Cleaning roof

When I clean mine, I make sure to keep my weight on where the roof supports are.
I can feel the sag if I step between them.
Also there are other supports where the AC unit and other vents are located.
I weigh 155. If I was a heavy weight, I would not do it.

Jack L

it depends on whether or not you have a walk on roof and your weight, check with your manufacturer.

rule of the thumb used to be if you had a mounted ladder on the back, you had a walkable roof. However, these days they are selling some RV's without the ladders that do have a walkable roof. It is now an add-on if you want the ladder.

Some people will use a board, like a 2x6 4 or 5 ft long, to put down on the roof and walk on to spread their weight. Just make sure the edges of the board are rounded by sanding so it won't damage the roof.

I haven't walked on my roof. I use brooms and sponges on expanding handles to clean the roof. I haven't yet had to do anything like service the A/C which would require me to walk on the roof.

Depends on your weight.

My Dutchmen Lite says to not walk on the roof. If you must, the manufacturer suggests using a piece of plywood to spread the load.

Washing it from a ladder on the side, we both get a bath.

It is the price you paid for lighter weight in 2010.

You can test it out yourself. Get a ladder and climb up. Then, standing on the ladder press with your hands on the roof. If it has any "give" then, absolutely not. If it does not, you can find spots that are more solid than others. Press around and feel for the joists that run crosswise on your roof. Put hand pressure there and see how solid it is. You can then slowly exert more of your weight on these spots and see how much "give" the roof has. If anything "gives" then you absolutely cannot get on the room. If it still feels solid, then give it a try, slowly adding more weight. You may even try laying flat on the roof on your stomach to distribute your weight over a larger are, then slowly come up on your hands and knees. Now your weight is distributed over 4 points. If it still feels solid, you have no cracking or anything, then find those joists and see if you can add weight to your feet until you are standing. But if anything gives, then stop.

OK, now that you know you "might" be able to walk on your roof, don't! If you need to get up there to fix something, stay on all 4'x or on your belly laying down. Better yet, do it from a ladder. It's just much safer than standing.

My current trailer has a walk-able roof. But I do everything from a ladder. If I need to inspect the calking around one of the roof vents, I lay down and crawl over to it. Standing is just really unsafe.

If it's a walkable roof then yes. Doing so concentrates a lot of weight into a relatively small area, your feet. That's why it's always a good idea to spread the load across something. I use a section of sanded plywood.