Hightop roof ROT found!! Removal advice needed

[1_eyed_jim]

Good afternoon. Today I removed all the internal roof lining to try and find the leak thats been bothering me for some time and to my horror I found this in the o/s rear.....










Sorry about the rubbish pictures but you get the idea. So I think my next thread will be "Davvy gets major surgery"!

Saw a thread somewhere on here about removing the roof and doing these repairs but cannot seem to get the search box to find it. Anyone know it or got any great advice as always?

Rob

[1_eyed_jim]

Looking around the van I think once upon a time it used to be fixed to the van by screws on the sides with caps to seal. These are all rusted and the seal caps are long gone. Some holes have been sealed and all the gutters have been sealed so looks like someone has tried to stop this leak before.




How heavy is the roof? Is this a one man job?

[faggie]

definately not a one man job to remove roof way to heavy i have some gutter repair panels if your intrested when you decide to tackle it

[1_eyed_jim]

definately not a one man job to remove roof way to heavy

Thanks. Is it a 2 man job? Will it be possible to remove outside or do I need to hoist it up in a building?

i have some gutter repair panels if your intrested when you decide to tackle it

How much are you selling these for? How long are they?

[faggie]

i would say to do it safely its better with 4 people , you could remove it outside no problem , is it not attached with sycaflex the panels are about 3 foot long x 2 inch in height to fix any roof corrosion i charge £12 each plus postage

[Plasticman]

As ^^^^ says.
but you dont need to remove it from the van , it can be a one man job as i did recently on kevtherevs,
2 jacking props inside with a spreader board, then up a bit and get the roof free, then have a couple of lengths of 4x2 or whatever and sit it on these,
heres the link
https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.p ... 7&start=15" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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