Sealing Up Roof Leaks

Reader Contribution by Robyn Dolan
Published on May 13, 2015
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Today I’m pulling from my recent archives. I have since traded in the tiny trailer, but here is a post that was waiting, about sealing up my roof leaks.

Weatherstrip putty only lasts so long, as I recently discovered. We have been in Southern California for a couple of months, and the rains helped us to discover a new leak on the roof and one of the windows. So after replacing some of the rope caulking, I sealed up every crack and seam on the roof of the tiny trailer with elastomeric rubber roofing sealant. Elastomeric is wonderful stuff. Before moving out to the homestead with my older three children, we spent several months on the road with a camper on the back of the truck. I bought the camper for $400 and made several repairs to it, including an intensive roof seal with elastomeric. The rest of the camper is sitting on the homestead, slowly falling apart, but the roof is still not leaking! That is quite possibly a record, even for elastomeric.

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