Wow Pop Ups are expensive!

SoundGuy wrote:
I can't say for anyone else but I'm also not anywhere near as good at applying lap sealant as is a dealer tech who does this every day for a living.

drsteve wrote:
An experienced RV tech can no doubt do many things better that the average guy... but let's be real. How much talent does it actually take to lay down a bead of Dicor?

Lantley wrote:
It's not about talent. It's about the ability to climb up the ladder and walk across the roof. Not everyone can do it.
So they must pay a professional. Yes it should be done at least annually if not semi annually.
If you can't do it yourself, you pay.
I don't change my own oil in any of my cars but it's my choice. I am capable but I don't want to do it. Many take the same approach to caulking an RV roof

If not "talent" then certainly experience helps and when a tech does this every day for a living the result is bound to be far better than what I can do practicing once a season. ;) Over the years I've been up on a trailer roof countless times but I can't say I like it and as I get older am much less inclined to do so. I've always installed a cover on our trailers for winter storage but a couple of years ago did pay for indoor storage, partly because it meant I wouldn't have to climb up on that darned roof. This winter my trailer spent it's time at my dealer for an eventual frame repair (which has now been completed) so I once again did install the cover - didn't like it but I did it because I prefer to cover than not at all. Next winter? ... I'll be another year older so it's likely I'll return to indoor storage again. If there's any mystery to this it's why I have to defend my dislike for climbing up on that roof ... so stupid. :R