About 3 weeks ago, we bought our first TT, a 2007 Terry Resort 240RKS. The roof is in good condition, but all the dicor caulking needs some attention as well as the skylight replaced.
Whoever put the old skylight in, torqued the screws to hard.
As most of you know, dicor removal sucks! But here we go!
It took me about 3-4 evenings to finish the removal of dicor and the old butyl tape. I did find a small amount of water damage, but nothing that needed replaced. The wood was already dry when I uncovered stuff.
After I removed all the caulk and old tape, I cleaned the area with acetone, put down a new layer of butyl tape on the underside of the skylight, then covered the opening. I only screwed the screws in with the gun about 3/4 the way in, and then hand tightened the rest of the way to avoid over torquing them.
And now, waiting 24 hours for the butyl tape to dry.
Ill lay down a new layer of dicor caulk, then eternabond over the top of that.
2007 Fleetwood Terry Resort 240RK
2011 Toyota Tundra Crew Cab Platinum
The roof appears to be in good condition for the age. The skylight lap sealant was just ugly and has obviously been goobered up by the previous owner or incompetent RV tech's. Curious why you will use lap sealant if you are going to go the Eternabond tape route? Seems like you would get a better seal without it.
I was hoping that a the dicor would serve as a "ramp" (as well as sealing) for the transition areas going from the EPDM roof to the plastics, thus giving it a better seal? Is this not the case?
Sifter wrote: I was hoping that a the dicor would serve as a "ramp" (as well as sealing) for the transition areas going from the EPDM roof to the plastics, thus giving it a better seal? Is this not the case?
I don't know, was just asking. I think it is a sound plan on your part.
Nice job. I wish I had the energy to do that. I have a skylight at least twice that size.. darn thing been intermittently leaking for years. Fix it, leaks, fix it, leaks. Grrr..
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