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03-17-2022, 09:01 PM
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Member
Join Date: Aug 2021
Location: Sebastopol, California
Trailer: 2014 Escape 19
Posts: 91
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All roof sealant bad 2014 19
Is it normal for all roof sealant on every vent to leak within 8 years? Seems to me 20 especially for one kept most of its life in Vancouver.
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03-17-2022, 09:08 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dmc94572
Is it normal for all roof sealant on every vent to leak within 8 years? Seems to me 20 especially for one kept most of its life in Vancouver.
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I haven't had any issues, but I did ask ETI to check everything a few years ago. Part of regular maintenance.
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03-17-2022, 09:16 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Benton County, Iowa
Trailer: 2013 Escape 21 Classic Number 6, pulled by 2018 Toyota Highlander
Posts: 8,260
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I check our 2013 every spring. Had two or three inch long separations since 2017 on the front edge of the AC and caulked them up with Proflex. Maxfan, bathroom fan, refrigerator and solar panel standoffs have been perfect. I go over while trailer every spring too.
Iowa Dave
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03-17-2022, 09:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Trailer: 2012 E19
Posts: 1,756
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dmc94572
Is it normal for all roof sealant on every vent to leak within 8 years? Seems to me 20 especially for one kept most of its life in Vancouver.
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Maybe a newly hired employee was the one who caulked yours at the factory. Luck (bad luck) of the draw, maybe.
Considering the date of your post, I'm inclined to guess you're not Irish (you know the saying, "luck of the Irish"). 
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03-18-2022, 07:34 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Canada's East Coast, New Brunswick
Trailer: 2022 E19
Posts: 385
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If it is all original sealant I'd be surprised if after 8 years it hasn't leaked.
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03-19-2022, 02:49 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 1979 Boler B1700
Posts: 14,935
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The only roof leak I've had with three RVs over 15 years of ownership, with the RVs being up to 40 years old, is one part of the flange around one skylight in one trailer... which I fixed by replacing the original sealant with Eternabond tape. I did replace a plumbing vent on my Boler, because the pile of goop around it was obviously cracked, but it didn't appear to have leaked.
I think this varies by location - exposure in a very hot and sunny environment would be hard on sealants.
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03-19-2022, 03:12 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Canada's East Coast, New Brunswick
Trailer: 2022 E19
Posts: 385
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Eternabond is good stuff. Does anyone use it around roof vents on Escapes?
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03-20-2022, 05:47 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 1979 Boler B1700
Posts: 14,935
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fender
Eternabond is good stuff. Does anyone use it around roof vents on Escapes?
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i used it on that trailer because the skylight had a thin mounting flange that wasn't really for use on an RV, and it was already installed so even if it had a suitable flange there wasn't an opportunity to just use a suitable sealant under it. I'm glad I used it in that situation, but I wouldn't in most cases. For a Maxxfan and that vent in the other trailer's roof, I just used sealant under the flange - no external goop or tape.
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