Awning Separation Repair
Any suggestions how I fix this? Or do I? I am capable of some repairs, but I would say I am a novice. I believe this was caused because we did not cover our trailer early enough this past winter. W...
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Where does anyone see butyl tape under the OP's loose awning rail? Also there is not generally anything under it nor is there supposed to be other than the roof membrane.
They put the roof membrane down leaving the sides wild a few inches, then the awning rail (And gutter rail streetside) gets attached over that wild membrane edge. The wild edge is then trimmed off under the extrusion and the top edge is sealed with non sag lap sealant. That's it. If you put butyl tape under those rails and the top sealed joint fails, which it will, the water then stays behind the rail, above the butyl, and eventually makes its way (seep) into the wall assembly. That water is supposed to be able to weep out the bottom of the rail between the roof membrane and rail itself should the top seal fail.
Now if some of you folks are obsessed with putting butyl tape under those extrusions go right ahead. Just be prepared to constantly clean it off when it oozes out the bottom over time and when the top sealant joint fails be ready to rot out / delam the wall panel.
In the OP's case either the screws were over-tightened and stripped, were not the right length, or snapped off for whatever reason. Those screws should be into the square aluminum tube at the top of the wall panel which is part of the lamination sandwich.
They put the roof membrane down leaving the sides wild a few inches, then the awning rail (And gutter rail streetside) gets attached over that wild membrane edge. The wild edge is then trimmed off under the extrusion and the top edge is sealed with non sag lap sealant. That's it. If you put butyl tape under those rails and the top sealed joint fails, which it will, the water then stays behind the rail, above the butyl, and eventually makes its way (seep) into the wall assembly. That water is supposed to be able to weep out the bottom of the rail between the roof membrane and rail itself should the top seal fail.
Now if some of you folks are obsessed with putting butyl tape under those extrusions go right ahead. Just be prepared to constantly clean it off when it oozes out the bottom over time and when the top sealant joint fails be ready to rot out / delam the wall panel.
In the OP's case either the screws were over-tightened and stripped, were not the right length, or snapped off for whatever reason. Those screws should be into the square aluminum tube at the top of the wall panel which is part of the lamination sandwich.
