Lazy Daze Owners' Group

Once an LD is more than a few years old, a one year discrepancy, between the chassis and coach build dates, become irrelevant, condition becomes the prime determiner of value.
How to find an inspector?  I would start by checking with RV shops in the area where the RV is located.

Even the best inspector or mechanic will not find all the warts, but the will find things you would never see or even know to look for.

Larry

We have had ours for years and I don't see a name. Here is a link to a variety of battery operated models.

Amazon.com: battery operated water leak alarm

Jim

What does he charge for an inspection? Does it include the chassis or just the coach.

If you don't mind saying, how much do inspections run?  Where did you find the reviews for this inspection company?

"How would you have detected the damage in dry weather?"

By poking the ceiling with an awl or icepick, as others have recommended. That is, if it had occurred to me to do that to the ceiling at the foot of the overcab bed, where I rarely have occasion to crawl. In this case it didn't.

My mistakes were 1) not properly resealing the antenna mount after the lightning strike, and 2) not inspecting all roof penetrations regularly for damage that could cause leaks.

If struck by lightening, the LD's aluminum shell will exhibit the faraday cage effect, usually protecting the occupants from harm.

If it looks like water could get in, then you should assume it did. 

It's important to understand the methods of sealing that are used.

When you are inside, just look hard at, well, every inch of ceiling, wall, and floor.  Especially at junctions and seams.  Open all cabinets and under beds etc, and look down at the corners.  As mentioned, push lightly with a small screwdriver or ice pick.  If the wood is sound, you won't make a dent.   If it is soft, there is a problem.  I've put holes in my own RV that way, but never in one I was looking at.  "Oopsie!"     

Andy, so I have a question about how you did/are going to patch that hole in your overcab area ceiling?

Does Lazy Daze provide the wall/ceiling material to make a patch?  Or only go back a certain number of years?

What do people do when they have a patch to interior of a wall/ceiling?
Invite an artistic friend over to create a unique drawing/painting?  Or find something to hang over that area? 

Just wondering if anyone had found some great solutions so it didn't look like a patch job.

A side note, I have learned living in AZ, that the blaring sun in the desert areas here just burns up batteries and rubber on vehicles, so much harder than other areas of the country, even Denver CO which is less humid than Phoenix.  I say out here we have a sun blare factor, kind of like the wind chill factor in the NE that makes the temperature feel much worse.  The times when direct exposure can be like having your hand over a burner and it is significantly cooler in the shade. 
Not so bothersome in the wintertime when the sun warming up your skin can feel nice, but still hard on us and our vehicles.  So yup, if you are hanging out in the deserts of the SW, check all your rubber & gaskets & seals regularly (I would guess 2x a year should be fine).  But I would never have guessed that a lightening strike would burn elements inside the roof structure ... that might have affected things at some point even if you were checking and keeping the surface area well sealed.