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Bumpyroad
Jul 07, 2014Explorer
Effy wrote:Bumpyroad wrote:imgoin4it wrote:
The case is not closed if the fiberglass roof on the Winnebago starts peeling off in the wind. I saw several on the highway as it was happening. Need to inspect every 6 months and make sure edge is sealed down. If it peels off it is not covered by the 10 warranty. Nothing wrong with a TPO roof. Take care of both of them and they will last a long time.
I guess that is why Fortravel, prevost, etc. use TPO roofs.
I owned a Bounder, when I wanted to upgrade I bought a Winnebago.
bumpy
Sigh, if you think the quality of the fiberglass and the quality of the install and the lap are the same on a Winnie as higher end MH's you are wrong. All roofs have holes, all have seams and whether they are installed correctly can make a big different as well as the material used. But TPO is a fantastic roof material. It's used in a lot of commercial applications. I wouldn't trust advice from someone who told me I needed to whittle my choices down to a roof material especially when TPO performs as well as it does. You really thin the herd when you start chasing down stuff like that. TPO is a well tested and reliable material. Take a poll on here who has TPO and you'll see - pretty large crowd. Take the same poll of who has issues with it - pretty small. If you have any issues, it's going to be where there is a seam or something attached. And fiberglass or not, they all have seams and holes. And in the very small chance you had an issue with a hole in the TPO itself, it can be repaired very easily and cheaply, usually in your driveway. Try repairing a fiberglass roof and let me know how long that takes and how much it cost.
lots of posts of roof damage lately for membrane roofs.
bumpy
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