-2008, 05:23 AM

I have a similar problem in my coach. Mine occurs at the front of the doghouse on drivers side. It is slight, but still there. I forced a piece of clear plastic hose down into the crevice between the dog house and the firewall. This seems to have stopped the problem. It has been about a year now and things look good.

weebur · 08-10-2008, 06:23 AM

Thanks for the reply. I'm starting to think that it's fumes from the adhesive melting that's holding the carpet down, I'm going to try several solvents before I replace the carpet. I don't believe that this type of carpeting is meant to be glued to anything.

DAN L · 08-10-2008, 06:36 PM

we have had good results cleaning carpet with OXY-CLEAN in the moho. we have also used it on the roof headliner.

weebur · 08-11-2008, 06:47 PM

Thanks for the tip, I'll try it if the solvents don't work.