eternabond or dicor self leveling caulk
Here is my situation. I recently bought a 98 lance Truck Camper. It is in great shape. Never any water damage as it was stored inside most of its life. The roof is the aluminum with the white bake...
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BarneyS wrote:
Well I like the eternabond tape option myself and that is what I will go with. One of the fellas at the rv store said use windex to clean with. What did you folks use.I used soap and water followed by a wipe over with Acetone. See the instructions recommended by the manufacturer here.
Also where the gutter edge meets the aluminum roof would you run eternabond just past the seam between the gutter and aluminum roof.Yes, I would remove the gutter if possible and sandwich the Eternabond between the gutter and the aluminum roofing material. You might find a lot of the screws holding it on very rusty which indicates that water has been in there. The other option is to run it over the edge of the roof and bottom it in the gutter.
One other question, seems like with eternabond all the way around you are going to make a puddle on the roof. Should you leave a couple inch openings to let water out every three or four feet. Or just tape her up tight?No. It will not cause water to pool or puddle on the roof. Most RV roofs have at least a little bit of slope and are not perfectly level. I would not worry about that at all. Even if it did puddle, unless you have a leak it would not make any difference except be a place for mosquitoes to breed. :W
Barney
Barney thanks for the info. I do have one other question. When lance puts on their aluminum roof do they fold it over the aluminum siding and then attach the molding then the gutter, or do they just run it to the edge then put there molding on top which catches the edge of the siding and then caulk that and then attach the gutter?
In other words if the gutter seam against the camper leaks will the water run down the outside of the camper siding or in the inside. Now I do realize every screw penetration is a possible trouble spot. I did remove one screw from the gutter and it looked new and shiny. Also someone has silicone caulked the gutter on the top and bottom. Now that has to be really a bad idea caulking the bottom of the gutter doesn't it?
