replacing rubber roof with alum
Has anyone heard of someone putting aluminum back on instead of rubber, not planning on doing it just a thought my roof is 16 years old so gotta be around the corner.
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4x4van wrote:rhagfo wrote:4x4van wrote:
For what it's worth, my '88 Jamboree has a one piece aluminum sheet roof. Other than the edges and vents, no maintenance at all. I'm actually surprised that more RVs don't use aluminum; seems like everyone complains about the rubber/EDPM roofs.
Rubber over wood is far quieter in a heavy rain, also wood doesn't sweat.
Perhaps, but my aluminum roof (over an aluminum frame) is not really that much louder than any RV I've been in during rain. There IS insulation; it's not like a tin-roofed shed. Besides, isn't the patter of raindrops part of camping?
And I'm not sure what you mean by "wood doesn't sweat"? Where does wood come into play when comparing aluminum vs rubber?
It just seems that with the maintenance, deterioration, and eventual replacement that rubber & EDPM roofs all seem to experience, not to mention their relative fragility, manufacturers would have come up with something better by now. Again, my aluminum roof is now nearly 30 years old, with no maintenance other than some dicor touch-up along the edges/vents every couple of years or so. How many rubber/EDPM roofs out there are still pristine after 30 years unless they are garaged most of the time and seldom walked on?
Rubber roofs have osb or plywood underlayment, the rubber is glued to it so there is no sweating of in cold damp weather. Aluminum will sweat in those conditions.
Issues with aluminum are that it needs to be flat, or have seams to cover changes in the roof line, rubber will form to those lines.
