joshofalltrades
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i'm living in a 36 foot dutchmen trailer with vinyl roof, and have been using Henry 208 wet patch for my roof repairs. yes, its a black product, oh well. here in western washington state i'm not too worried about the heat implications of black.
anyway, i have one leak situation i'm still failing to solve. in the bedroom (back of the trailer), i get wet spots in the carpet about a foot from the walls. the walls and ceiling always stay dry, but these spots get truly soaked. last week i mopped up a pint from my carpet in several minutes, using only a wad of paper towels and a bucket.
on the roof, the vinyl had many areas where it was cracking at the edge of the roof, and several other spots with obvious flaws. after patching the obvious flaws and still having leaks, i then patched the entire length of the rig about 6 inches wide on both sides, to cover these edge cracks. i also found the corner of the wall had a seperation where the back wall siding had pulled away from the side wall, leaving an open gap for approximately the bottom half of the wall. i reattached that and its all tight again. this is on the same side as most of my wet spots, but they're worst about 5 feet forward of that corner.
i'm about ready to buy a couple more buckets of my patching product and coat my entire roof in it, but thought i would do well to ask around if y'all have any advice for me. the only plumbing in that whole section of the house is the freshwater tank, which is sitting empty. everything else is significantly farther forward.
thanks in advance for any advice
anyway, i have one leak situation i'm still failing to solve. in the bedroom (back of the trailer), i get wet spots in the carpet about a foot from the walls. the walls and ceiling always stay dry, but these spots get truly soaked. last week i mopped up a pint from my carpet in several minutes, using only a wad of paper towels and a bucket.
on the roof, the vinyl had many areas where it was cracking at the edge of the roof, and several other spots with obvious flaws. after patching the obvious flaws and still having leaks, i then patched the entire length of the rig about 6 inches wide on both sides, to cover these edge cracks. i also found the corner of the wall had a seperation where the back wall siding had pulled away from the side wall, leaving an open gap for approximately the bottom half of the wall. i reattached that and its all tight again. this is on the same side as most of my wet spots, but they're worst about 5 feet forward of that corner.
i'm about ready to buy a couple more buckets of my patching product and coat my entire roof in it, but thought i would do well to ask around if y'all have any advice for me. the only plumbing in that whole section of the house is the freshwater tank, which is sitting empty. everything else is significantly farther forward.
thanks in advance for any advice