Roof with soft area

Honestly I would not sweat the small stuff. I would put it up for sale and not worry about that spot ever again. I've been on roofs of rigs that you would need snowshoes not to fall through them. The owners were totally unaware of the condition.

The other thing to think about is all you really have up there is 1/4 luan. If you're a couple hundred pounds walking around you may have broken the layers of the luan resulting in that "soft" spot. No rot or leakage is present.

DutchmenSport wrote:
Are you sure the area around your dome is soft, not because of water, but because of lack of supporting structure? The dome has to be between rafters. Depending upon how thick the wood is on your roof, it's possible it's just soft because at that spot the support rafters are just too far apart? My Springdale had soft spots near the rear of the camper. I avoided putting my full weight on the end of the camper for that very reason. but that spot was also over the living room area with no supports or walls there, where as the rest of the trailer was over various walled areas and supports. It was like this the first day I brought it home from the dealer. Getting on the roof was the very first thing I did when I got the new camper home. And over 8 years, it never changed, never got worse, and I was careful not to put my full weight right over the middle there either. I stayed on the edges.

There's a difference between just being a little springy and actually being soft. If it were mine, I'd check via the inside of the skylight area as suggested above and hold off tearing into the outside of the roof as long as possible.

I don't recall it being like that when I got it because I was all over the roof looking at things when I purchased it. It seems to be about a 3' diameter area so I don't think its unsupported structure. That's why I didn't tear into it sooner because I wanted to wait and see what and where the issue was and if it got worse. I'll be going out there this week to open the RV up and I'll have another look at it and see if its still about the same.

MFL wrote:
I would remove the inside portion of skylight above shower, to get a look. You should be able to see/feel the roof wood around the dome, with lower portion removed.

Jerry

I did that but its framed in so can't see past that. Framing look ok though at that point.

Are you sure the area around your dome is soft, not because of water, but because of lack of supporting structure? The dome has to be between rafters. Depending upon how thick the wood is on your roof, it's possible it's just soft because at that spot the support rafters are just too far apart? My Springdale had soft spots near the rear of the camper. I avoided putting my full weight on the end of the camper for that very reason. but that spot was also over the living room area with no supports or walls there, where as the rest of the trailer was over various walled areas and supports. It was like this the first day I brought it home from the dealer. Getting on the roof was the very first thing I did when I got the new camper home. And over 8 years, it never changed, never got worse, and I was careful not to put my full weight right over the middle there either. I stayed on the edges.

There's a difference between just being a little springy and actually being soft. If it were mine, I'd check via the inside of the skylight area as suggested above and hold off tearing into the outside of the roof as long as possible.

I would remove the inside portion of skylight above shower, to get a look. You should be able to see/feel the roof wood around the dome, with lower portion removed.

Jerry