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hodaka
Explorer
Jan 10, 2018

Lance trailer “flat roof” makes roof water ponds -- problems

In August of 2014 my family and I purchased a new Lance 1685 trailer to replace our 10 year old 5th wheel. We liked what we thought was a well designed and built trailer. That is why we bought it. On ...
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Huntindog
Explorer
Jan 11, 2018
LVJJJ wrote:
I've had a few TT's with flat roofs and they all ponded a bit, but never had any leaks. My current TrailCruiser's roof is flat and ponds up but it doesn't bother me any. As someone said, maintenance x3.
The big problem with a flat roof, is that there is NO margin for error on maintainence. You need to be on top of the caulking like it's a religon.

ONE mistake, and it's all over.
Of course if you check it every 2 months, and the caulking fails @ 59 days and it rains..... There will be those here that will claim you did not check it often enough.

Flat roofs need to go the way of the Do Do bird.
The RVing public can speed this process along by spreading the word on forums like this, and refusing to buy flat roofed units.

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