'Lil Guy'
Well-known member
Being a reel pain having to climb up and clean and inspect all of the vents, edges, and openings on the roof for cracks in the sealers used, wouldn't it be nice if they could deliver it with a maintenance free roof. Having to do this 2 to 3 times a year is a burden on us older people. I've been reading up on different roof repair methods from liquid rubber to the Eternabond tape. I kind of leaned to the Etenabond tape on my unit. It lasts as long or longer than the roof itself. After you make 10 different repairs, the caulk starts to look like a pile of dinosaur poop.
Just did my new Elkridge E289 prior to adding the 3 Maxxair vent covers. I noticed the sealer was put on very neat and sparingly used, as in a dab on the screw heads and around the edges. It was black in color and felt like a asphalt rubber mix. Not really hard to the touch. I cleaned and put down the tape over every sealed area on the roof except the caps and the side walls with the drip rail. I don't believe there will ever be a problem in those locations for the life of my unit.
If a company offered a guaranteed roof for 5 to 1o years at a premium, I would jump on it. What a great selling point. Just seems it could be done with the use of the Eternabond for sealing or with liquid EDPM rubber. Why isn't someone trying to deliver this? Is it possible? Our roofs are good for 10 plus years. Just seems like someone could take a newly installed roof and seal it up for good. The tape and liquid rubber are flexible.
Would like some thoughts on this or better ways to repair the roof without having a pile of crap reaching farther and farther out from the openings up there. Nobody is taking aerial photos of our roofs but the 'Lil
Guy's' roof looks neat as a pin up there.
Just did my new Elkridge E289 prior to adding the 3 Maxxair vent covers. I noticed the sealer was put on very neat and sparingly used, as in a dab on the screw heads and around the edges. It was black in color and felt like a asphalt rubber mix. Not really hard to the touch. I cleaned and put down the tape over every sealed area on the roof except the caps and the side walls with the drip rail. I don't believe there will ever be a problem in those locations for the life of my unit.
If a company offered a guaranteed roof for 5 to 1o years at a premium, I would jump on it. What a great selling point. Just seems it could be done with the use of the Eternabond for sealing or with liquid EDPM rubber. Why isn't someone trying to deliver this? Is it possible? Our roofs are good for 10 plus years. Just seems like someone could take a newly installed roof and seal it up for good. The tape and liquid rubber are flexible.
Would like some thoughts on this or better ways to repair the roof without having a pile of crap reaching farther and farther out from the openings up there. Nobody is taking aerial photos of our roofs but the 'Lil
Guy's' roof looks neat as a pin up there.