Pop Up Roof Redo With Roof Panels

Now up until this point all of our hands on pop up camper experience has been with our coleman camper.

Pop up roof redo with roof panels.

Roof weight mercedes benz allows a maximum added roof weight to the sprinter of 660 pounds. Ford vans can be regular body or extended 1992 and newer. A few months ago we rescued a neglected rockwood pop up camper from a family friend s backyard. Drill the holes from the tpo to the inside and clean out the hole.

They ll also install just a pop top into your existing van for 6000 to 7000. We took apart the whole roof structure and removed it from the camper to rebuild it. 2007 rb low roof sprinters dodge promaster low roof and ford transit low and medium roof vans can also be fitted with pop tops. Some pop tops especially if they go up much higher can weigh considerably more.

If you added a roof rack and much cargo you may exceed. When we last checked in with y all we showed you how we took the roof apart to start the reconstruction. The sprinter rb with sportsmobile s penthouse pop top more than exceeded the test weight requirements. We are pretty familiar with coleman pop up campers but this rockwood was a whole new ball game for us.

We basically approached this roof rebuild like a puzzle. Sunsky 5v crimp polycarbonate roof panel in white opal model 136839 39 09 39 09. Now if you kept one of the old side panels or both put them back up to the new sides and match up where the upright bolt holes will go. You could also put the roof back on step 14 and then drill the holes but i fear the roof might shift and fall.

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. The camper was in pretty bad shape and we knew it would need a roof rebuild. We decided to replace all of the perimeter of this frame but thankfully once we removed that wood we found that the 1 x 2s that ran across the ceiling and the square in the middle for the roof vent hadn t taken much water to cause any structural damage. 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.

Set your store to see local availability add to cart. Get 5 off when you sign up for emails with savings and tips. In part 1 of how to remove the pop up camper roof i showed you how rotted away the 1 x 2 ceiling frame was on our pop up camper.