80mph gusts wind ..ripped off half roof
A couple days ago Utah was hit with winds steady at 40-50 and gusts up to 80mph... during that time the wind side edge of my roof on my 1993 itasca sunrise began to peell back... after a few minutes ...
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Bruce Brown wrote:msmith1199 wrote:
How do you know a rubber roof wouldn't have blown off?
Have you ever in your entire life seen one blow off? Neither have I. :W
Having worked on both, the fiberglass style in question, and more than a few rubber roofs, I can assure you the rubber roof won't blow off. While a rubber roof certainly has it's own set of issues, blowing off isn't one of them. A typical rubber roof is both glued and mechanically fastened. Even if you cut a section away from the mechanical fastening part at best all it would do is flap a little. They just aren't rigid enough to completely peel.
Yes, I have seen it. One time I saw a guy in a RV driving down the road with most of the front of the rubber roof ripped off and blowing back. I've seen people go under small tree branches and rip giant holes in them. Face it, rubber roofs are damaged far easier than fiberglass roofs, but rubber is in fact cheaper and easier to repair than fiberglass.
