Replacing Roof Floor And Walls In Motorhome

Leaks most often come from the roof and you ll obviously need to identify where a leak comes from and determine whether there is damage to the roof.

Replacing roof floor and walls in motorhome.

Coachbuilts have bonded wall and floor panels of varying thickness. If you re having trouble with tougher spots use your putty or hobby knife to cut the backing free from the roof. Locate appliances and accessories and measure their distance to the walls. This is the roof kit i purchased for around 488 00 ma.

The new roof is as good as when the motorhome rolled off the factory line possibly even better and its owner should enjoy leak resistant travel and camping for years to come. Replace rotten camper floor. Household roof coatings will seal a metal roof just fine but the best product by far for metal roofs is kool seal. As for the floor given enough time the water might have reached the flooring and damaged it as well.

John faulkiner april 9 2012 at 8 57 am. We bought it used and knew it would need a lot of work. How to repair an rv metal roof. Leave all of the walls and furniture in place and cut the new ceiling panel into various pieces then put them in place.

Rubber tpo probably the most common material for an rv roof and actually comes in two different types. From the beginning we knew it had rot in the floors that the previous owners had repaired. Before epdm and tpo metal was the material of choice for rv roofs. Scrape off any leftover foam stuck to the ceiling using a bristle brush.

An epdm rv roof ethylene propylene diene monomer or a tpo rv roof thermal poly olefin. Pry off any trim holding the headliner in place as you go. The second photo is of the new bamboo floori. The floor is rotten from the bottom up and the subfloor needs replacing too.

Clean the roof thoroughly then use a rubber roof sealer to repair any cracks. The yellowstone s roof had. Water leaks so replacing those bad sections was the next step. Replacing the roof on my 1995 flair fleetwood motorhome this method works for both epdm and tpo roofs.

Hi gang this is our little pop up camper a 2000 a liner. Unless you have soft or wet spots in your floor the only way to know how much work your floor replacement is going to be is to start removing the top layer and see for yourself. Create our own option by mixing together options 1 and 2. This won t make it last any longer though.

This auto trail s floor section gives good insulation while a cheaper coachbuilt may have walls just 25mm thick if a coachbuilt s damaged bonded panel needs a new outer skin the workshop will remove trims bond a new painted aluminium skin over the original then replace. Before you begin make sure your rv is parked on a level surface.