TIFFIN WAYFARER – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

TIFFIN WAYFARER – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

Roof Leak Repair and Resealing for TIFFIN WAYFARER I was three weeks into a loop through the Pacific Northwest when I noticed the water stain — a faint yellow-brown bloom spreading across the headliner above the dinette, right where the roof seams run. It had rained hard for two days straight, and the rig had … Read more

ENTEGRA ESTEEM – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

ENTEGRA ESTEEM – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

Roof Leak Repair and Resealing for ENTEGRA ESTEEM Walk into a Winnebago dealer service department and mention roof sealing on an Esteem, and they’ll push you toward a $2,000+ professional reseal job. Post the same question in a full-time RV forum and you’ll get fifteen responses telling you it’s a two-hour DIY job with $80 … Read more

ENTEGRA ODYSSEY – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

ENTEGRA ODYSSEY – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

Roof Leak Repair and Resealing for ENTEGRA ODYSSEY Entegra doesn’t put a timeline in the owner’s manual for how long the factory roof sealant actually lasts — and neither does your dealer when you buy the thing. What they also won’t tell you is that by the time water shows up on your ceiling, it’s … Read more

THOR QUANTUM – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

THOR QUANTUM – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

Roof Leak Repair and Resealing for THOR QUANTUM I’ve got my workbench set up in the bay with a six-foot folding table, soft-bristle brushes lined up in a coffee can, and three tubes of Dicor sitting next to a roll of Eternabond tape. That’s my go-to layout every time I’m getting ready to tackle a … Read more

FOREST RIVER SUNSEEKER – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

FOREST RIVER SUNSEEKER – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

Roof Leak Repair and Resealing for FOREST RIVER SUNSEEKER I’m on top of a Sunseeker right now with my hands in a delaminated seam, and what I’m looking at is textbook for this model: the factory sealant cracked somewhere around mile 30,000, water got behind it months ago, and now the plywood substrate is soft … Read more

FOREST RIVER SOLERA – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

FOREST RIVER SOLERA – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

Roof Leak Repair and Resealing for FOREST RIVER SOLERA Most Solera owners don’t reseal their roof until water is already dripping onto the bed. By then, the damage has moved past the membrane and into the structural wood underneath—and now you’re looking at replacing decking instead of spending an afternoon on top of the rig … Read more

THOR OUTLAW (Class C Toy Hauler) – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

THOR OUTLAW (Class C Toy Hauler) – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

Roof Leak Repair and Resealing for THOR OUTLAW (Class C Toy Hauler) I was three weeks into a late-summer loop through the Pacific Northwest when I spotted the water stain on the bedroom ceiling of my borrowed THOR Outlaw—a faint brown ring no bigger than a coffee cup, but in the exact spot where the … Read more

GULF STREAM BT CRUISER – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

GULF STREAM BT CRUISER – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

Roof Leak Repair and Resealing for GULF STREAM BT CRUISER I’ve got a workbench photo from last spring—a BT Cruiser I climbed over with a ceiling that looked like a topographic map of water stains. The owner had bought it sight-unseen, didn’t climb the ladder during inspection, and by the time the stain showed inside, … Read more

NEXUS TRIUMPH – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

NEXUS TRIUMPH – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

Roof Leak Repair and Resealing for NEXUS TRIUMPH Pull the ceiling panel out of a Nexus Triumph that’s been parked for three years and you’ll find what I find in half the used rigs I walk through: the rubber around the roof seams has chalked and cracked, water has been working its way through the … Read more

WINNEBAGO VIEW – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

WINNEBAGO VIEW – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

Roof Leak Repair and Resealing for WINNEBAGO VIEW I’m standing on top of a View’s rubber roof right now, one boot on the air conditioning unit, running my fingers along a seam that’s wept stains down into the galley below. The old factory sealant is chalky, crumbling away in pieces when I press it with … Read more