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I’ve had older metal skinned campers. This was my first material one. I went on a trip and on the way back my wife says she sees something flapping. Hmm shouldn’t be but yeah
We had a seam split. If you’ll notice the screw holes at the very edge of the material and the extra wide caulk you’ll see it was put together by a moron and covered up and doomed to fail.
Much to my surprise the warranty we got on the used camper didn’t cover it nor would insurance because I didn’t hit anything.
I guess I’ll take it in to be repaired. Several places tell me “sure bring it in next month and we will try and have it done by the end of the year”. WHAT!?! Uh no. One places says yeah bring it in Friday and we will look at it next week and get to it in a month. Wow ok.
I get there and they look at the pictures but not the camper and tell me it’ll be $10-11K. Yeah it won’t.So this is a lesson on encouraging you that yes you can fix it and no it’s not 12 grand because my crayon eating self learned and got it done. it ain’t pretty but why are you on my roof judging me? 😂
These are the items I bought. I didn’t need the glue but hey it’s good to have.
Worst part of the job is scraping off the old glue n caulk. Once that’s done it’s easier. Clean it all with denatured alcohol found by the paint in hardware. Tuck back in the liner and insulation. I then placed a 1×3 under it because as I said it’s not done right and there was zero support. I then used metal brackets to pull it all together.
I then sealed that seam with caulk. Don’t buy the cheap stuff. I then screwed the material down to the board away from the edges. You’ll see I’m even spreading it around the screw holes. Then smooth it all out.
I then layered 4” seam tape with two bottom and a cap on top. Smooth it out the best you can with a roller. That is sealed very well now however I’m not happy.
I then added a 12 inch cap with seam tape
I’ll be putting the dicor on the front edges where wind might catch it and it’ll be fine the life of the camper.The cost was $200 and about 4hrs total spread over a few days because I let the tape cook in under the sun so it set. My final morning we had an inch of rain and I woke up to a perfectly dry camper.
So as a part of my preparedness kit for the camper I know carry caulk in tubes to avoid the extra tool, seam tape and the glue. I’ve learned a lot during this and if I had to do it again it’ll look better. One issue I did have was wind. Good ole Oklahoma gave me fits with that tape. I worked in the mornings and evenings only because it’s a hundred and I’m pretty sure 350 up there like an easy bake oven 😂. You’d think ice cream would smell better coming out in sweat but nope.
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