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[kmehr]

Definitely jealous you’re camping in yours! I got the rubber glued to the top today on mine. Added a little more support to the inside and routered out a hole for the vent fan. I put it right smack in the middle of the roof, figured that was the best spot for airflow. Still have plenty of room for solar panels if I want to expand. Also got a few notches put in so the roof frame fits like a glove.

I have decided what I’m going to do to trim the bottom edge of the roof yet. I may reuse the metal trim that was already on there, but I’d really like to use something new. I’m planning on wrapping the rubber excess all the way around the roof and tuck it up inside somehow, that way it’s one complete piece for the entire thing, which I’m hoping will be much much less prone to leaking as long as it doesn’t get torn anywhere. Open to suggestions on how to trim the roof.

It looks like it’s just draped on there but I promise it’s glued to the top. Used rec pro superflex. Appears to be pretty heavy duty stuff.

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Your getting there.Lots of work rebuilding an older camper.

Have fun using it.

Frank

[corybrown50]

Just got back from the trip.....She looks GREAT!!!!

I like the idea of wrapping the rubber as well. My only concern would be that the water will cling to the surface and get inside. It needs a place to run of.

I think the trim from before would be best. If it was me.....I'd place the trim on the body, lower the roof, sikaflex in place, allow to cure, them raise the roof and screw it up. The sikaflex will seal the metal to the rubber, allowing water to run off over the body.

I'd do it this way after dealing with trim not fitting exact after screwing it in and lowering the roof myself.

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Edited by corybrown50, 10 August 2019 - 01:54 AM.

[kmehr]

THanks!

 

I bent my metal trim some getting it off, and the rubber insert is trash.  I still haven't decided, but I'm thinking of using this to trim the roof:  https://www.homedepo...27441/204289037

 

Then running one of these seals all the way around to keep water out while driving:

https://www.pellande...al-Replacement-

 

 

And then finally a single piece of rubber weather stripping all the way around to seal it up when the top is down.

[corybrown50]

Cool. Just make sure the top goes over the body for proper water flow off the roof.

Good luck....a storm blew in while camping this week and all I thought was "don't leak on my wife's head, please don't leak. " She held fine so far.

You're thinking it all through. Good job!!!

[kmehr]

Big progress this weekend. Got the floor replaced and new laminate the wifey picked out installed, put reinforced water proof plywood along the drivers side, installed the fourth jack and did some serious caulk work.

I bought flashing to tuck the roof rubber, but it didn’t fit like I wanted so I returned it. Home Depot has some C channel aluminum that looks perfect. Will hopefully pick that up this week. Also got new paneling for the inside, and yet another sheet of plywood to start on the cabinets on the inside. Will be getting to work on the inside during the week, feeling great about the progress and my goal of being campable by the end of August and totally finished by end of September!

[kmehr]

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[kmehr]

 

This is upside down, but this is the floor. for some stupid reason i can't figure out how to save it once flipped when I upload it into my gallery, and something about the image doesn't work to upload through the tapa talk app.

Edited by kmehr, 11 August 2019 - 11:35 PM.

[corybrown50]

Looking good! "Campable" is my new favorite word.

Wish I had 4 jacks, 3 is a bit precarious for me.

Just make sure you have a lip that goes over the body from the roof. Something like this but wider would work.

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