Drew Callahan · December 14, 2025
Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for ROADTREK ZION You’ll hear two completely opposite stories about Roadtrek Zion roof maintenance depending on who you ask. Dealers tell you the EPDM membrane is maintenance-free and you should only call them if something visibly leaks — which is backwards advice that costs owners thousands. The people who actually … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 13, 2025
Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for PLEASURE-WAY ASCENT The Pleasure-Way Ascent sits on a Ford Transit 148″ extended low roof, and that particular combination has taught me something most generic RV roof advice misses: the Transit’s body panels flex during highway driving in ways that crack lap sealant faster than the RV industry expects. I’ve … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 11, 2025
Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for HYMER AKTIV Ignore a cracked skylight seal on your Hymer Aktiv and you’re not looking at a slow drip — you’re looking at saturation of the substrate, delamination that spreads silently through the roof structure, and a repair bill that climbs from hundreds into thousands before you even realize … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 10, 2025
Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for STORYTELLER OVERLAND BEAST MODE I quoted a Beast Mode owner $3,200 to have a shop replace a section of the Sprinter roof membrane — half of that was labor, half was new material — after water had been seeping through for what she estimated was about six months. She’d … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 9, 2025
Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for GRECH STRADA Is that lap sealant around your Strada’s roof seam already cracking, or are you trying to get ahead of it before water starts seeping in? Either way, you’re looking at exactly what I find every time I get called to one of these vans: that fiberglass-to-steel transition … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 7, 2025
Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for OUTSIDE VAN ATERRA Your ATERRA’s dealer paperwork doesn’t spell out what happens when water finds its way under a lifted sealant edge — or how to tell the difference between a repair you can handle with a caulking gun and one that’s already rotted structural plywood underneath. I’ve opened … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 6, 2025
Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for WINNEBAGO EKKO I was standing on the Transit 350 HD roof of a 2022 Ekko last month, eight-foot ladder planted on asphalt, running my fingers along the rear cap-to-metal roof seam where the fiberglass composite curves down to meet the factory Ford roof structure. The sealant there was separated, … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 5, 2025
Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for COACHMEN GALLERIA Skip this maintenance and water will find its way in — not immediately, but inevitably. What starts as a hairline crack in sealant or a lifted seam becomes ceiling stains, then soft spots in the headliner, then structural rot that spreads into sidewalls and cabinetry faster than … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 4, 2025
Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for THOR DAZZLE “Drew, I’ve got water stains showing up on my Dazzle ceiling near the vents, and I can’t figure out where it’s coming from. The roof looks fine from the ground.” That’s almost verbatim what I heard from a full-timer parked outside Yuma last month—and it’s the exact … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 2, 2025
Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for JAYCO MELBOURNE I was halfway through a two-week loop down Arizona’s backroads when I parked at a small BLM site near Holbrook and noticed something I shouldn’t have: a dark water stain blooming across the headliner fabric directly above the rear storage cabinet. The Melbourne had been bone-dry three … Read more
