I have a Park Model Trailer, had to cut open the plastic wrap under the
trailer to repair a water leak. I need to know what would be the best type
of tape to seal up the openings, would if be wise to use tyvek tape,
because it is not climate control? Or is there something better, someone
said I can use Gorilla Tape

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Darrow,

Tyvek tape is designed to work well with Tyvek wrap. It would probably
work very well in your application. Lots of other tapes will also do the
job. I'd use cheap duct tape.

Dave M..

Ordinary duct tape will not hold up well with the variable temp and humidity changes under a trailer. You need something guaranteed to adhere under those types of conditions. Also, I would staple the new plastic to the floor joists as closely as reasonable, to help reduce the tension on the tape at the seams.

On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 09:05:34 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

Also, I would staple the new plastic to the floor joists as closely as reasonable

.... last I looked, trailers had steel I-beams for framing under the
flooring. How would staples work?

(same trailer different park)

David L. Martel wrote:
Darrow,

Tyvek tape is designed to work well with Tyvek wrap. It would
probably work very well in your application. Lots of other tapes will
also do the job. I'd use cheap duct tape.


I've used heavy duty clear packageing tape on outdoor plastice and had it last
longer than the plastic

Darrow:

You need to determine the purpose of that plastic.

If that original plastic was meant to be a vapour barrier, don't use Tyvek. Tyvek allows humidity to pass through it, and vapour barrier plastic doesn't. You don't want humidity getting into your insulation because it will condense and form water droplets right inside the insulation. As insulation gets wet (or even fills with frost) it loses it's ability to insulate.

If you don't know what the plastic is for, and the trailer manufacturer doesn't give you a credible answer, then I'd play it safe by using an insulation that doesn't need a vapour barrier because it's impermeable to air, such as expanding foam or extruded polystyrene insulation. That way, you side-step the need for any plastic on either side of it.

Nestork,

He's not replacing the plastic with tyvek. He has sliced open the plastic
for repair work and now wishes to reseal the plastic with tape. Tyvek tape
will do this. He is not replacing any insulation.

Dave M.

" wrote in
:

Ordinary duct tape will not hold up well with the variable temp and
humidity changes under a trailer. You need something guaranteed to

Blasphemy!

adhere under those types of conditions. Also, I would staple the new
plastic to the floor joists as closely as reasonable, to help reduce
the tension on the tape at the seams.

Trailers I have seen/been under have steel beams running the length of the trailer, and wooden crossbeams. But I haven't been under the newer models so I don't know what the current standard construction/building practices are.

Oh, Gee. If that's the case, I'd just use duct tape or whatever strong tape the OP has plenty of. Under a trailer is not a place where it's going to get much UV exposure or even get wet (unless the trailer is being moved on a rainy day). If Tyvek tape sticks well to that plastic, it would work too.

Thanks, Dave.