| Repairing a hole in the roof [message #256049] |
Mon, 21 July 2014 18:19  |
lotsofspareparts
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Location: Arlington, WA
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So my coach has an antenna on the roof that is coming off. It has a crank handle on the inside of the coach and the antenna itself looks like a set of rabbit ears when it is cranked out. The cranking function only operates one side of the rabbit ears and I use a portable Sat dish when I camp and steal the box out of the house.
What would be a good way to patch up the hole after I remove it. Has 6 screw holes on the perimeter and probably a 1 1/2 hole in the center.
As a temp fix I am going to cover the holes with aluminum tape, kind of like think aluminum foil with a pretty good adhesive on the back. Boeing uses it and I think they call it Shim Tape.
Jared
Jared & Tina Lazaron + 14yr old Daughter.....
77 Eleganza II "Recherché".....
73 Canyon Lands 230 "Elephant"
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| Re: Repairing a hole in the roof [message #256050 is a reply to message #256049] |
Mon, 21 July 2014 18:36  |
armandminnie
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Location: Marana, AZ
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When I took my TV antenna out several years ago it left a 2-3 inch hole and some screw holes in the roof. I cut a piece of aluminum roof flashing to fit over the holes by 3/4" all around. I riveted that in place with 6 or 8 rivets and then covered the joint with paintable roof caulk from the RV supply place. It was still in place and is now painted along with the rest of the coach. No one but the next owner and I will ever see it.
Armand Minnie
Marana, AZ
'76 Eleganza II TZE166V103202
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| Re: [GMCnet] Repairing a hole in the roof [message #256072 is a reply to message #256049] |
Mon, 21 July 2014 22:26 |
dan molnes
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I got a 12x12 x 1/16 square of aluminum from online metals in ballard used
the old plate as Armand did as a template screwed it down with some poly
tape , some day I might pull it and attach a set of air horns to it, hell
the holes already there
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 4:20 PM, Jared wrote:
> So my coach has an antenna on the roof that is coming off. It has a crank
> handle on the inside of the coach and the antenna itself looks like a set of
> rabbit ears when it is cranked out. The cranking function only operates
> one side of the rabbit ears and I use a portable Sat dish when I camp and
> steal the box out of the house.
>
> What would be a good way to patch up the hole after I remove it. Has 6
> screw holes on the perimeter and probably a 1 1/2 hole in the center.
>
> As a temp fix I am going to cover the holes with aluminum tape, kind of
> like think aluminum foil with a pretty good adhesive on the back. Boeing
> uses
> it and I think they call it Shim Tape.
>
> Jared
> --
> Jared & Tina Lazaron + 7yr old Daughter.
>
> 77 Eleganza II "Recherché" Winterfeldt 455, Holley ProJection, Doug
> Thorley Headers, 3in exhaust, Switch Pitch, Alcoas, ONAN 6.5 Emerald
> series, CMC
> Restoration
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> GO SEAHAWKS!!
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> Arlington, WA 98223
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