Pop Up Camper roof repair/rebuild
Got 1998 Palomino B600 in AZ and drove it back to AK this summer. As I became more familiar with it I noticed some issues that I wanted to fix. The front panel of the roof was rotted and as I got in...
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So I have decided to remove all wood that I can. Removed the two roof side walls and repriced a new side wall. They are at a friends shop so I will get pictures later.
I have decided to replace all wood on the roof ceiling. The core is foam with 1x3 wood around the edge and two 1x3s going across the wall to divide roof ceiling into three sections, if that makes sense. The passenger side was all rotted and have removed that but the 1x3 wood boards going across are rotted on this side. Not sure what I am going to do as I do not want to remove who aluminum off roof. I may just pray in foam but have a couple different friends coming to give me advice. Here are pictures:
Here is the passenger side edge with wood trim removed:
Here is a picture of the rotted cross piece of 1x3; it is the dark section between foam. Not a great picture.
The drivers side roof edge is in better shape. It is rotted about 1/3 way toward front then the wood is as good as new. It is a real bugger getting the aluminum off the good wood. I wish I knew what they used to glue and laminate the wood to aluminum. I am thinking of cutting the trim edge piece at the mid point with a 45 degree cut then glue in a new piece. I would reinforce the ceiling. The camper has a upper cabinet there with a piece of OSB glued and screwed to ceiling to hold cabinet. I may put a 1x3 along the inside wall where it meets the ceiling to reinforce that glue joint. Here are pictures:
I dont have a picture where the rotting stops.
The rear aluminum side wall is in bad shape and I would like to replace it. Need to find a supplier. Here is picture:
Questions for forum:
Any recommendations for rotted cross wood?
Any supplier for RV replacement aluminum?
An Adhesive for gluing aluminum to wood? I was thinking of Liquid Nails but it does not mention aluminum in its list of uses.
Thanks for reading and I welcome any advice or suggestions!
David
I have decided to replace all wood on the roof ceiling. The core is foam with 1x3 wood around the edge and two 1x3s going across the wall to divide roof ceiling into three sections, if that makes sense. The passenger side was all rotted and have removed that but the 1x3 wood boards going across are rotted on this side. Not sure what I am going to do as I do not want to remove who aluminum off roof. I may just pray in foam but have a couple different friends coming to give me advice. Here are pictures:
Here is the passenger side edge with wood trim removed:
Here is a picture of the rotted cross piece of 1x3; it is the dark section between foam. Not a great picture.
The drivers side roof edge is in better shape. It is rotted about 1/3 way toward front then the wood is as good as new. It is a real bugger getting the aluminum off the good wood. I wish I knew what they used to glue and laminate the wood to aluminum. I am thinking of cutting the trim edge piece at the mid point with a 45 degree cut then glue in a new piece. I would reinforce the ceiling. The camper has a upper cabinet there with a piece of OSB glued and screwed to ceiling to hold cabinet. I may put a 1x3 along the inside wall where it meets the ceiling to reinforce that glue joint. Here are pictures:
I dont have a picture where the rotting stops.
The rear aluminum side wall is in bad shape and I would like to replace it. Need to find a supplier. Here is picture:
Questions for forum:
Any recommendations for rotted cross wood?
Any supplier for RV replacement aluminum?
An Adhesive for gluing aluminum to wood? I was thinking of Liquid Nails but it does not mention aluminum in its list of uses.
Thanks for reading and I welcome any advice or suggestions!
David
