Roof design - Did it affect your purchase decision ?
So I am going to be shopping for a new TT come spring. Looking at the dozens of different ones out there I noticed something about roof designs.
The vast majority use a flat roof with a rubber covering. Some kind of molding and caulk join it to the sides. A flat roof is never truly flat so it is going to have puddles after a rain. The seam at the edge does not appear to be the MOST robust design.
The Jayco Magnum roof has a crown, so that water should not puddle, but the side seam appears to be done in the same manner.
"Eggshell" campers (Scamp, Casita, Oliver), "curved" aluminum trailers (Airstream, Avion) and many enclose utility trailers, have roofs that have some crown, but more important, the roof goes over the edge and joins the sidewall on the vertical. I would assume there is a piece of Z-flashing between the 2 to keep water out completely.
In my mind this is far superior to the other design.
Anyone else have any thoughts ?
The vast majority use a flat roof with a rubber covering. Some kind of molding and caulk join it to the sides. A flat roof is never truly flat so it is going to have puddles after a rain. The seam at the edge does not appear to be the MOST robust design.
The Jayco Magnum roof has a crown, so that water should not puddle, but the side seam appears to be done in the same manner.
"Eggshell" campers (Scamp, Casita, Oliver), "curved" aluminum trailers (Airstream, Avion) and many enclose utility trailers, have roofs that have some crown, but more important, the roof goes over the edge and joins the sidewall on the vertical. I would assume there is a piece of Z-flashing between the 2 to keep water out completely.
In my mind this is far superior to the other design.
Anyone else have any thoughts ?
