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Naio
Sep 10, 2019Explorer II
I really appreciate CapnCampn pointing out that I can just perforate non breathable tape, so I don't need to worry about the breathability issue.
I don't think I want to fill the space with anything. This is the same area of the van that landyacht was talking about one time on his van, where the two layers of the roof come together with the wall and the whole business is sort of pleated together with the gutter.
He said it's a major origination point for rust, on vans with raised roofs, because the caulking around the edge of the new roof tends to fill the gutter and water doesn't flow properly.
I tried to shape my caulking well, so that water would still flow, but it's possibly not ok-but-not-great. Anyway, water gets between the many layers of metal and doesn't have a path to evaporate.
That's why I'm thinking about covering the whole area with breathable fabric when I have time. Or maybe even wrap it with wood! But now I just need something so that I can travel and not shake the summer's accumulation of allergens into the air.
When I get to the point of doing the permanent covering, I could poke a whole ton of holes in the tape, or cut it away.
Whatever happened to landy, anyway? He was such a nice guy.
I don't think I want to fill the space with anything. This is the same area of the van that landyacht was talking about one time on his van, where the two layers of the roof come together with the wall and the whole business is sort of pleated together with the gutter.
He said it's a major origination point for rust, on vans with raised roofs, because the caulking around the edge of the new roof tends to fill the gutter and water doesn't flow properly.
I tried to shape my caulking well, so that water would still flow, but it's possibly not ok-but-not-great. Anyway, water gets between the many layers of metal and doesn't have a path to evaporate.
That's why I'm thinking about covering the whole area with breathable fabric when I have time. Or maybe even wrap it with wood! But now I just need something so that I can travel and not shake the summer's accumulation of allergens into the air.
When I get to the point of doing the permanent covering, I could poke a whole ton of holes in the tape, or cut it away.
Whatever happened to landy, anyway? He was such a nice guy.
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