Replacing Aluminum Rv Roof

So leaving on the rubber roof would provide the protection you need for the aluminum.

Replacing aluminum rv roof.

Video of the day. The glues used in the plywood has a slight acidic level that eventually eats the aluminum and creates tiny pin holes. For us old metal roof rvers a switch to. Replacing an rv roof requires you to remove the awning and any equipment that is secured to the roof of your rv.

Each component in the kit is formulated tested and proven in the field to work. But with time rvers began to notice a few problems. Replacing your rv roof with a dicor roof membrane and epdm installation kit. Rv parts nation seemed to have the best price for rv aluminum roof and for 30 feet it was going to cost 520 plus a few hundred dollars to have it shipped to me.

You then need to remove the existing roof membrane and replace any plywood underneath the old roof membrane that has been damaged. Begin on one corner of the rv and work up and down to the other side. Pull the old roof up with a pry bar. This is the only reason we have had to replace an aluminum roof before.

P some years back the rv industry touted a whole new roofing material called epdm for ethylene propylene diene monomer m class rubber. Pull up carefully to remove the screws that are holding the roofing in place. For a while it was like that. But the cost of shipping it was just too high and it was too far to drive to pick it up.

Said to last the life of your rv it would be a virtually maintenance free roof that should make rvers dance with joy. Spread the sealer all over the area that needs a patch lay a piece of fiber glass tape over the patch cover it with more sealer. So i could save a couple of hundred dollars going with the rubber roof but it was the failure of a rubber roof that led to me having to replace the whole roof so i really wanted to go with aluminum instead.