Our trailer has a new hat...

Most trailer RVs have a 'rubber' roof. The rubber is some sort of rubber-like plastic formulation that is pliable and stands up to solar radiation. Sort of.

Our Cedar Creek Cottage is a 'destination trailer' which means it is expected to stay put most of the time. Maybe get moved annually in or out of a storage area. Like most RVs with the mentioned waterproof roof covedring it relies on occasional maintenance. You have to clean it (soapy water and a soft brush) and every 2-4 years you have to apply a rubbery coating. And this was the year for our 'house'!

Tina & Steve, locals from Tombstone, have been washing our Cottage twice each year for a couple years now. Since he has to get up on the roof to wash, it makes sense for him to keep track of the condition of the roof covering. Plus this year has been a little hard on that membrane because of all the repair work to the air conditioners. While he was washing the roof he took a few photos to show me what's going on. He went over the pics he took and we said 'yes, please take care of it'.

'Taking care of it' amounts to doing any repairs to cracked or torn rubber membrane and then to add a coat of the 'rubber' sealant. It's not rubber but it looks/feels like white rubber. Besides providing a moisture barrier the coating, being white, helps reflect solar radiation that would otherwise raise the temps inside the trailer.

All part of being an RVer.

Steve up on our Cottage roof cutting in the sealant.
 

View toward the front of the roof including the galley slide.


Another view of the new roof coating.


The rear AC in the bedroom.

So the roof covering has a new life and we're good for another 2 or 3 years. Maybe. I hope. Cha-ching! "Check for $1,400  please."

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