While traveling down the interstate in central Florida, the glue on my rubber roof let go on half of the roof and blew off and we had a tropical depression coming. What to do... Since we are full timers we were in a real pickle. I looked on the internet and found a company called Elite RV that installed flex armor lifetime roofs near us. They couldn't get us in for about 2 weeks for a new roof, but said to come in and they would try to make us water tight until then. Well what ever they did worked because it rained 12" in 24 hours and never leaked a drop. We have since had a new polyurea roof sprayed on and it's beautiful and tough as nails, has a lifetime warranty and the best part is I never have to get on the roof to caulk again. The cost was about the same as a rubber roof. I wonder why manufactures aren't using this process as it is superior to rubber.If you are ever in need of a new roof, as I was, I highly recommend it. Just be aware there is another product out there called rv armor. It is a different product altogether. It is rolled on rather than sprayed, and is a much thinner covering. The flex armor is nearly 1/4 " thick. The rv armor may be a fine product, I don't know, not having any experience with it, but I can tell you I am impressed with the flex armor.Bob the Bear

I'm thinking about doing the same. I'm leaning towards the flexarmor over the rv armor. Looks like more people have had the flexarmor done from what I can see. Even though it seems no more costly for a flexarmor roof vs. rubber, I think the manufacturers use rubber because it IS cheaper for them. The membrane is probably not too expensive, probably easy to work with, especially while being built, and quick, all things they consider when sending your new baby in and out of the factory asap.

Weight is also a consideration, those spray on roofs are heavy, perhaps not an issue in a class A but for everything else they'll eat into cargo carrying capacity.

afidel wrote:Weight is also a consideration, those spray on roofs are heavy, perhaps not an issue in a class A but for everything else they'll eat into cargo carrying capacity.Have you ever heard of an estimate as to how much they weigh, say per square foot of roof? Thanks.

Durb wrote:afidel wrote:Weight is also a consideration, those spray on roofs are heavy, perhaps not an issue in a class A but for everything else they'll eat into cargo carrying capacity.Have you ever heard of an estimate as to how much they weigh, say per square foot of roof? Thanks.Your question made me curious, looks like flexarmor isn't heavy at all, 150lb for a 40 foot (I assume by 8 foot) roof source. That's a LOT lighter than one of the competing products I had looked at when doing my initial RV research a few years ago. It's light enough that if it's reasonably priced I'm pretty sure I'm going to get it done on mine! 59lb for my little trailer isn't nothing but it's light enough that it's worth the weight, even if it's over 10% of my NCC =)

The sprayed on RV FlexArmor roof as being discussed here is, as of last January, $130 per linear foot. For a 30 foot RV such as ours, it would have come to $3900. We had an appointment with Elite RV in Palmetto, Fl. last November to have the roof done but had to cancel because we needed to replace our refrigerator when we arrived in Tampa for the winter. I have since re-done the roof myself, with the help of my son and grandson, as posted about here and posted follow-upshere and here. Barney

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RinconVTR
Explorer
Aug 28, 2017
Before and after images...this is all I have since I was the person doing all the spray work.

I hope this works for your situation.
albow
Explorer
Aug 28, 2017
Thanks Rincon.
RinconVTR
Explorer
Aug 28, 2017
I personally sprayed a family members's 14' pop-up roof with hail damage early this year with T-Rex White Bed Liner (Speedoliner) with an 8 qt kit and supplied sprayer. The most difficult part was waiting for our high output Bosch compressor to keep up pressure.

Results were...and remain...spectacular.

Weight addition? Are you kidding? NON-ISSUE.
Weight addition? Are you kidding? NON-ISSUE.
Weight addition? Are you kidding? NON-ISSUE.

Did I make that clear enough?

The kit of 8 bottles and sprayer was much less than 80lbs.

Once applied and cured...the material weighs even less.

Seriously, weight should not be a concerns when considering this option.

But cost should be!!!

We paid $200 for the kit of 8 bottles to cover the 14' popup roof with a thick layer. Amazon.com. Ebay. Same deal.
albow
Explorer
Aug 28, 2017
BarneyS wrote:
The sprayed on RV FlexArmor roof as being discussed here is, as of last January, $130 per linear foot. For a 30 foot RV such as ours, it would have come to $3900.

We had an appointment with Elite RV in Palmetto, Fl. last November to have the roof done but had to cancel because we needed to replace our refrigerator when we arrived in Tampa for the winter. I have since re-done the roof myself, with the help of my son and grandson, as posted about here and posted follow-ups
here and here.
Barney
I guess the Flex Armor has gone up in price. I was quoted $160/ft and $130 for the other. I can see where location would play in, but I'm getting mine done in Mississippi, which I would think would be as cheap or cheaper than Florida.
Bill_Satellite
Explorer II
Aug 23, 2017
I guess I don't care. I would rather have a heavy roof than a leaky roof. How much could it really weigh? If it's 100# heavier than a rubber roof but comes with a lifetime warranty I am pretty sure I can get rid of that much weight (OK, not me personally) from somewhere if I am already at my max. loaded weight!
BarneyS
Explorer III
Aug 23, 2017
The sprayed on RV FlexArmor roof as being discussed here is, as of last January, $130 per linear foot. For a 30 foot RV such as ours, it would have come to $3900.

We had an appointment with Elite RV in Palmetto, Fl. last November to have the roof done but had to cancel because we needed to replace our refrigerator when we arrived in Tampa for the winter. I have since re-done the roof myself, with the help of my son and grandson, as posted about here and posted follow-ups
here and here.
Barney
afidel
Explorer II
Aug 23, 2017
Durb wrote:
afidel wrote:
Weight is also a consideration, those spray on roofs are heavy, perhaps not an issue in a class A but for everything else they'll eat into cargo carrying capacity.

Have you ever heard of an estimate as to how much they weigh, say per square foot of roof? Thanks.

Your question made me curious, looks like flexarmor isn't heavy at all, 150lb for a 40 foot (I assume by 8 foot) roof source. That's a LOT lighter than one of the competing products I had looked at when doing my initial RV research a few years ago. It's light enough that if it's reasonably priced I'm pretty sure I'm going to get it done on mine! 59lb for my little trailer isn't nothing but it's light enough that it's worth the weight, even if it's over 10% of my NCC =)
Durb
Explorer
Aug 23, 2017
afidel wrote:
Weight is also a consideration, those spray on roofs are heavy, perhaps not an issue in a class A but for everything else they'll eat into cargo carrying capacity.

Have you ever heard of an estimate as to how much they weigh, say per square foot of roof? Thanks.
afidel
Explorer II
Aug 22, 2017
Weight is also a consideration, those spray on roofs are heavy, perhaps not an issue in a class A but for everything else they'll eat into cargo carrying capacity.
albow
Explorer
Aug 12, 2017
I'm thinking about doing the same. I'm leaning towards the flexarmor over the rv armor. Looks like more people have had the flexarmor done from what I can see. Even though it seems no more costly for a flexarmor roof vs. rubber, I think the manufacturers use rubber because it IS cheaper for them. The membrane is probably not too expensive, probably easy to work with, especially while being built, and quick, all things they consider when sending your new baby in and out of the factory asap.

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