Winnebago Class A Roof Construction
Does anyone know how the roof/ceiling of a Winnebago Brave (older - '95) is constructed? I believe that the actual roof is a sandwiched laun/Styrofoam/laun assembly, but not sure. I think that becau...
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My 96 Warrior had an aluminum roof and they use fiberglass now but I think the process is the same.
There are no voids as such.
The roof is laminated in one piece. The thin fiberglass sheet (1/16 inch or so) is bought already laminated to 1/8 inch thick luan. That is layered with Styrofoam 4x8 sheets, then the inside wall covering pre-laminated with luan. They use huge numerical controlled routers to cut paths for wiring and aluminum roof trusses and structure before lamination. A water based contact cement is used as the bonding agent. The whole roof goes through huge rollers to press it all together. Here is a cross section picture of the roof edge,
There are no voids as such.
The roof is laminated in one piece. The thin fiberglass sheet (1/16 inch or so) is bought already laminated to 1/8 inch thick luan. That is layered with Styrofoam 4x8 sheets, then the inside wall covering pre-laminated with luan. They use huge numerical controlled routers to cut paths for wiring and aluminum roof trusses and structure before lamination. A water based contact cement is used as the bonding agent. The whole roof goes through huge rollers to press it all together. Here is a cross section picture of the roof edge,
