I have to say that our first week living in the camper on our property was filled with excitement. If you recall, last Wed. we had a wind storm that knocked down trees, dropped a limb on the top of the camper and poked a hole in the awning that covers the slideout roof. This weekend, my wife woke me up at 3:30 AM saying we had a leak in the roof. I went into the kitchen and there was a steady stream of rain water coming through the ceiling. The kitchen vinyl floor was covered with water and more rain water was coming through the ceiling at an alarming rate. My wife initially put our 2 largest pots on the floor to collect the water but they were filling much too fast. We ended up using a large cooler to collect the deluge.
I quickly got dressed and got a flashlight, went outside and climbed onto the roof. I found a hole in our aluminum roof about the size of 2 golf balls sitting side-by-side. Apparently, the limb that had poked a hole in our awning during the wind storm earlier in the week had also poked a hole through the aluminum roof. Unfortunately, I did not see the hole when I had initially inspected the damage.
The rain was collecting on the roof and running into this hole. It was 32 degrees F, raining continuously, and dark. I had to find some way to stop the water from running into the hole. I put my finger in the hole and lifted up on the aluminum and found if the alumnum was lifted high enough the water would flow around the hole instead of into it. I ended up placing a small 2 inch long stick through the hole and lodging the stick between the aluminum and the rafter below it. Doing so raised the aluminum high enough to cause the roof water to go around the hole instead of through it. I placed a bucket over the hole to complete the temporary repair. After 90 minutes in the cold and rain, I went back to bed.
Monday evening, I used this stuff
Quick Roof to repair the hole. I cut and glued a piece of wood on top of the rafter and below the aluminum roof to elevate the roof at that spot. I then glued a piece of aluminum flashing over the hole. Lastly, I covered the area with a piece of Quick Roof.
