Jfet wrote:
Steve, very nice job on your aluminum roof. I am now unsure if I want to go aluminum though. I see you used a vapor barrier under the aluminum (smart) but this would not allow me to sikaflex the aluminum directly to the marine plywood. Perhaps TPO or that other EPDM? stuff would be the better way to go for me, so I can bond it to the plywood that is screwed/glued to the metal roof joists.
Hmmm...
There would be no need for a vapor barrier between the aluminum and plywood , the aluminum , especially if one sheet , is in effect a vapor barrier . Add to this that is the wrong placement of a vapor barrier which should be on the inside wall ( warm side of insulation ) it becomes a negative . On a TC which usually has an impervious material as an outside skin I question if a vapor barrier should be used at all , even on the inside . Some how the wall has to breath or condensation will be trapped and eventually cause problems . Unless of course you can vacuum seal it or fill it with gas as in thermal windows , but I doubt that is practical .
