Recovering A Popup Roof

I had a pop top once that had a slight bow in the roof area of the van itself in the middle at the front.

Recovering a popup roof.

We took apart the whole roof structure and removed it from the camper to rebuild it. It is almost inevitable especially if you use it a lot or have had it for quite some time. Fabric stores are a reliable source for clear vinyl fabric used in some pop up camper trailer windows. Last year we bought a 1997 starcraft popup camper and have been fixing it up one diy project at a time.

We ll do a little roof rebuild series but fair warning. The process of recovering or replacing an. When the time comes to reroof an existing asphalt shingle roof a decision must be made whether to remove the old shingles or apply new shingles directly over the existing layer. I was concerned that water may get in at the front while travelling so made some enquiries and was told the only way it could be got out was the jack up the furniture etc inside to van to push the bow upwards.

While rebuilding the roof of the pop up camper wasn t necessarily difficult it was tedious. This weekend it was time to renew and reseal the roo. A roof that doesn t leak not only keeps you dry and cozy but also ensures that you don t have water damage on your floor or other parts of your camper. If you have a pop up camper with some.

How to do a pop up camper roof rebuild. Allow for a weekend or two to completely restore the pop up camper. We had to replace the wood sides of the roof and a couple of the 2 x 2s that ran along the top edges of the roof. Once it was structurally solid i just kept the old plywood panel up on the ceiling and just peeled away any of the rotten layers.

Most building codes define the options as follows. This needs recovering i am going to try and wash the covers but as they may shrink they will have to be done. Restoring a pop up camper trailer requires hard work. This is going to be a long series.

We really want to go into detail on just how we tackled our pop up camper roof rebuild so we are breaking this post up into several smaller posts. There will be times your pop up camper roof needs repair due to cracks from small accidents or extreme weather conditions. Sep 9 2020 a board for popup camper fans.