Water Dog
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Well.... I climbed up on the roof of the MH the other day to see if I could find a small leak that we have been experiencing in hard rains in the cabinet just downhill of the skylight over the shower. Whoever owned this MH previously had obviously put caulking compound around the skylight using a shovel. I noticed that there was a small crack in the skylight itself, and as I cut away at the caulking around the edges the crack ran clear across the top. The outer cover was very brittle.
I headed down to the local rv dealer (actually 3) and attempted to find a replacement only to find that they would have to order one and couldn't guarantee it would be identical. Since this skylight is in two pieces (an inner and an outer) I decided to only replace the damaged outer portion and to go a little over size to get outside the old screw holes. Since I don't know if the new one is going to be tall enough to go over the inner part (which sticks through the roof by about 3") I may build a raised curb around the inner part for the outer one to sit on.
I know there have been some posts on here regarding skylights in the past few months, so I decided to take a few pictures of my project and post them here in case someone has to go through something similar. The first pic is with the outer part just sitting there, the second is the inner part that sicks up through the roof, and the third is the storm that will probably be here tomorrow afternoon-before I get my parts... :'( Guess I better get out the tarp...!
I headed down to the local rv dealer (actually 3) and attempted to find a replacement only to find that they would have to order one and couldn't guarantee it would be identical. Since this skylight is in two pieces (an inner and an outer) I decided to only replace the damaged outer portion and to go a little over size to get outside the old screw holes. Since I don't know if the new one is going to be tall enough to go over the inner part (which sticks through the roof by about 3") I may build a raised curb around the inner part for the outer one to sit on.
I know there have been some posts on here regarding skylights in the past few months, so I decided to take a few pictures of my project and post them here in case someone has to go through something similar. The first pic is with the outer part just sitting there, the second is the inner part that sicks up through the roof, and the third is the storm that will probably be here tomorrow afternoon-before I get my parts... :'( Guess I better get out the tarp...!