2006 Hallmark Ute rotted wood repair
I'm going to start off my first post by saying I've been perusing this site for sometime, and have learned a lot...espcially lubing Happy Jacks. My wife and I have had this Hallmark Ute for a year....
Forum Discussion
OP:
Is the roof really rotted/leaking ?? What little of the roof I can see seems good. If you probe the roof and it is good (and dry), then your next concern are the camper shell side walls.
IMO (I own a similar camper, however, made by Outfitter):
Your water intrusion is/appears to come from where the camper shell soft-wall bottom perimeter is clamped-down to camper shell by that aluminum trim. The manufacturer suggests repairing (or, replacing with their new composite side-walls?) the port and starboard sides of the camper, and gave you a separate price for a new composite roof.
It seems that you are into this camper for roughly $6000 ~ $7000, yes?
If I were in your shoes, I would have Hallmark replace completely the camper shell sidewalls with their new composite sidewalls (one-piece) and repair the entire cab-over section (this will bring your total investment up to $ ????).....but I don't know...this is a tough one.
If the roof is gone, you'll likely have to sink that $10,000+ into it (or, re-build 65% of the entire camper yourself! These are really complex campers and may be 1-piece in many areas, and that roof can be extremely tricky to re-build IF the roof trusses are wood and water compromised: think about that soft-wall, and removing it and re-stretching it to a completely new roof AND new side-walls if the roof trusses and wood roof deck are gone, this could be a nightmare (or, outright impossible to accomplish) if its not done by the manufacturer with special equipment/expertise).
*one of the probable reasons why Hallmark mentions replacing softwalls in your above quote could be that the new composite roof may need a different softwall MATING pattern entirely (length/distance/pleat/cut)??
Have you tried your insurance company? An insurance company would for sure write it off, and at least you'd get part of your investment back.
Silver-
Is the roof really rotted/leaking ?? What little of the roof I can see seems good. If you probe the roof and it is good (and dry), then your next concern are the camper shell side walls.
IMO (I own a similar camper, however, made by Outfitter):
Your water intrusion is/appears to come from where the camper shell soft-wall bottom perimeter is clamped-down to camper shell by that aluminum trim. The manufacturer suggests repairing (or, replacing with their new composite side-walls?) the port and starboard sides of the camper, and gave you a separate price for a new composite roof.
It seems that you are into this camper for roughly $6000 ~ $7000, yes?
If I were in your shoes, I would have Hallmark replace completely the camper shell sidewalls with their new composite sidewalls (one-piece) and repair the entire cab-over section (this will bring your total investment up to $ ????).....but I don't know...this is a tough one.
If the roof is gone, you'll likely have to sink that $10,000+ into it (or, re-build 65% of the entire camper yourself! These are really complex campers and may be 1-piece in many areas, and that roof can be extremely tricky to re-build IF the roof trusses are wood and water compromised: think about that soft-wall, and removing it and re-stretching it to a completely new roof AND new side-walls if the roof trusses and wood roof deck are gone, this could be a nightmare (or, outright impossible to accomplish) if its not done by the manufacturer with special equipment/expertise).
*one of the probable reasons why Hallmark mentions replacing softwalls in your above quote could be that the new composite roof may need a different softwall MATING pattern entirely (length/distance/pleat/cut)??
Have you tried your insurance company? An insurance company would for sure write it off, and at least you'd get part of your investment back.
Silver-
