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Re: Ever wonder why the roof on our Foretravels feels so solid when you walk on them?

Reply #25 –
By "renewing the seam", are you suggesting removing the strip, cleaning the surfaces all of residue, reapplying adheive caulk and reinstalling the strip?  Some effort will be required and for that level of effort, I would suggest getting a new trim strip with fresh paint on it that hasn't been bent up in the removal process.  Make an effort to get caulk in every screw hole in the roof.  If you have to put in new holes, pre drill with the correct sized drill, put caulk in the hole (and on the screw) and then assemble.  If you are going to do it, make every effort to do it as well as it can be done.  It is your coach.
Roger
Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN

Re: Ever wonder why the roof on our Foretravels feels so solid when you walk on them?

Reply #26 –
Roger,
I gather you are referring to Chuck, but I do not plan on removing that trim at present. I have concerns about getting it off intact, and how difficult it would be to clean off the old sealant. That is why I asked earlier what the common practice is in the roof reseal job description, and what is done by the trinity in Nac when asked by the customer to do a roof reseal. If I was close to Nac, I would be tempted to buy enough trim to redo it. I replaced all of the bottom trim on our coach and was happy to pay just over $4 a foot at FOT (IIRC). I think I would have choked on the shipping cost had I not been there :o
Maybe this flat molding is more of a generic commodity, I don't know... But my current plan is to reseal without removing the sidewall to roof or end cap trim. I may elect to remove and replace the screws. I will use the 4000 UV because I am not ruling out replacing it somewhere down the road. If I discover evidence of delaminition somewhere along those joints, then I will have to reevaluate. So far, so good...
Don
Quote from: Home2fromHastings –
By "renewing the seam", are you suggesting removing the strip, cleaning the surfaces all of residue, reapplying adheive caulk and reinstalling the strip?  Some effort will be required and for that level of effort, I would suggest getting a new trim strip with fresh paint on it that hasn't been bent up in the removal process.  Make an effort to get caulk in every screw hole in the roof.  If you have to put in new holes, pre drill with the correct sized drill, put caulk in the hole (and on the screw) and then assemble.  If you are going to do it, make every effort to do it as well as it can be done.  It is your coach.
Roger
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Don & Tys
1999 U270 3602 WTFE #5402
Xtreme Stage 1 w/Headlight, Step Conversion, etc.
2009 Honda Fit Sport with Navi
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Re: Ever wonder why the roof on our Foretravels feels so solid when you walk on them?

Reply #27 –
That is on my list to do as well.  I think I will clean off any excess old material on the upper edge (a small piece of formica scrap works well) and put a bead of 4000UV along that edge and smooth it out to eliminate any place where water can sit. If the screws are not loose I would just put a little 4000UV cap on them.  Probably will take half of them before the technique becomes apparent.  Waiting for a warm day in the shade do do this.  Roger
Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN

Re: Ever wonder why the roof on our Foretravels feels so solid when you walk on them?

Reply #28 –
One thing I do twice annually that yields results is to go up on the roof with a scrub brush and clean it back to white again.  Once it is clean, I get on my hands and knees and crawl the roof looking for damage.  The scrubbing will not clean the dirt out of cracks or holes as easily and they will show up as black hairlines.  Even with the Foretravel armor coat I get cracks translating from the fiberglass below here and there.  I have 4 cracks total and now a new tiny hole in the armor coat from a branch falling on us during a storm.  FInding these things and patching them before the fiberglass delaminates from the plywood below can save you a ton of grief in the long run.  It takes a long time of leaking before the evidence is there, especially with the high grade plywood used so you really have to seek out problems and fix them yourself.

Re: Ever wonder why the roof on our Foretravels feels so solid when you walk on them?

Reply #29 –
Quote from: acousticart –
Roger,
I gather you are referring to Chuck, but I do not plan on removing that trim at present.
Don

And after studying on it a bit, Chuck doesn't plan on removing it either.  You guys have the right idea, just recaulk existing.  Will pull screws and dip em in sealant and redrive.  Pulling the strip would be a beeg deal. 
"Not so  long ago we were a nation of risk takers, riding five million pounds of  thrust straight into space."  Joe Gresh
Chuck Pearson
1996 U295
2018 Can Am X3 TurboRS