Roof Replacement

valhalla360 wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:
Example of what I am talking about..



This damage was not caused by roof vents, it was caused by..



Which is the trim..

The caulking under that trim had gotten hard and cracked and the previous owner was too lazy to remove the trim and replace the caulking so they used everyones favorite fix in a tube..

Silicone..

The silicone didn't fix the issue and kept on leaking until I bought the trailer and when I stripped back the rotted paneling it was leaking like a sieve when it rained..

Looks like a 40yr old trailer...lots of newer ones rot out within 10-20yrs.

Trailer was only 20 yrs old when I bought it in that condition.

That was good looking compared to other well hidden rotten spots, had to destroy and remove all upper kitchen cabinets along with the upper bunk bed.

Replaced nearly every roof truss, remove and sister up quite a few wall studs, removed all the poor attempts to repair the damage by previous owner. Replaced most of the front wall studs as they were pretty well rotted out.

New ceiling panels, new paneling all around, new upper cabinets, new couch/bed..

Had to build all newer upper cabinets from scratch and the upper bunk didn't get put back in.

I was so mad and upset That I paid nearly $2K for a half rotted out shell. Once I discovered how major the damage was I didn't bother taking many pictures of the mess was just too upset and needed to make things right.

None of the damage was caused by roof vents, fridge vent or black and grey tank vents.. ALL the damage was cause by nearly 100 little tiny screws that held all the roof trim on.

Some inside pix after all repairs were done..