Thor Hurricane 32A
Help! Just looked at a 2013 Thor Hurricane and will look at 2014 they have coming in next week. Please share good and bad things. Considering buying.
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Semi Retired Grandpa wrote:Sorry you're not accurate. If you are then you're one in a million. Commercial building with tpo and you reject all tpo? Ha. Your roof must be pretty dirty if you havent "maintained" it? Five years tpo and no maintenance here just a wash once a year which is what I consider maintaining along with checking caulking which a fiberglass uses the same. So your point is. Guess you you never heard of winnies roofs coming off either. There's nothing wrong with tpo PERIOD.
Again - as I understand it (and while I'm an engineer I have no expertise in TPO), TPO (composition) varies considerably from manufacturer to manufacturer. I know many (if not most) trailers use TPO but it seem most higher quality motor homes have gone to solid surface roofs. In my (40 year) experience, aluminum and fibergalss roofs require almost no maintenance - they also don't bleed dark streaks down the sides of the MH (interesting to see the advertisements offering regular TPO maintenance). BTW - 5 years? As I said - I had an Itasca with aluminum roof (where I'd expect considerable problem from expansion/contraction) for 18 years and never did anything more than wash the roof - never caulked a seam. Ditto for the last Winnebago with fiberglass roof that we owned for 7 years. Many very long trips - absolutely no roof maintenance required on either unit and never a leak.
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Since 2003 there is a standard for tpo roofing material,try researching instead of relying on your "expertise". Just because it's tpo does not mean it will leak end of story. I really question your "never" maintaining your roofs, I have seen fiberglass winnie roofs that chalked from not being taken care of, as well as spider cracks forming. Fiberglass/gel coats age, look at any boat, or even better look at the side of a coach that hasn't been taken care of. You're going to tell me the roof withstands the elements better being up top in direct contact. IDK. Like I said you're one in a million.
