Rebuiling A Tent Trailer Roof

The method to get it raised has been by an ever changing combination of springs pulleys and winches.

Rebuiling a tent trailer roof.

While rebuilding the roof of the pop up camper wasn t necessarily difficult it was tedious. Tent trailer roof re build step 1. There was a lot of manual labor involved. I thought so too.

Lay the roof on the ground and start removing everything else awning. We ll do a little roof rebuild series but fair warning. Rebuilding repairing the roof and making it water tight rebuild roof structure with new wood. Detach the canvas and remove the roof.

Scrape off any debris or old roof material. D i y rv roof repair. Start by removing the canvas and canvas rails from the interior roof and the lights any. After that you re done rebuilding and repairing your pop up camper roof.

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. The first thing you need to do is to clean your roof thoroughly so as to remove any dirt particles. Removing the pop up camper roof and assessing the water damage you are here remove the exterior trim to assess damage. Remove the old roof.

You should then dry the roof as best as you can. Let it dry for a day or so before you use it on your next camping trip. Reattach roof and canvas to camper. Understanding camping trailers roof lift systems all pop up camping trailers have one thing in common.

This is going to be a long series. The roof must be raised before it can be used.