Work continued on the camper today -- as it has to; got to get it done before they head off to camp for the summer.
Where the first day was mostly demolition, today was mostly reconstruction, mainly reconstruction of the rotted-out wood:
My goal tomorrow is to get the vent installed and use some sealing tape I got to replace the goo that was supposed to be sealing the roof. I also have to replace the refrigerator vent cover, which I cracked when I was working on getting this vent out. (Really, if you don't break something else while you're fixing something, are you actually doing anything?)
I also have the cosmetic work to do to restore the interior to something better looking than raw wood and dangling insulation, but I don't want to do that until I know the leak in that corner has stopped, else all the prettying I do will have to be taken out again to fix things for the second time.
The more I look at it, the more I know it wasn't the shower vent leaking. Whoever did the last roof job on this camper made a low spot by the vent, however, and with time and heat and age, the goo sealing the roof deteriorated enough to let that pooled water in. I'm hoping to figure a few things out to make sure that doesn't happen anymore. Getting the vent replaced with something new and functional is a bonus. Last time Michelle turned the vent van on, the blades desinitgrated due to old age.
No comments:
Post a Comment