Tent Trailer Sagging Roof

Older campers are bad about the roofs sagging.

Tent trailer sagging roof.

For a better look at our deconstructed roof watch the video below. Each rv roof top air conditioner has a gasket underneath between the ac unit and the roof and these can sometimes develop leaks even on fairly new rv s. We used 2 x 4s to hold the roof in place while we detached the other lifting brackets. If you have a roof that is sagging on the inside and it passes all visual inspections from the outside you should take a second look at the air conditioner.

It is almost inevitable especially if you use it a lot or have had it for quite some time. Install all 4 sides and test. Bracing a sagging roof is no easy feat even for those of us who are handy. Push the bolt through the butyl tape or add silicone to the tpo before tightening the bolt washer to provide a watertight seal.

Oct 23 2017 4 bracing a sagging camper roof youtube. Pulled the roof up until the washers touched the beam and roof at the same time. You should probably walk away from this camper. How to do a pop up camper roof rebuild.

There will be times your pop up camper roof needs repair due to cracks from small accidents or extreme weather conditions. After everything was disconnected from the main body of the camper we took off the roof and put it on top of two sawhorses right next to the camper. If you are patient the right camper will come along. You may not have water damage issues now but if the roof doesn t close properly you will.

Lift it into place and raise the uprights to meet the holes. Thank your new friends who now hate you too and revel in your brand new tent trailer roof that could last 25 30 years. I used the 2x2 also to drill the holes in the ceiling board for the same reason. This video is about the repairs i made to my 1990 starcraft tent trailer.

I haven t seen a lot of videos on bracing up a sagging camper roof. The tent trailer had alot of damage done by the previous owner and i spent weeks re.