Travel Trailer Camper RV Damaged Roof Replacement
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- čas přidán 16. 08. 2014
- Ok CZcams what this is going to be is me replacing my entire roof that was damaged
by water on a 1992 Terry travel trailer this will work also for RVs and other campers
that have this similar style EPDM rubber roof the replacement that I used is a Dicor or
brand and I suggest using their product as it's been tested over many years also I used
the Dicor lap sealant and adhesive that is specifically made for the rubber roof. Most of
the wood that I used to replace the roof was from Lowes and the plywood was a sheating
style 3/8ths inch. This DIY project was a learning experience and took a little bit more
time and money than what was expected but overall was much more cheap than what the RV
dealers and distributors we're wanting to charge for the same service. This repair will
work for most recreational vehicles and all different brands such as Fleetwood Jayco
Coleman. It is really nice to be able to go and use this at campgrounds & outdoor events
and family picnics knowing that the roof is now watertight no leaks - Věda a technologie
Wow, where to begin. IT WILL VARY..is my best answer.. It all depends on the quality of wood used. Also, I used liquid nails and Nail/staple gun where some people prefer screws. you need a seal for the Air Conditioner, and you may need new fixtures for the roof like vents and exhaust caps, for example I had to buy a new antenna.
The first thing I would do is locate the best price/source for the rubber roof.. Call this place for EPDM roof.. stores.ebay.com/tomsrvsurplus?_trksid=p2047675.l2563 They were nice and informative and cheap. They also sell the adhesive and Butyl tape and Self leveling sealant. I kept all my receipts but I realized alot of the stuff I used I already had(like all the roof staples) .. In my case I also ran into more expense than maybe someone else would have. For example, I bought all new stainless hardware for the tracks and end trim. Plus,I had to buy filler paste due to the low quality of wood sheeting I used for the roof substrate. .Plus I had to buy new supporting frame wood for the roof perimeter.
I think we were close to $650 +/- $50 on the Complete roof repair. The main thing I came out of this realizing was 1) You better get the camper cheap enough to make the roof repair worth it. 2) no matter how much you think it will cost you will run into extras 3) Where the water goes IT GROWS, meaning whatever you think the damage is by the initial inspection can be multiplied by at least another third or even half more.... AND FINALLY, It is extremely satisfying to complete a big project the right way knowing you will not have any leaks in the foreseeable future, Especially when you are caught out camping in an extreme downpour. I hope this helps.. just remember what I mentioned on the video, and that is ,I would have never bought the camper if it needed wall structure repair or floor repair in addition to the roof. Make sure the damage is only contained to the roof. Get inside of the cabinets especially in the corners and feel for softness in the flooring and walls.. Good Luck.
Thank you for sharing. It's a shame, my camper roof is horrible but I have kept the inside in pristine condition and everything works perfectly! Thank you for sharing!
How much would it cost to have this job done?
Tone Gee as in bringing it to a shop/dealer to have it done? Easily several thousand depending on the extent of the damage. We full time in our RV and I just noticed our back roof in the two back corners has water damage, plus a bit of floor damage in the corners so we will be replacing the roof/flooring come spring when it’s warmer and less rain. Fortunately my father in law is a magician when it comes to this kind of stuff so he’s going to be our biggest asset. When I looked into how much it would cost if we brought it in i about had a heartattack. This video and cost breakdown makes me feel much better.
I honestly thought you’d give up. That the trailer would go to the dump. But I was amazed as I skipped along to see you persevered and actually finished! That was a ton of work! Kudos on finishing and good job!
Hands down one of the best "how-to" videos I've seen. Great job and great video!
Yes - Thank you
Will be very helpful when doing mine.
This is definitely one of the best videos for roof and the trusts to help me understand clearly the construction of it and it's helped me to get over the stress that I've been feeling now I feel confident a lot more confident and doing the rafters the way that you did them I'm going to scab in a couple of pieces instead of going overboard.
GREAT Video you made it very clear on what you did my wife even watched with me and could follow along with it. We are at the planning stage of doing a 32' rv with a roof so soft in a lot of areas not even gonna consider walking on it. THANK YOU for the video.
Beyond incredible. I've just tackled a partial roof job on my trailer and had done some patchwork on an rv a few years ago and this is like taking tips from someone on a whole different tier. I wish I had the means to lay a whole new rubber roof down but taking the worst of the wood out from inside and sealing it up will do nicely in my case. Regardless, this was a treat to watch and you're quite the craftsman sir. I applaud your work.
