That joiner strip between panels!!
OK, so my camper is riddled with joiner strips, where the roof comes over and meets the wall, and the front cap comes to the roof and walls, and many more places.
It looks like one inch material, over butyl strip, and screwed through holes in the aluminium strip, then a thin plastic piece fits inside the shape to cover the screws.
Not for one instant do I believe that the plastic piece prevents water intrusion to underneath, but then I wonder if it creates a water pocket inside, and just tries each screw hole until one or the other leaks.
Then sometimes, the staples that held down the roof didn't quite match up with the placement of the strip.. and once the strip was on, sometimes the staples are not under the strip.
So.. my question to the group. It's a 1 inch wide strip. Is there wider strips perhaps. Maybe 1.5 inches, or even 2 inches that better protect those gaps in the outer surface that could be fitted? What do top quality rigs do and can we retrofit their methods and materials to our rigs? Resealing is not the answer, because we reseal when we find a leak, not usually before. What can last for 30 years and still do a good job?
Thanks for thinking.. Mike
It looks like one inch material, over butyl strip, and screwed through holes in the aluminium strip, then a thin plastic piece fits inside the shape to cover the screws.
Not for one instant do I believe that the plastic piece prevents water intrusion to underneath, but then I wonder if it creates a water pocket inside, and just tries each screw hole until one or the other leaks.
Then sometimes, the staples that held down the roof didn't quite match up with the placement of the strip.. and once the strip was on, sometimes the staples are not under the strip.
So.. my question to the group. It's a 1 inch wide strip. Is there wider strips perhaps. Maybe 1.5 inches, or even 2 inches that better protect those gaps in the outer surface that could be fitted? What do top quality rigs do and can we retrofit their methods and materials to our rigs? Resealing is not the answer, because we reseal when we find a leak, not usually before. What can last for 30 years and still do a good job?
Thanks for thinking.. Mike
