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JW2
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Feb 03, 2015

Heki 2 skylight, replacement help please!

I have a 2008 Northern Lite camper. It has a Heki 2 rooflight (skylight, hatch, roof vent, whatever you want to call it) in the cab over area. I recently purchased this camper used and the previous owner told me that this skylight was damaged because a tree branch had come in contact with it. Anyway, the clear top cover has a crack and one of the white hinge areas is broken where the black vertical hinge attaches to the white part of the hinge at the very bottom. It looks like this white part is one continuous piece and is part of the plastic molded white portion on the whole lower vent frame, and not just an easily replaceable separate part (a very poor design if you ask me). I have tried to get separate replacement pieces but to no avail. Everyone I have spoken with says I have to purchase a whole new skylight assembly, for somewhere around $600 to $800±. Anyway, what I think might be a better approach is to just replace the whole thing with something else, a much less elaborate, less prone to damage, and less expensive type of vent. Does anyone know of any type of hatch / skylight / vent that would be a good replacement “for the existing hole cutout”? Or, does anyone know how I could re-size the existing cutout to make it able to fit something more common? Thanks in advance for your help with this.

14 Replies

  • When a tree branch came down on my RV my homeowners insurance paid me to repair and replace everything that was needed.

    It might be equally as expensive but you'll gain a better hatch .
    Maybe.... being that its a fiberglass camper, a marine body shop or an auto body shop that does fiberglass repairs would be a place to ask if a fiberglass cover could be made to replace the Heki vent . That way you cut any opening to fit any better quality marine grade hatch. You need an escape hatch in case of fire not a 14x14 fantastic type vent. ( unless you have a pushout emergency window )

    I know that the cheaper style emergency hatches that Lance uses are less prone to breaking. There have been few instances with them and they are cheap to replace if need be. Its a screened emergency hatch that real people can fit through to gain access to the roof.

    I found this info. Insurance as well as msrp price is mentioned.
    If you find a replacement , $600-800 might not seem all that bad.

    https://www.rv.net/forum/Index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/26197920/print/true.cfm
  • Our Heiki has been great so far...but IF we ever have to replace it, I would seriously consider a marine grade replacement.
    Cost would be similar, and I believe the marine hatch would be more robust.
  • You can purchase seperate parts directly from Dometic. I had the same problem with mine.