Very helpful. I see lots of people said what I was thinking. Your trailer is very similar to mine in finish inside only mine is a 1985. I haven’t used it in 24 years and am just starting to dig into it and figured somewhere there is going to be similar damage and your video definitely will help.
Incredible... absolutely incredible. Great work, sir!
Great job on the roof it’s fun to go back and watch old videos hope you both are having fun camping , safe travels my friends
How I wish I’d seen this sooner. This camper is so similar to ours! We already put down 1/4 plywood and have tons of seams and rough edges to contend with. This looks sooo much neater than ours 😫 in any case we’ll still be able to use lots of this advice as we still have lots of work to do, AND, we’re doing wall and floor repairs on the whole camper too. We definitely bought a lemon 😩
Same
Great 👍 video... single solo older female just bought a 1986 Toyota Granville Mini Class C and getting into the interior I found water damage in the trusses that’s need to be replaced... I googled and found this video the best to help my confidence in taking on the task myself.. thank you for easy instructions. Just started following you too, I will look at more of your videos for future help!
Was skeptical during first few minutes of video, but you did a hell of a nice job. Great Work and nice video - THANKS!
Good job , keeping an older trailer alive. Nice
It really helped to see the steps that you went through to replace the roof. It gave me confidence to do it myself.
Glad it helped! Good luck..
I just bought a Terry camper like yours. Thank you for showing me what I've gotten into. I hope mine turns out as good as yours!
great!!! Make sure to check out our RV channel.... czcams.com/users/rvdaydream
Excellent job on the video and very good work for the repair. I have the same trailer and am looking at the same depth of repair. Really nice to go into a job with some knowledge of what lies ahead. Thank you for taking the time to post this video!
Sure thing.. good luck.. and if there as any good advice I could pass on it's "scaffolding" :-)
Incredible job sir! What patience and dedication.
Thanks for taking time to show us the way to restoring the camper will be doing this soon.
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Wow what a restoration we don't get jobs like this generally we use rvroofmagic coatings for all our units that come in for service very impressive job you guys did
Good for you, got r done and ready for camping. I took the air conditioner off our trailer yesterday and had black gooy bubble gum tar all over me and tools, so I can appreciate what you did.
Thanks!!That Tar is brutal... I have darn near bathed in Kerosene just to get it off the hair on my arms😁
Wow ! what a project... you have inspired me to get started on my trailer leak issues... thanks !!
Go man Go! Good luck..
This is very helpful. I have to replace the roof on my Terry Travel Trailer soon.
Old video however i am about to tackle the same thing on a 92 Terry 25 ft 5th wheel. It is essentially the same trailer in a 5th wheel version. Thanks for putting this up, it will help a ton.
Thank you for making this video, I'm going to be doing the roof on my 06 Gulfstream cavalier once spring rolls around, I had absolutely no clue how I was going to go about this.
Now I'm actually pretty ok with having to do it, at least I'm not going to go stumbling blindly lol
Fantastic job....I have a 06 Fleetwood XP190 with some light water damage ...you have given me some HUGE valuable pointers for how to proceed...cheers
Great job! Love your attitude!
nice job, looked really solid when you got the plywood up there
Thanks for posting that up
you did a great job, speacialy explained very detail which is very helpful for those who are doing this for the first time. thanks alot
You are Welcome.
Wow thank you for making this video, at first this was an overwhelming job to do, it is still overwhelming but not so afraid of doing this. Your a good man! I am sure your wife did most of the work but your still a good man. Thanks again
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This was a great video! Very informative as I had questions on the edges of the roof. It's about 3 inches of rotted wood on each side, for about 3 1/2 foot long. The damage was basically in the corners. Before I tear the old wood out, I will use that as a template for the new wood. I have the "truss joiners," and will add additional wood, nailed over that for sturdiness.
Great details on everything! I'll probably go overboard, but better to know it's fixed right the first time, than have to do it again!! Now, mother nature needs to take her meds and quit raining so I can do the roof from above!! Will definitely recommend this video, and absolutely gonna save it!
You guys did an awesome job!! I saw pictures from your other channel and just had to watch.
Thank you! I have a 1987 28 foot Corsair Excella and I even contacted the manufacturer here in Canada and the guy basically said why bother fixing an old RV. I thought he was a jerk. When I asked about manuals etc... he just blew me off. SO your video is an absolute answer to prayer. Much appreciated. The roof is soft is a couple of spots. Nothing like yours however the driver's side wall is really punky.
Unfortunately, even if you find a manual, it might not give you good answers. A lot of manufacturers just put in general information, then used almost the same manual for several models. From the sounds of it, you've got quite the project to tackle. Best wishes.
Great video, it looked daunting at first, but you worked through it really clearly. Good job thanks.
