Any other ideas while I have roof off?
Already in the process of taking the roof off of our 1997 27ft travel trailer, and thought I'd ask if anyone might have any "do's", "don'ts" or modifications other than what I have in my list below. ...
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opnspaces wrote:
Check and secure all the wiring connections to the ceiling lights. We've had people on the forum before with a loose ground in the ceiling and no way to get to it.
I always thought I would add a piece of 1/4 inch ply around the AC and all other roof penetrations and under the rubber roof. The thought is to make the penetrations higher than the surrounding roof so that water will run off and can't puddle around the opening creating a leak. I'm not sure though if the rubber would lay down smooth though.
Redo and reseal all marker lights.
Definitely reseal all the duct work. But use the real metal duct tape and not the cloth $1 a roll cheap stuff that we all like to call duct tape. Link
Checking the low volt wiring was a great tip. We replaced some of the wiring that didn't have much slack left, and made better connections on quite a few others. Couldn't believe it, but the low volt wiring they used between the thermostat and A/C was just 4 wires wound together with no outer shielding. Luckily my neighbor is an A/C repairman, and gave me 20 feet of new wire to replace it. We did find that the factory had installed a half sheet of extra 1/4" plywood under the A/C to raise it up. It was in great shape so we left it, and plan on running our new plywood over it as well. To our surprise, the duct work wasn't too bad. Just had to seal 3 places with new aluminum duct tape.
