Roof Replacement?

87bob wrote:
We'll here is the latest! I just got started a day or two ago. I removed the awning which was easy, as the fabric is shot and it is a Faulkner which is out of business so we'll be getting a new one. Hmmm might be good to put on car trailer. Then I removed the awning rail and the "gutter" rail. I decided to replace them both. Now on to the roof! The P.O. Put so much goop on the roof I will be lucky if I can salvage anything on the roof. All the roof vents and covers are so buried in sealant in some places it is an inch thick. I will need to replace the top piece of sheet metal front and back and the bar that runs side to side. I pulled the corner moldings and now for the really bad news :-) the rear of the unit has black and white mold and wood rot. You can't see it on the inside, in fact there is only a little water stain on one of the bunks. So for now the roof will wait till I get the rot remove and replaced with good materials. Tomorrow I plan to take some pictures to post. So the lesson for today is to stay on top of your roof maintenance or you'll have major repairs to do.

Yikes! Sounds like it may be a little worse then mine. Of course I haven't taken it apart just yet. My awning is shot as well but I may just replace the fabric with a replacement from THIS GUY Appreciate the update. Where did you find the replacement rails? Do they make them in aluminum?

Here is what I found when I tore into the back end Of the trailer.

http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e103/87bob/travel%20trailer/Bobs%20Public%20viewing%20album/

The previous owner did a real good job hiding all the damage you couldn't see it from the ground or inside the trailer. Simply put the last four feet are going to have to be rebuilt. The cost won't be to bad it will be time more than material the top piece of sheet metal will need to be replaced the ceiling inside and some of the wall board the structure repair costs will be minimal. More labor than anything else. I hope to have all the demo done this weekend and be in the rebuild stage. It looks bad but I dont think it will be to bad to repair after all it is sticks and tin :) !

Great times!!

OMG! Now I am scared to death to tear into mine!! :E I guess it's good mine lives in the desert!!

It looks bad but I should be rebuilding by the end of the week.

There was an article in TL magazine a year or 2 ago on replacing a rubber roof..good luck

Well here is an update in pictures I'm almost done with tear down just the floor is left to tear out. Then the reconstruction can begin!

Well I finally finished mine up this past weekend. Really wasn't too bad of a job. Tear down was without a doubt the worst part. Tore it down on one weekend and installed new roof and all new vents etc. another weekend. Only worked a few hours each morning before it got too hot.

Instead of just gooping lap sealant all over the end seams, I used 6 " wide strips of "quick rubber" to cover the seams and then just applied a small bead of lap sealant along the edges of the strips. Used the same method to seal the vents.