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Looks like our Sunline, this video will definitely help when we do the roof replacement, great work!
Amazing video of repairs I need this exact job done on my travel trailer. Enjoy your repaired travel trailer guys
Yina A. Santos Thanks make sure to check out our RV channel m.czcams.com/channels/y-K-3oz8MbDhY_5YDAQdGw.html
I appreciate that I can see.... your lighting is great.
Great video on how to repair a damaged camper roof. I currently have this problem on a 2005 Franklin Travel Trailer and will be using much of your advice and procedures when I tackle the job this spring... THANKS for sharing.
You're welcome. Good luck with your project.
Well done, that was a big project.
nice job. thanks for sharing this project
Awesome job 👌
This is exactly what I was looking for. I in favor of replacing all the wood just drill the hole then cut and glue in the cut out.
Very good video and informative. Only thing i may have added was patch compound at the edges where plywood meet, but you may have done that as you mentioned the knot holes in the plywood.. I have to do a 2004 39' prowler for a friend... very good and like the 2x4 repairs, so much easier!!!! Thanks bud!!
great job, thanks for taping your project
joeshreve17 Thanks!! You are welcome!
WOW ambitious project, Well done!
rcdogman duh 👍😁
Thanks SOOO much for this video. We definitely have a job in front of us but at least it's doable. This was excellent.
Good job... Looks great..
Great video! Nice Job!
Great video. Thank you. Looks like I will be doing a total gut job along with the roof but the end result will be a new interior.
Thanks.. See the final product here. - czcams.com/video/llQvkrZzA9s/video.html
Great job
Good job brother you have better skills than me I would have given up on that job happy camping your the man
You did a great job. I did a lot of work like this to my citation motor home as well. I used a light stain with shellac for the paneling though, and white vinyl to match on the ceiling. Also replaced the bunk and did a lot of floor work under the dinette where the water tank must have been leaking for years. But you're end product is great. Thanks for the vid.
Thanks. Your camper repair made me feel tired just thinking about the time vested. You can check out my Starcraft popup camper video to see my floor repair extravaganza. Never again.
Thank you so much for posting this video about your 1992 camping trailer. We have a 1991 Terry Fleetwood and have had a very hard time finding other Terry camper owners with trailers in this age. There is a Terry Vintage site, friendly, but mostly older. We'll study up on your video and make contact with the information you provided. Made our day.
Dave
Sure thing Dave. Make sure you check out our other CZcams channel RVdaydream.. we did quite a few modifications to that Terry Camper and then just recently sold it within the last couple of months.
You are obviously taking a lot more care than the manufacturers did. Good job. It's too bad that manufacturers of all RVs don't take as much pride and care as you.
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Awesome video!! Just bought the same Terry you have (except 26’ with slide out) and it has a severe roof problem. Couldn’t find much online and most videos are vague at best. This video is going to help me so much while I do this repair. Going to watch several times for sure. You sir are a saint and a hellova craftsman!
great video bud!!! I'm going through the same crap now and this helped quite a bit! thanks
😁 Good Luck
Thank you for your time you put into this video . It gave me a lot of info and the nessary kick in the but to start mine this summer. thx again Mike
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Great job with the roof and carpentry.
Very informative. ...thank you!
Excellent explanation
nice job...well done
Love the Edgar Winter in the back. This guy knows how to party
What an amazing job. I wish you were my neighbor. haha. I learned a lot about the RV roof et al. Thank you for your efforts
1) Thanks for the video. I have restored one camper, and I'm considering buying another that has roof water damage. Your video has been helpful.
2) I wanted to "warn" viewers about using Treated Lumber. Treated lumber made after 2004 (and some before 2004 so check the tag) has a corrosive chemical called Alkaline Copper Quaternary (ACQ) or Copper Azole (CBA) in it and requires special Fasteners.
This chemical can destroy Steel, Aluminum, and even some Galvanized. Make sure you used approved fasteners (nails/staples/screws), but it doesn't end with fasteners. Don't forget about your aluminum siding, flashing, trailer frame, or anything metal that might touch the wood.
Just do an internet search for treated lumber corrosion for more details!
Basically, if you are going to use Treated Lumber, make sure it does not directly touch any thing metal. :-)
Now that is very helpful info.. perhaps that is why I've always let the treated wood season and then paint or seal really well after cutting. I thought I was protecting it a bit especially the ends so water can not travel into the wood. I do that with all wood no matter what. But this info is huge important.. thanks!!!
@@colin-manyeates-clan5221 ~ Just know that seasoning doesn't matter in regards to how those chemicals will react with metal.
