WarpathEngineering
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- Oct 14, 2006
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Hi Guys!
Had the roof of my camper down on a set of saw horses today to begin puting in the new headliner. Decided to clean up some of the old caulking which was just peeling away when I found about 5 or 6 stress cracks in the aluminum up front. They're right where the aluminum skin is folded down the front edge of the roof frame. I guess I know where my water is coming in now! It rained about 2 inches here just Thursday, first rain over a 1/8 inch we've seen here since mid June....we're 12 inches shy of rain this year! Anyway there was about pint of water standing in the left front corner of my overhang this morning. The campers only been out in the weather since Wendsday and I doubt that condensation caused this so I went looking. Might want to double check your roofs if you've got a repeating roof problem.
Anyone know how the drip edge trim around the roof is sealed from the factory. I took mine off because a couple of the cracks go all the way to the edge. There's foam tape and 2 types of caulk. The way their coming off I'd say one is latex and the other is silicone. I know some people have said that 3M 4200 is good but I've never had any experience with it. Though about using Lexel caulking. It dries perfectly clear and doesen't yellow with age that I've seen. Sticky like you won't believe too! Any thoughts?
Rick
Had the roof of my camper down on a set of saw horses today to begin puting in the new headliner. Decided to clean up some of the old caulking which was just peeling away when I found about 5 or 6 stress cracks in the aluminum up front. They're right where the aluminum skin is folded down the front edge of the roof frame. I guess I know where my water is coming in now! It rained about 2 inches here just Thursday, first rain over a 1/8 inch we've seen here since mid June....we're 12 inches shy of rain this year! Anyway there was about pint of water standing in the left front corner of my overhang this morning. The campers only been out in the weather since Wendsday and I doubt that condensation caused this so I went looking. Might want to double check your roofs if you've got a repeating roof problem.
Anyone know how the drip edge trim around the roof is sealed from the factory. I took mine off because a couple of the cracks go all the way to the edge. There's foam tape and 2 types of caulk. The way their coming off I'd say one is latex and the other is silicone. I know some people have said that 3M 4200 is good but I've never had any experience with it. Though about using Lexel caulking. It dries perfectly clear and doesen't yellow with age that I've seen. Sticky like you won't believe too! Any thoughts?
Rick