Understanding camping trailers roof lift systems all pop up camping trailers have one thing in common.
Rebuiling a tent trailer roof.
We ll do a little roof rebuild series but fair warning.
D i y rv roof repair.
The method to get it raised has been by an ever changing combination of springs pulleys and winches.
Reattach roof and canvas to camper.
Lay the roof on the ground and start removing everything else awning.
Detach the canvas and remove the roof.
The first thing you need to do is to clean your roof thoroughly so as to remove any dirt particles.
There was a lot of manual labor involved.
This will decrease the chance of it breakage or leaking.
Let it dry for a day or so before you use it on your next camping trip.
Remove all trim and tear apart the roof.
After that you re done rebuilding and repairing your pop up camper roof.
While rebuilding the roof of the pop up camper wasn t necessarily difficult it was tedious.
Remove the old roof.
Rebuilding repairing the roof and making it water tight rebuild roof structure with new wood.
After a lot of research though i realized that you could still repair that abs roof and in many cases the owners of the repaired coleman abs roofs were happier with the results than had they gone with a traditional pop up camper roof.
Scrape off any debris or old roof material.
You should then dry the roof as best as you can.
The roof must be raised before it can be used.
Tent trailer roof re build step 1.
This is going to be a long series.
Start by removing the canvas and canvas rails from the interior roof and the lights any.