sealed, vacuum bonded roof repair

kat4 wrote:
Hi, I live in Nova Scotia, Canada and I am new to this but I am desperately seeking answers please!

I own a 2006, Triple E, Embassy, 37 ft., class A motorhome.

I had a tree fall on the roof of my RV. Apparently, since I have a sealed, vacuum bonded roof that is no longer manufactured, I am having a lot of problems with a repair. One repair facility took up the rubber membrane and put a new rubber membrane on - without replacing OR repairing any broken plywood ( or luann ). I refused to accept this job. The second repair facility did the EXACT same thing but even worse. They didn't seem to clean anything properly before putting down the new rubber. On top of this, air pockets (NOT bubbles) can be seen from 20 ft away. I am being told this is an awesome job! Is there ANY kind of industry standard? Please don't say talk to insurance because they have hung me out to dry!

Thanks!

Vacuum bonded structures are nearly impossible to fix structurally, study the photos Bert posted, there literately is NOTHING to "sister" to inside the panel because it is pretty much all made up of just foam.

Factory fix would have been to fully remove the roof sections until they got to the section which is damaged then put all of the sections back on (provided it was mad is several sections). IF it is a ONE single roof piece then the only fix is to remove the entire roof and replace with a new roof panel.

Aftermarket fixes would have to be improvised, one would have to create some new structural wood trusses to go from side to side then figure out how to attach to the existing foam filled panels.

Then to even out the roof most likely have to glue down a new layer of Luan over top the existing wood roof (most likely would not be able to staple or nail it off since there most likely is no wood structural reinforcements.

I think if I was the one doing the repair work, I would have suggested removing the entire roof structure, then build a new roof structure using tried and true standard wood roof truss method..

Not an easy or cheap or quick fix..

Would most likely have been far better off to have allowed the Insurance Company scrap the entire rig and taken your lumps on the monetary loss.