How To Rebuild A Tent Trailer Roof

This is going to be a long series.

How to rebuild a tent trailer roof. Be aware that installing a vent is more labor intensive than caulking or using a fiberglass patch and the location of the repair is limited by what will look natural to the camper a mass of caulking could end up looking better than a vent that looks out of place. After a few years it sagged and we had it replaced under warranty with a new roof. This won t make it last any longer though. How to repair an rv metal roof.

How to do a pop up camper roof rebuild. There will be times your pop up camper roof needs repair due to cracks from small accidents or extreme weather conditions. We have a 1996 coleman cheyenne one of the first trailers with the abs roof. Many times the crank handle stops working and we show you how.

Spring of 2015 i noticed small cracks in 2000 coleman. Not only does the roof lose the damaged spot but the camper benefits from added light and air circulation. We ll do a little roof rebuild series but fair warning. Tent trailer roof re build.

But my camper roof repair did pass the test of time. We figured out how to fix it by removing all of the water damaged wood and then rebuilding the roof structure and reattaching the aluminum skin. Do you have a pop up camper with a water damaged roof. Clean the roof thoroughly then use a rubber roof sealer to repair any cracks.

You have to prepare many tools and materials to give the roof a comprehensive repair so it would not leak again any soon. Just google coleman abs roof repair and you will find lots of information. Unfortunately the roof of the camper we bought was beyond repair and rotting away. Household roof coatings will seal a metal roof just fine but the best product by far for metal roofs is kool seal.

In this video we discuss how to repair the lifting mechanism on a coleman niagara popup camper. I filled the cracks with the mek method and followed all the intrusions for painting the camper with grizzly grip. The new roof had an improved shape crowned in both directions and a metal support brace. It is almost inevitable especially if you use it a lot or have had it for quite some time.

While fixing a leaky camper roof is not too hard it s highly unlikely to be a simple walk in the park either. Roof top tent vs ground tent. No to be the barrier of band news. The finish product looked great.

The metal roof had many many pinholes and dry rot that in 20. Before epdm and tpo metal was the material of choice for rv roofs.