Overhang construction
After narrowing down some small Class C’s that fit most of my requirements online I was finally able to look at them in person. I saw about 5 24 ft C’s and notice one had a full front FG front cap an...
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My Itasca has corner seams on the cabover exterior sidewalls and the cabover exterior underside seams, which I caulk periodically. The main joint between the top of the cabover where it joins the fiberglass coach roof is not a typical joint at all - as the top edge of the exterior cabover wall material is tucked up underneath a lip portion of the roof that extends past the top edge of the exterior cabover wall material by around 3 inches - then this whole area is covered by a fiberglass cap that could/should be kept caulked or Eternabonded (just like with the one piece fiberglass cabover front caps where they join the coach roof).
The single piece coach fiberglass roof of our Itasca has about a 3" rolled over edge all along the sides - with the top edges of the two coach sidewalls tucked up underneath the rolled-over edge - for absolute blockage of water intrusion into the coach sidewalls vertically along the tops of the sidewalls.
Unfortunately I do have a forward facing cabover window - which had to be replaced, once, 2500 mi. from home when a rock from an approaching truck broke the glass - which was not safety glass - so it shattered into more or less a million pieces, which fell down on top of us while we were driving. "NOW" - I have a special plastic overlay coating on the glass of the forward facing window so as to maybe protect it a bit from rocks! (BTW, I tried applying 3" Eternabond all around the cabover forward facing window frame, but it didn't work because Eternabond doesn't seem to bond to glass.)
By the way ... I wonder how much cabover leaking is actually due to failed seals of the cabover running lights ... instead of the forward facing window frame seals?
The single piece coach fiberglass roof of our Itasca has about a 3" rolled over edge all along the sides - with the top edges of the two coach sidewalls tucked up underneath the rolled-over edge - for absolute blockage of water intrusion into the coach sidewalls vertically along the tops of the sidewalls.
Unfortunately I do have a forward facing cabover window - which had to be replaced, once, 2500 mi. from home when a rock from an approaching truck broke the glass - which was not safety glass - so it shattered into more or less a million pieces, which fell down on top of us while we were driving. "NOW" - I have a special plastic overlay coating on the glass of the forward facing window so as to maybe protect it a bit from rocks! (BTW, I tried applying 3" Eternabond all around the cabover forward facing window frame, but it didn't work because Eternabond doesn't seem to bond to glass.)
By the way ... I wonder how much cabover leaking is actually due to failed seals of the cabover running lights ... instead of the forward facing window frame seals?
