Chaffeekid
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Not long after we brought our new to us, 2009 Sundance home, it rained, matter of fact it has been raining most of this new year, think I would prefer snow. But I digress, well inspecting the inside for leaks I found one. Right at the corner of the skylight over the shower. I had noted on a previous trip, "Up on the Roof", loved that song, that the caulking around the skylight would need updating soon. Didn't look good. Then I remembered that I have a roll of 6" wide eterna bond tape, love this stuff.
So day before yesterday, while it was not raining, up on the roof again and cleaned the old caulk, and laid down eterna bond around the skylight. Four strips one across the rear first, then each side, and finally one across the front.
Then while i was at it, I inspected the seal of the front cap to the roof and decided it also needed some attention as the caulking had some pretty big cracks in it. Ok, cleaned it and one strip of tape continuous all the way from side to side. Everything else looked good, and rain was predicted, and in fact this morning it is pouring, so later I am going to check and see if my tape job did the job, might get some pics also and let you know.
My next project is to replace the 7 pole plug 0n the fiver as the one that is on there has been there since new and is toast.
Later,
Jim
Well the eterna bond didn't do it as the next rain showed it was still leaking, so as stated ordered the new skylight and installed it. Found that the eterna bond didn't stick even after I had cleaned the area where the tape was applied. Actually made it nice as it was very easy to remove with only a couple of small spots leaving residue, and I found water under the tape. Now one thing I must add, i had bought this tape from a local RV store and was told it was just LIKE eterna bond, well its not.
Anyway yesterday 02/02/2020 was a great day, temps in the 60's so ideal day to install the new skylight. Up on the roof with my bucket of tools, couple of scrapers, a heat gun, rags, screw gun and other miscellaneous items. As I said heated the tape and started to pull it off and up it came leaving no or almost no residue. The old dicor or whatever it was original stuff from the factory spent most of the time removing the stuff and exposing the screws. Removed all the screws and used the scrapers to gently pry under the old skylight, found that it was very brittle and it began to break, kept at it and finally got it to release and pulled it off.
Then spent about an hour and a half prepping the area for the new skylight. Used Acetone to wipe the area down after getting all the old goop off. Did I mention I bought the new skylight from Amazon, it was made for a rough opening of 22 X 14 which is what I have. It came with a tube of sealant and stainless steel screws, nice. BTW the old screws about half were rusted, indicating that water had been a problem for sometime.
I put a bead of the sealant around the entire area of the contact patch of the new skylight and gently lowered it down on the bead. I pushed down until it squished up through the screw holes. Then got busy installing about 28 screws. Then back with the sealant and laid a bead around the skylight and over each screw, looks pretty good. Here's some Pictures.
Jim
So day before yesterday, while it was not raining, up on the roof again and cleaned the old caulk, and laid down eterna bond around the skylight. Four strips one across the rear first, then each side, and finally one across the front.
Then while i was at it, I inspected the seal of the front cap to the roof and decided it also needed some attention as the caulking had some pretty big cracks in it. Ok, cleaned it and one strip of tape continuous all the way from side to side. Everything else looked good, and rain was predicted, and in fact this morning it is pouring, so later I am going to check and see if my tape job did the job, might get some pics also and let you know.
My next project is to replace the 7 pole plug 0n the fiver as the one that is on there has been there since new and is toast.
Later,
Jim
Well the eterna bond didn't do it as the next rain showed it was still leaking, so as stated ordered the new skylight and installed it. Found that the eterna bond didn't stick even after I had cleaned the area where the tape was applied. Actually made it nice as it was very easy to remove with only a couple of small spots leaving residue, and I found water under the tape. Now one thing I must add, i had bought this tape from a local RV store and was told it was just LIKE eterna bond, well its not.
Anyway yesterday 02/02/2020 was a great day, temps in the 60's so ideal day to install the new skylight. Up on the roof with my bucket of tools, couple of scrapers, a heat gun, rags, screw gun and other miscellaneous items. As I said heated the tape and started to pull it off and up it came leaving no or almost no residue. The old dicor or whatever it was original stuff from the factory spent most of the time removing the stuff and exposing the screws. Removed all the screws and used the scrapers to gently pry under the old skylight, found that it was very brittle and it began to break, kept at it and finally got it to release and pulled it off.
Then spent about an hour and a half prepping the area for the new skylight. Used Acetone to wipe the area down after getting all the old goop off. Did I mention I bought the new skylight from Amazon, it was made for a rough opening of 22 X 14 which is what I have. It came with a tube of sealant and stainless steel screws, nice. BTW the old screws about half were rusted, indicating that water had been a problem for sometime.
I put a bead of the sealant around the entire area of the contact patch of the new skylight and gently lowered it down on the bead. I pushed down until it squished up through the screw holes. Then got busy installing about 28 screws. Then back with the sealant and laid a bead around the skylight and over each screw, looks pretty good. Here's some Pictures.
Jim
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