Gdetrailer wrote:
Better get yourself a bunch of tarps, gonna need it for this repair.
Most likely you will find that the rot extends a lot further than what you think and the only way to know for sure is to rip out everything until you find good wood.
This means you most likely will need to pull out the ceiling material, pull back the roof material and then replace wood framing that is rotted, put down new roof decking then glue down the roofing material.. Then on the inside you would need to replace the old ceiling paneling and insulation with new material.
Not impossible to do, but takes a lot of time, material, your labor and bunches of money..
If you hire out, the labor alone will far exceed any "value" of the trailer.
Been there, done that..
In all honesty, you most likely will be farther ahead by scrapping the trailer, selling off windows, doors, A/C, Furnace, water heater, stove and the frame with legit title and you most likely will get more money out of it than what you paid for it.
Then take that money and buy a newer trailer that is in better shape..
I don't give up easily, but after two full on rebuilds and hundreds of hrs per rebuild (took 9 months on my current TT)I think you will find your time is more valuable than what you think. You can't get your time back and the next owner isn't going to pay you for the time you put in it..
So I have already pulled the plywood from the walls, and part of the ceiling. Only the front piece of plywood seems to be rotting. Everything before that seems solid.
Time is the one thing I have plenty of, so I don't mind putting the effort into repairing the thing. Just want to make sure I do it right.
With you having done multiple rebuilds, can you tell me, is it possible to glue down the existing sheet of rubber on the roof to a new piece of plywood?
