Adhesive for Aluminum roof to plywood?
My husband and I are rebuilding a camper and are about to get to our roof install. We are doing a seamless aluminum roof which will be going over plywood. We want to avoid using any type of screws as ...
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Okay guys I'm really sorry for the late response we have been very busy on the build! I think everyone has agreed no plywood under the roof which helped me come up with an even better solution than screws. We really wanted to avoid screws because the original camper had water leaks all around where they screwed the roof. We have actually built a metal framing for the camper (added only about 100 pounds more than what the wood framing was) now we did this because we wanted a strong roof that could support our solar panels. Because our frame is metal and our roof is metal this allows to to use VHB tape. I have done a lot of research on this tape and man is it STRONG. They are starting to build some campers with it so it has been tested and has worked very well.
So here's our plan. We will be using vhb tape to attach the roof to the steel frame members, this will allow the roof to expand and contract just like screws. We will leave a lip on the roof to hammer over the edges of the aluminum siding. The "lip" will be hammered onto a vhb tape attaching it to the siding, hence avoiding even more screws. So our roof will be COMPLETELY SEAMLESS and with absolutely no holes..we are putting our fantastic fan in the back side of the camper not on the roof. I know it's unconventional but again I don't want holes in the roof. honestly I think it's time for a change for RVs and travel trailers..I mean how long is it going to take them to solve these water leak issues. Solutions are out there it's just extra money up front but worth it in the long run. I will definitely keep everyone up to date once the build is complete and after traveling, we'll see how it holds :)
So here's our plan. We will be using vhb tape to attach the roof to the steel frame members, this will allow the roof to expand and contract just like screws. We will leave a lip on the roof to hammer over the edges of the aluminum siding. The "lip" will be hammered onto a vhb tape attaching it to the siding, hence avoiding even more screws. So our roof will be COMPLETELY SEAMLESS and with absolutely no holes..we are putting our fantastic fan in the back side of the camper not on the roof. I know it's unconventional but again I don't want holes in the roof. honestly I think it's time for a change for RVs and travel trailers..I mean how long is it going to take them to solve these water leak issues. Solutions are out there it's just extra money up front but worth it in the long run. I will definitely keep everyone up to date once the build is complete and after traveling, we'll see how it holds :)
