Rebuiling A Tent Trailer Roof

Let it dry for a day or so before you use it on your next camping trip.

Rebuiling a tent trailer roof.

Removing the pop up camper roof and assessing the water damage you are here remove the exterior trim to assess damage. Tent trailer roof re build step 1. Remove all trim and tear apart the roof. D i y rv roof repair.

Start by removing the canvas and canvas rails from the interior roof and the lights any. The roof must be raised before it can be used. Remove rotted and water damaged wood. Scrape off any debris or old roof material.

After that you re done rebuilding and repairing your pop up camper roof. After a lot of research though i realized that you could still repair that abs roof and in many cases the owners of the repaired coleman abs roofs were happier with the results than had they gone with a traditional pop up camper roof. The method to get it raised has been by an ever changing combination of springs pulleys and winches. The first thing you need to do is to clean your roof thoroughly so as to remove any dirt particles.

Rebuilding repairing the roof and making it water tight rebuild roof structure with new wood. You should then dry the roof as best as you can. This will decrease the chance of it breakage or leaking. Detach the canvas and remove the roof.

Reattach roof and canvas to camper. This is going to be a long series. I thought so too. Remove the old roof.

Understanding camping trailers roof lift systems all pop up camping trailers have one thing in common. There was a lot of manual labor involved.