EPDM roof lifting
I have a question about the epdm roof on my 2001 Shasta Phoenix TT.
I purchased the TT about a year ago and one of the concerns I had was that the rubber roof was quite wrinkled and didn't seem taught. I didn't find any water damage inside, the rest of the TT was in great shape and the price was right, so I bought it.
All of the TT's in my price range were in that 10ish year old era, so I planned on any TT I bought to Eterna Bond all the seams and coat the whole thing with liquid rubber. A couple of weeks after my purchase, I found some water in a closet at the very front of the TT. I narrowed down the leak to one possible spot, where the rubber roof meets the aluminum siding at the front of the TT. I cleaned and sealed that seam with eternabond, tore apart the closet, dried everything out and repaired/rebuilt everything. I've not had any other leaks (and I've really been searching) and I've been resealing openings, etc with the eternabond. So far so good.
On our last trip though, I was able to see the rubber roof at the front of the TT actually lifting off the unit as I was driving. It's still completely connected, and we've been through a couple strong rainstorms with no problems, but I'm afraid it's only a matter of time.
It seems to me that the membrane is still intact and in good shape, it's just the glue that's failed. The roof is "wrinkled" enough though that I don't think using the rubber roof is a viable option. Is there any way I can better glue down the existing roof just so it doesn't "blow away" as I'm driving down the road? I feel like if I could do something along those lines that would at least get me through the summer, I could do something more permanent perhaps through next winter.
Anyone else run into this problem or have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Matt
I purchased the TT about a year ago and one of the concerns I had was that the rubber roof was quite wrinkled and didn't seem taught. I didn't find any water damage inside, the rest of the TT was in great shape and the price was right, so I bought it.
All of the TT's in my price range were in that 10ish year old era, so I planned on any TT I bought to Eterna Bond all the seams and coat the whole thing with liquid rubber. A couple of weeks after my purchase, I found some water in a closet at the very front of the TT. I narrowed down the leak to one possible spot, where the rubber roof meets the aluminum siding at the front of the TT. I cleaned and sealed that seam with eternabond, tore apart the closet, dried everything out and repaired/rebuilt everything. I've not had any other leaks (and I've really been searching) and I've been resealing openings, etc with the eternabond. So far so good.
On our last trip though, I was able to see the rubber roof at the front of the TT actually lifting off the unit as I was driving. It's still completely connected, and we've been through a couple strong rainstorms with no problems, but I'm afraid it's only a matter of time.
It seems to me that the membrane is still intact and in good shape, it's just the glue that's failed. The roof is "wrinkled" enough though that I don't think using the rubber roof is a viable option. Is there any way I can better glue down the existing roof just so it doesn't "blow away" as I'm driving down the road? I feel like if I could do something along those lines that would at least get me through the summer, I could do something more permanent perhaps through next winter.
Anyone else run into this problem or have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Matt
