Roof front seam repair 06 Jayflight
I bought a used 06 Jayco Jayflight 27BH and knew there was some previous water damage. There was dicor tape across the front seal, where the metal goes over the TPU roof. The repair looked OK at fi...
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drew2fast wrote:I believe it was a GE product. It's been awhile and, since I'm in the construction biz, I get my hands on a lot of different sealants.westend wrote:
If it was me......I'd use Eternabond Roof seal over the TPO roof and onto the metal cap. I'd drill through the Eternabond tape so screws are sealed when attaching the trim. If I was still worried, I'd put another piece of Eternabond over the metal trim.
When I rebuilt my trailer, I applied high dollar elastomeric sealant between the siding and top of the roof frame, between the roof and the roof frame, between the metal trim and the roof material. I still had a couple of small leaks. I then applied Eternabond tapes and all leaking was a memory. I have my own equipment to do a pressurized leak test and have done a few in the first few years. All of the tests showed no leaking wherever Eternabond was used.
Thanks for the advice.
Do you recall what sealant you used? Isn't Dicor Self-leveling the go-to stuff? Is the other stuff really better?
Dicor, as a general view of the company, makes good products. I know the self-leveling lap sealant is what a lot of Forum members use on their EPDM roofs. Whether it's the best for what you're trying to do is beyond my reckoning.
FWIW, I had never heard of Eternabond tapes before coming to this Forum and I questioned whether they were the superior product some members stated. Since I've used them, I can endorse them 100%. They are a good long-time fix instead of the almost yearly sealant recovery most folks do. AFAIK, they are the only barrier tape that has the adhesive in a micro-encapsulated manner bound within the material matrix of the tape. Rolling the tape with a small roller breaks the micro capsules and makes the adhesive stick like there is no tomorrow.
