Anyone interested in 83 Pace Arrow Tear down and Rebuild?

Well, I was right. Since this is reinforced, there is ZERO stretching going on there.

I did cut the one corner slightly, and then, tried to pull the upper and lower pieces apart with 2 pair of pliers. I did manage to separate them slightly, but not much.

Here you can see, there is fiberglass inside, between the two layers.







You can also see, that both corners are stretched somewhat where the 2 pair of pliers were used to help pull them apart.

With all that fiberglass in there, ah, yea, the 2 layers together, won't be stretching at all.

fulltimin wrote:

PastorCharlie wrote:
Want there be a need to split the TPO over the slope on top of the cab area of the motorhome?

I hope not. I won't fully know until I get it up there and see how it fits. I also, do not know if there is any "stretch" in the TPO. I am guessing little to non, but I haven't pulled any off the roll yet.

If there is, I may be able to finesse it into place. Then again, I suppose if I need to, I could put a couple of layers there to cover the area that I need to.

This will be a wait and see how it fits situation.

I did cut a small piece off of the roll today. It's about 8 inches square.

Top and bottom pictures below. Top side is white. Bottom side is black.

sundancer268 wrote:
In the boating world, that board across the bottom of the shelf is called a Fiddle. That will probably work as you intend, though my wife wants her cupboards to hide the mess and keep things in place. With nicer weather coming along as summer progresses slowly towards us, will you be doing other outside work other than the roof?

We discussed having the shelves covered by sliding doors, or leaving them open. I was leaning toward the doors, but the wife said she'd rather have them open.

I suppose that could change once we start using them. If so, it's not a big deal to add sliding doors to the front.

As far as outside work, yes. The sides are covered just to below the floor area, so I need to add about another foot or so on both sides, as well as cut out for the rear wheel wells, once they are in place.

That has to be done before I can get it inspected again. I also need to add some type of more permanent covering on the outside and rear walls, as well as putting the lights back on, and the rear bumper.

Should be done with all that in about 2 weeks! OR NOT! Lol. Yea, not going to be that quick.

In the boating world, that board across the bottom of the shelf is called a Fiddle. That will probably work as you intend, though my wife wants her cupboards to hide the mess and keep things in place. With nicer weather coming along as summer progresses slowly towards us, will you be doing other outside work other than the roof?

While finishing up some clean up/reorganizing today, I decided to slap together a set of shelves, that would simulate something near to what I want to install at the rear of the one counters, eventually. (Yes, "slap together" is a technical term, similar to, "hand me the thing-a-ma-jig", when you want something handed to you).

I had a couple of the cedar boards that weren't in the best of shape, so I decided to use those for the shelves, along with some scrap pieces of both cedar and 2 x 3's







While these are not quite as deep as what I am planning, they are close, so I can get a rough idea of what they'll look like. I may lower the upper shelf some, instead of have both of them the same height.

They are also not fastened, so it's just a matter of unloading them, and pulling either/or both of them, off of there.

Either way, both of these would need a board on the front, near the bottom to keep things from falling off the shelves.

PastorCharlie wrote:
Want there be a need to split the TPO over the slope on top of the cab area of the motorhome?

I hope not. I won't fully know until I get it up there and see how it fits. I also, do not know if there is any "stretch" in the TPO. I am guessing little to non, but I haven't pulled any off the roll yet.

If there is, I may be able to finesse it into place. Then again, I suppose if I need to, I could put a couple of layers there to cover the area that I need to.

This will be a wait and see how it fits situation.

Want there be a need to split the TPO over the slope on top of the cab area of the motorhome?

Old Islander wrote:
Sounds like good stuff...! Is it the kind of hot-roofing that is typically installed on a flat roof with a tiger-torch? How will you attach it to your RV roof?

This is usually used on a flat(ish) roof with an adhesive applied, and immediately rolled with a roller to insure proper adhesion.

If splicing pieces together, they are usually heat welded at the seams with about 800 plus degrees of heat with a roller to help make sure there is a proper seal between the 2.

Overall, it looks like it should be a good, durable, long lasting roofing material.

Since my roof is less than 9' wide, I won't have to seam anything, with the roll being 10' wide.

I'll have to double check, but I think the adhesive is somewhat over $100 for a 5 gal bucket. That should be plenty to glue that to the plywood.

I'll have to wait for a time when we've got a few days of good dry non windy weather for that.

Sounds like good stuff...! Is it the kind of hot-roofing that is typically installed on a flat roof with a tiger-torch? How will you attach it to your RV roof?

So, fast forward til the last week. Talking with the wife, and she came up with yet another Honey Do list, some of which involved covering an area of grass with something that will not allow weeds, grass, or other green stuff to come up through it.

Well, I said, rubber would do a nice job of keeping everything below it from coming up.

So, since I decided I still need roofing for the motor home, I figured, I would call the roofing company again.

In all honesty, I did not expect to find anyone there. However, someone did answer. Not the normal guys in the office, but, someone who normally works in the warehouse/yard.

Talked to him a little bit, and asked what a roll of this stuff would cost. $650. Seriously? Yup. Ok, I'll take a roll of it.

So, I went down there, with mask over my face, and picked up a roll, and brought it home.

It weighs about 321 lbs.

That means, a piece that is 10' x 25' will weigh about 80 lbs. I can live with that.

This TPO is not the thin junk that is normally used on an rv roof. A lot of the rv roofing TPO is about .025 in thickness. This stuff is designed for commercial roofing. It is .060 and is reinforced.

It won't tear nearly as quickly as the paper thin stuff normally used. I found that out watching the guy in Georgia that replaces rv roofing. Yippee for You Tube! Lol.

So, anyhow, I've now got a piece of covering for the motor home, so that means, I can move forward on that project. Yea, not happening this week, but it's coming.

1/4 of the $689 cost for the TPO will be figured into the cost of the rebuild, for now. If I use some later, I can add that cost later.

Yes, $689. State has to get their tax money, ya know.....

That means, I am adding $172.25 to the prior total of $9086.17, and we now stand at $9258.42.

Yup, inching toward the 10 grand mark.