How To Seal Center Seam Of Aluminum Popup Roof

Pulled the center trim and found a black rubbery tape 1 wide smooth and sticky on one side and a thin sticky foam on the other side.

How to seal center seam of aluminum popup roof.

I removed the trim cleaned it and the roof. Metal panels create a couple of distinct challenges for sealants. Pop up camper roof repair materials. There is a seam that runs the length of the camper where two pieces of aluminum meet.

The stuff stretches like a rubber band. Sweep the metal roofing sheets of all dirt and debris with a push broom. Repairing a metal roof seam with turbo poly seal is simple and it is a do it yourself p. Lay 6 inch wide butyl tape over all horizontally lapping end seams.

If you re having trouble getting the sealant into small gaps you can put on a rubber glove and push it in with your finger. Eternabond seam seal tape decor lap sealant will use for other edges not the center seam and gorilla glue for the screw holes gorilla glue is waterproof. This video is about waterproofing your pop up camper. Crazy caulk is generally used to seal seams such as the seams along the sides of an rv or seams created where components such as gutter systems attach to the roof.

Lay 3 inch wide butyl tape. Peel back the. Option two is a canned sealant formulated specifically for fiberglass rv roofs. Decided it would be prudent to seal the center seam in my son s 1994 coleman.

Insert the tube into a caulking gun and apply a steady line of sealant around these areas. I go over what kind of sealant i used to fill the cracks and holes that could leak and ruin the camper. I have a popup camper with an aluminum roof. Sealants are used in many different applications in metal construction ranging from standing seams metal end laps roof penetrations and curbs to expansion joints roof to wall transitions roof steps and height changes ridge expansions gutter seams and many others.

How to seal between metal roofing sheets.