Anyone interested in 83 Pace Arrow Tear down and Rebuild?

I decided to put my first piece of plywood in the center of the roof today. I figured it would be easier to start at the rear, so I did.

Your roof looks a little lumpy, Capt'n..........

2bzy2c wrote:
If I am following and reading this correctly, you have three layers of plywood plus the
rubber roofing. At what point does the weight on the roof becomes a consideration? (Besides
the RV tipping over). ??

All kidding aside, it does seem as if there is an exceptional amount of weight up there.
Keep up the good work. I enjoy what you have done and am looking forward to seeing the
end results.

Originally, the roof had 1/2" plywood covering the entire roof, plus a piece of fiberglass on top of that. Then of course, there was an air conditioner up there, (which I won't have).

There were also cabinets around most of the interior walls attached to the ceiling/roof, many of which I won't have due to the shelves on the walls in the kitchen area. That will reduce some weight at the top as well.

The plywood roof I have is 1/4" thick, plus 1/8" glued to the top of that. Now remember, todays plywood is NOT 1/4" nor 1/8", so it actually is probably closer to 5/16" than 3/8".

Yes, I will be adding another 1/8" (so to speak), down the center of the roof, as a 4' wide piece.

The plywood is actually about .106" or as they have it advertised as 2.7mm, instead of an actual .125" or 1/8". Clear as mud, right? Lol.

Back in the day when we bought 1/2 in or 3/4 in, that's what we got. We did not buy 3/4 nominal, with .710 actual. Drives me wild when looking at actual thicknesses. Not really, but it is annoying.

All in all, I think the weight up top will be just fine, and possibly even some less than what was there originally. I won't know for sure about the entire rig, until I get it on a scale, but I think it will be ok overall.

Glad you are enjoying the thread. Thanks for the post. :)

Second pic shows from the rear towards the front of the same area.

As expected today it rained this morning, through noon time. What I didn't expect was for it to last even later through some of the afternoon.

As a result, I got out later than I was expecting, but I did add some plywood in the center of the roof today to level thing out.

This first pic is from the front towards the rear, with my "weights' on top of the pieces in the center.

The piece at the rear has already been glued in place when this picture was taken.

I still have about 9 feet of plywood to add in the center, and then I'll be ready to add a section of 4' wide plywood in the center to kind of tie everything together.

If I am following and reading this correctly, you have three layers of plywood plus the
rubber roofing. At what point does the weight on the roof becomes a consideration? (Besides
the RV tipping over). ??

All kidding aside, it does seem as if there is an exceptional amount of weight up there.
Keep up the good work. I enjoy what you have done and am looking forward to seeing the
end results.

Well, as expected it rained all day today. One of those days where you just want to curl up on the sofa and read a good book, (Kindle)? Maybe a laptop, cell phone, tablet? You know, whatever makes your day.

That's what we did. I never even got outside the house today. Neither my wife nor I did. We just kicked back and took it easy.

Anyhow, tomorrow, the rain is supposed to be done by early in the morning, so hopefully, I can get out there and glue some more plywood to the roof.

That brings me to updating the spreadsheet again.

I bought 10 sheets of 1/8" x 4 x 8 plywood, actually labeled as 2.7 mm from the Home Depot. They were $10.98 each, so including tax we ended up spending $116.39.

I also purchased a case of 12, Great Stuff Pro Construction Adhesive. Those are the cans that require using the Pro Gun to dispense it.

I bought that from Amazon. Individually, they were about $20 a can, plus tax. I figured somewhere along the way I'll probably use all or most, of this, so I opted for a cheaper per can rate. By the case, they were $13.67 a can including tax. Individually, 12 of them would have cost me over $250. Total for the 12 was $164.08.

Ok, spreadsheet. Former total was $10,577.46. Adding $116.39 to the $164.08 = $280.47. Adding them up, we have $10,857.93.

Getting closer to having the plywood on the roof that I want.







Here's the pic from the opposite direction.







You will notice there is a stripe down the middle which has no second layer of plywood. Since the roof is just a little over 8' wide because of the curves, 2 pieces that are 4 feet wide will not reach.

I will be adding a narrow strip down the center to fill that in.

Then I will add another 4 foot wide piece down the center of the roof to tie all of these together and cover up a lot of the seams, before I add the TPO on top.

Unfortunately, it is raining now, and is supposed to rain tomorrow, so I'll probably not be able to work on the roof tomorrow.

Here are a couple of pics of all the stuff I had to haul up and down on the roof to help secure it all in place.











Yea, what a mess! Lol.

When in full bloom with clamps, weights and straps.....