Roof delamination

[JPFretired]

Well after having two of our NH's roofs delaminate, we finally went to DFW RVRoof and had them fix the roof. I can't say enough about how great the guys were to work with. The roof looks great and guarantee for life. I highly recommend them for any roof repairs.

[geo-gypsy]

Jim -

Looks great!

Just my two cents,
Ron

[Prof_Lube]

Sorry to hear of your roofing issues. What year is the coach and what kind of roof do you have?

[JPFretired]

Originally Posted by Prof_Lube

Sorry to hear of your roofing issues. What year is the coach and what kind of roof do you have?

Ours is a 2013 with a fiberglass roof. The first roof delaminate at 1 1/2 years and after replaced the second one lasted about 2 1/2 years before it started delaminating.

[dadej]

what do you mean by delamination? Mine looks like a solid piece of fiberglass. Or was the caulking separating from the caps and siding? On the left half of the leading edge my caulking has came loose from the cap and roof. I read that eternabond might be a good alternative to the 4 inch wide layer of caulking.

[JPFretired]

Originally Posted by dadej

what do you mean by delamination? Mine looks like a solid piece of fiberglass. Or was the caulking separating from the caps and siding? On the left half of the leading edge my caulking has came loose from the cap and roof. I read that eternabond might be a good alternative to the 4 inch wide layer of caulking.

Delamiation is when layers start to separate. It is usually caused by water leaking into the rv causing wood products to break down and separate or glue to fail.
Another cause is poor glueing when the rig is built. Which is what happened with us. Our fiberglass was separating from the Luann backing causing large bubbles in the fiberglass. We had no water damage.
Eternabond is a good product and is what I used to seal everything before I got the roof fixed. The guys at RVRoof are still cussing me after they had to remove it all before the new roof could be done.