which roof is better?

gat75 wrote:

I think you will find that there are practically nothing but TTs with rubber roofs available. Fiberglass would be more durable, you just gonna have a hard time finding fiberglass on anything but MH roof.

lots of small TTs with fiberglass roofs. I wouldn't have another rubber one myself.
bumpy

gat75 wrote:
I think you will find that there are practically nothing but TTs with rubber roofs available.

Not the case at all, quite a few travel trailers have been and still are manufactured with a TPO roof which is vinyl, not EPDM rubber, my own previous KZ Spree being just one example. Personally I'd much prefer to have a TPO roof on my current Freedom Express but Coachmen like the majority of other manufacturers chose to use crappy EPDM which chalks by it's very nature, is difficult to lay down flat and keep it that way throughout it's life, and will tear if you even look at it sideways. :( Regardless, any roof will leak eventually if it's not properly maintained.

Airstreams and the "eggs" like Casita are the only none membrane roofs I can think of.

The industry makes 300,000 TT and Fiver "rubber" roofs a year. How many do you think leak?

#1nobby wrote:

Cajun Bill wrote:
Was recently posting on the TC blog about switching out of my fiver to a TC, but with the help of those on that blog, I decided that a more fitting camper for me would be a TT. Now, just curious, is there a consensus regarding what type of roof is better and more resistant to UV and leaks, i.e. fiberglass, rubber, aluminum? The fact is that my next camper, just like my present one, will never be covered so I'm looking to see what peeps think will be the best able to handle the elements under my circumstances?

I'm new to Rving and I have a 21 ft. TT. It has a rubber roof. I think it's stupid and just waiting to fail.

But, for some reason....the majority of RVs have them. ???

I think you will find that there are practically nothing but TTs with rubber roofs available. Fiberglass would be more durable, you just gonna have a hard time finding fiberglass on anything but MH roof.

Cajun Bill wrote:
Was recently posting on the TC blog about switching out of my fiver to a TC, but with the help of those on that blog, I decided that a more fitting camper for me would be a TT. Now, just curious, is there a consensus regarding what type of roof is better and more resistant to UV and leaks, i.e. fiberglass, rubber, aluminum? The fact is that my next camper, just like my present one, will never be covered so I'm looking to see what peeps think will be the best able to handle the elements under my circumstances?

I'm new to Rving and I have a 21 ft. TT. It has a rubber roof. I think it's stupid and just waiting to fail.

But, for some reason....the majority of RVs have them. ???