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 now fabricated solid wood for side and rear roof wall and am set to glue the aluminum back on. Thankfully, I have a friend who has a wood shop and loves to work with wood! He has all the tools and the replacement pieces are much better than what I cold do with basic tools. Here are my questions:
1. Going to use Heavy Duty Liquid Nails unless someone tells me otherwise.
2. Don't know what to do about the wet foam on the rear third on drivers side. Any suggestions?
3. I am really considering hard painting the whole top after putting trim pieces back on with a truck liner paint, then put in new rubber sleeve that fits in trim pieces. This will take care of any pin holes, and make it permanently waterproof. I would still have to seal up the corners.
4. Also thinking of putting in new weather stripping along the roof and base where it comes together when it is closed to create a better water proof seal.
5. Also thinking of putting another piece of aluminum along the front to keep rain water from driving between the roof and base while driving.
6. Not sure what to do about the wet foam. IT will freeze in the winter and may create a problem with swelling.
7. I plan to weld together the two rear brackets together on the lift mechanism. I think this will give added stability and take some pressure off the roof.
The foam has really got me stumped and want to close it all up as is and hope for the best or buy a new roof but living in Alaska will make shipping too expensive and I already have most of the work done. When I removed the aluminum from the good side wall, I basically had to peel it off and that bent and warped the aluminum. I think it will glue ok but am concerned about the roof. I don't want to have a wavy roof that would tend to collect water in spots.
I was trying to glue the aluminum back onto the wood roof side walls I cut out. One of the them had warped from drying out and one of the aluminum pieces was too stretch out from removing it that it would not lay flay on the wood. I got a new piece of 1x6 and cut out a new wood side wall and am going to purchase aluminum flashing for the aluminum skin. It won't be dimpled but it will work, hopefully!
I also spent some time last night looking at forums for pull behind pop ups about replacing foam and am leaning towards peeling away the aluminum ceiling and replacing foam. A 4x8 sheet is $30 at my local lumbers store (this is AK)!
Any suggestions? David
1. Going to use Heavy Duty Liquid Nails unless someone tells me otherwise.
2. Don't know what to do about the wet foam on the rear third on drivers side. Any suggestions?
3. I am really considering hard painting the whole top after putting trim pieces back on with a truck liner paint, then put in new rubber sleeve that fits in trim pieces. This will take care of any pin holes, and make it permanently waterproof. I would still have to seal up the corners.
4. Also thinking of putting in new weather stripping along the roof and base where it comes together when it is closed to create a better water proof seal.
5. Also thinking of putting another piece of aluminum along the front to keep rain water from driving between the roof and base while driving.
6. Not sure what to do about the wet foam. IT will freeze in the winter and may create a problem with swelling.
7. I plan to weld together the two rear brackets together on the lift mechanism. I think this will give added stability and take some pressure off the roof.
The foam has really got me stumped and want to close it all up as is and hope for the best or buy a new roof but living in Alaska will make shipping too expensive and I already have most of the work done. When I removed the aluminum from the good side wall, I basically had to peel it off and that bent and warped the aluminum. I think it will glue ok but am concerned about the roof. I don't want to have a wavy roof that would tend to collect water in spots.
I was trying to glue the aluminum back onto the wood roof side walls I cut out. One of the them had warped from drying out and one of the aluminum pieces was too stretch out from removing it that it would not lay flay on the wood. I got a new piece of 1x6 and cut out a new wood side wall and am going to purchase aluminum flashing for the aluminum skin. It won't be dimpled but it will work, hopefully!
I also spent some time last night looking at forums for pull behind pop ups about replacing foam and am leaning towards peeling away the aluminum ceiling and replacing foam. A 4x8 sheet is $30 at my local lumbers store (this is AK)!
Any suggestions? David
