Rubber roof bubbling

I guess that's good news though.

No water intrusion as suspected looks like they skimped on glue

CAJW wrote:
Nolan, regarding the 4th picture showing “dimples”, our AF996 has had the same along the front seam since new. I contacted our dealer about it and was told that it was “normal”. Apparently the spaces between the hold down screws have different adhesion pressures due to the gaps between the screws. I have not had any issues with it to date (this May our TC will be 5yrs old) and hope it stays that way. It really stinks you’re having this issue with a less than 3 YO unit and too bad Le Grande is so far away. Best of luck getting this fixed.

Okay thanks will just screw the fiberglass back down how they did it. I am SO thankful for the RV garage where I can slowly fix this. Without it I would probably drive it up to la grande and have Northwood do it.

Camper_Jeff_&_Kelli wrote:
Do you have water intrusion? Perhaps there is water under the membrane getting heated. The water heats, expands, lifts the roof membrane, creates a cavity that is now an insulated chamber that can hold more and more heat in it with the sun shining on it causing lots of expansion, causing further lifting and separating of the membrane from the roof. Seen it happen in deck membranes many times.

Absolutely no water intrusion, will post pics soon of the repair. It’s pretty easy, just time consuming removing all the old dicor.

Using a blow dryer and putty knife to get rid of the dicor. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

anutami wrote:

bedrocker wrote:

Should have bought a lance.

Tru Dat

Sorry for your troubles. Hope it all works out for you.

Do you have water intrusion? Perhaps there is water under the membrane getting heated. The water heats, expands, lifts the roof membrane, creates a cavity that is now an insulated chamber that can hold more and more heat in it with the sun shining on it causing lots of expansion, causing further lifting and separating of the membrane from the roof. Seen it happen in deck membranes many times.

Nolan, regarding the 4th picture showing “dimples”, our AF996 has had the same along the front seam since new. I contacted our dealer about it and was told that it was “normal”. Apparently the spaces between the hold down screws have different adhesion pressures due to the gaps between the screws. I have not had any issues with it to date (this May our TC will be 5yrs old) and hope it stays that way. It really stinks you’re having this issue with a less than 3 YO unit and too bad Le Grande is so far away. Best of luck getting this fixed.

I think the first step would be to tell the manufacturer about this posting to give them a chance to do the repair... at least show a good outcome to this thread. On second thought, it probly best to not let them do anything to it if this is the type work they do.

I would have sprayed soap water to the front screws and gently pushed the bubble down to see where the air is getting thru/ coming out.

I'm annoyed by American companies that think profit comes from getting away from solid workmanship. It's un-American in my opinion. Sorry about the slight rant, but I feel for you having completely exasperating experience with my NL camper.

anutami wrote:

bedrocker wrote:
Good to know northwood is a big help they are off the list good luck with the fix

I shouldn’t say they are zero help, they want me to bring the camper to the factory to inspect it and determine the cause. It’s just too far to do that. Should have bought a lance.

I would send these pictures to Dave Mann at Northwood and ask him for his advice. I believe if you take it back to Northwood they will make it right at no charge.

bedrocker wrote:
Good to know northwood is a big help they are off the list good luck with the fix

I shouldn’t say they are zero help, they want me to bring the camper to the factory to inspect it and determine the cause. It’s just too far to do that. Should have bought a lance.