Protecting The Roof Of Your Rv

Here is a great tip to find out if you had a power failure. Put an ice cube in a paper cup and leave it in your freezer and check it daily to be sure there had not been a power failure at the campground while you were away for the day, or that nothing else has happened to cause the frozen foods to partially thaw and re-freeze again. An important thing to know as an RV owner is that you should inspect twice a year the surface of the roof sealants. This is the most likely place that a water leak will first develop. Water runs downhill, of course, and a tiny leak on the roof will turn into a major problem within the whole RV. If the surface of the roof sealants has been perforated, it will soon become a great issue and problem.

One drip every second can turn into gallons of water in the course of a single day, so you should closely inspect the condition of the roof sealants on every protruding fixture on the roof. Any cracks or thin spots in the roof sealants can be touched up with the appropriate material. If the roof sealant is peeling or flaking in any way, then the old coating must be physically removed, and a new one added. On metal roofs to you should use a wide scraper with a firm blade, like the ones used by auto technicians for scraping off old gaskets. For rubber roofs a similar sized plastic scraper that won't cut the rubber membrane is better suited to scrape the old layers of roof sealants. If you heat the old coating (roof sealants) with a hot air gun, it will come off fairly easily too.

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