Benroy McFull's New Roof
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:21 amBenroy Mc Full was constructed in a thrash to make the initial ITG. One of the things done to save time, and money, was to use a melamine galley shelf. I wasn't about to spend $60 dollars for a sheet of formica and throw away three quarters of it! Results as follows:
We developed a leak in the passenger rear corner, which I attributed to the joint opening, due to the pressure from the melamine. So a new shelf was laminated. (With $20 builder surplus formica)
Looked good, but at the next gathering the leak was still there. The corner needed to be opened for inspection, but I had no inside space, until this showed up in a Harbor Freight flyer.
Then the extent of damage could be revealed
Then started another thrash, to get ready for Tearing Up the Adirondacks. Two new stringers, with doubler plates at the sides, and a new half sheet of masonite
No shots of the Henry's 663 and aluminum going on, as I learned last time that that stickum and cameras DO mix
Two weeks and 4000 miles later, after several downpours, and two half-day pulls in the rain, we're still dry. One of the unforseen consequences, was that replacing a roof shortens all your wires by three inches, so part of the trip was without DC lighting, and the AC is still unavailable!
We developed a leak in the passenger rear corner, which I attributed to the joint opening, due to the pressure from the melamine. So a new shelf was laminated. (With $20 builder surplus formica)
Looked good, but at the next gathering the leak was still there. The corner needed to be opened for inspection, but I had no inside space, until this showed up in a Harbor Freight flyer.
Then the extent of damage could be revealed
Then started another thrash, to get ready for Tearing Up the Adirondacks. Two new stringers, with doubler plates at the sides, and a new half sheet of masonite
No shots of the Henry's 663 and aluminum going on, as I learned last time that that stickum and cameras DO mix
Two weeks and 4000 miles later, after several downpours, and two half-day pulls in the rain, we're still dry. One of the unforseen consequences, was that replacing a roof shortens all your wires by three inches, so part of the trip was without DC lighting, and the AC is still unavailable!