@@moncorp1 What chemicals? Paint good Duron exterior latex paint is like a plastic bag around whateever it is laid on. I calk and paint every exposed area of a house or boat and I can go back to ones I did 20 years ago and still doing great!! at the very least soak them in some oil or other to keep from water damage, bugs etc..
thanks buddy. got 2 projects like this coming up. one 27' pace arrow and a 24' travel trailer. checked with rv shops and they want a small fortune to fix them. i think with my knowledge and mechanical capabilities I'm going to tackle it myself. thanks again and i'll let you know how it goes. its a shame people don't take the time to do simple fixes and they get that bad.
wow that was a big job dint know you where going to finish Great Job!!! thanks for the video
Yeah, it was a project.. But I would rather do the roof then the floor.. I did a video of a pop up camper I fix and even though it was small that floor took some planning and organization. Thanks for watching!
Love this video, is going to be a lot help, I have to do the same job, but on my RV I just have to replace the panels and PVC rubber roof, thanks for sharing your video, is very helpful
thanks for uploading this and sharing. I am doing a restore on an 1989 20' lindy by skyline.
Excellent. Thank you 👍
In 2015, bought a 2001 Forest River 8X28 from a friend who bought it new and used it a lot - but they did try to caulk the leaks. The leaks were insidious, going between siding and paneling, turning nearly every piece of framing into mulch. It's my home, but I'm shifting to a portable building next week. This is a great video, but it's way outside my skill sets and pocketbook.
That roof looks pretty darn good :D I am really liking the self leveling sealant. Great video I liked how you made it seem so easy and care free LOL. Maybe one day I will repair my roof when the time comes :D
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Excellent video! Many would have junked that trailer.
that joist repair was slick .that was a huge bunch of wires.i'm fixing a 69 ,fireball roof and i think there was 3 wires . it's a 20 ft. and stock power was 120 AC [2 breakers ] and 12 volt has 2 20 amp glass fuses .lol
Kudos to you. That was an awesome job.
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that was one hell of an undertaking...kudos for doing it youself....I can do mods, but the repairs go to my RV Doctor!
It was definitely made easier having scaffolding! Thanks for watching!!
Extremely helpful! Your "can-do" attitude is an inspiration!
Thank You!!
Good job enjoyed the video thank you
Very good info. I'm working on mine yesss you gave me good tips thanks bro
Thank you for this video. Got to do this on mine
Great job. A lot of work. I might have said screw it and got another travel trailer. Looks good.
Amazing video man. Thank you
Really nice video! You've given us sooo much hope!!1
Sparking Clarity 👍😁
Great job!
wow you did a great job! have considered doing this also. great video.
Well you did one hell of a job 👍
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Extremely helpful and well done.
Chip Estrada 👍😁
Good job
thank you for the good info
+Robert Cookson Glad it helped.. Scaffolding makes all the difference. That and Smooth finish plywood (which I did not do) only regret..
Outstanding video. Thank you.
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Wowow you just send me this link from your other channel!!! Man your roof looks great, what a job!
Thanks!,,Glad you liked it... It was a job..
Glad you got it fixed. That was a lot of damage. I probly would have called Junk RVs R US and told them to git it off mah property! LOL The more I watch videos like this one the less inclined I am to buy an RV. Cheap OSB, issues with leaks, poor construction, etc., etc. I'd be better off in the long run building my own with a steel frame, aluminum sidewalls and roof, hand made cabinets, etc. Yeah, it would be a lot of work, be heavier than a commercially made camper of the same size, and probly cost more. However, I would have a much better built unit, be able to design my own floorplan, and I'd know it inside and out. I've already started looking at trailers that are marketed to people who build tiny homes, and they have a much better foundation than what is used for campers.
@James Rodriquez
You have the right idea there. But If I may suggest, look at converting a cargo trailer. The durability and blank floorplan is just the ticket. They come in widths from 5 ft to 8.5 ft, and some manufacturers offer extra tall trailers. This is what I'm planning on doing.
~Good Luck...
Nice job! Very informative and as your trailer is just a smaller version of the trailer I have, lets me know I can do this myself! Thanks!!
Garrett Snodgrass Awesome! Glad it helped out.. 😊
Nice job as well 👍
Great ep
I know this is an old video but my goodness man what a lot of work for an old camper. But that said anything can be fixed.
I need to do this however I'm going to need more help I like everything you have done for that roof
Thanks so much. Awesome video!
Your Welcome! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the Awesome video! Super helpful!
You are Welcome! Glad it helped.
Your video helped alot, it's convinced me to get help.😩
wow nice repair mate
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