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Why Is It Wet In Here?<\/h1>\n

The only time it’s good to have a leaky roof is when their is nothing to get damaged inside. After a year thinking the roof was ok in Leigh Creek, we started having problems with the roof again. Mainly because where we moved to rained a bit more. To start off we thought it was only the fiberglass panels that were replaced from the old original bus windows that Des had fitted.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Zac for his great help in getting the huge job started by cutting out the old Sikaflex.\u00a0I was working six days a week @ Curtin Springs Station N.T., all I could manage was regluing after work. It did stop the water coming in around the fiberglass panels.<\/p>\n

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Fiberglass panels before we reglued then back in place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Panels from inside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Its Still Wet In Here.<\/h2>\n

Our first house sitting job was in Bowen for Michael and Michelle. We had no rain forecast for the next few days so Charmaine and myself started on the roof to fix the rest of the leaks. The first job was to remove the solar panels and hatches from the roof.<\/p>\n

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Time to take the sola panels off<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Removed the Solar panels now the hatches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Time to start sanding back the roof.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Fun Starts Now …….Not !!!<\/h2>\n

The fun of sanding back the old paint job as well as getting rid of the surface rust around the hatches. It was one of those jobs you love to hate, but had to be done, so with buckets of water and sanding paper in hand it was head down & ass up and off to work we go.<\/p>\n

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Rust all gone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Roof all sanded back and cleaned.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I Do Like Painting<\/h3>\n

Time to undercoat….. we had been so lucky as it had been raining all the way around us and only that a\u00a0couple of rain drops on the coach. So after I Sikaflexed all the joints it was time to undercoat using\u00a0\u00a0some Infrared Heat Reflective Primer.<\/p>\n

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1st undercoat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Second undercoat, ended up with three coats<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Infrared Heat Reflective Primer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now for the topcoat, the best part of the job as it’s almost done. Des (the bloke we got the coach before us), had already paid for the paint, so now it was time for three topcoats.<\/p>\n

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Topcoat Solar Reflective Elastic Ceramic Membrane.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The roof finished with three topcoats<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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No more leaks on that area now.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
A Job Well Done<\/h5>\n

So after four days we had finish painting the roof and the inside temp had gone down at least 4 degrees. The paint was a polyurethane membrane which meant no more water leaking when it rained and would be a lot cooler in summer. We just have to remove the old air conditioner unit which is now under the solar panels. This is way down the back of the coach once done the roof will be totally finished off, in time this back area will also have a deck for us one day.<\/p>\n

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