Finishing up the roof
This month we worked some more on the roof. Making sure that the goat cheese we are making out of our roof stays leak-free surely is a challenge!
We started out cutting a new cover for the emergency roof escape. To install that cover we had to clean off some more reflective tape and glue goop. One of the less fun jobs on the bus. We installed the cover with a lot of caulk and rivets, added the roof fan on top of it, then covered it with flex seal to hopefully make it water tight.
Having the fan in place does mean we cannot access the roof from the inside anymore and with the roof raised as it is, climbing on top has become a challenge of the roof
Adding supports
Next, with help from M&R, we installed several supports for the roof deck. We covered the holes with caulk from outside and inside to hopefully make it all water tight. The girls loved being on the roof to do this work! Of course we were short of brackets, so we had place another order and wait several days for that to come in.
Meanwhile, as we were working on the deck supports, I noticed the roof was starting to bend in one of the less supported areas where the solar panel legs are resting. Additional angle irons were welded on the inside to prevent further issues. Then we moved the bus back to storage for another week or so.
Prep work
Once the additional brackets came in, R & myself headed to storage to finish the additional verticals and to add the longitudinal deck supports. Then it was time to run over to McCoys for some redwood. Expensive, but since it is fairly hard, does not require much maintenance and simply looks very pretty, we chose to use this wood over pressure treated boards, which are heavier, or composite decking, which is slippery when wet.
Last weekend we took the skoolie back to the driveway to install the deck. It came out very nice if I may say so myself. Once completed we added a coat of weather shield to protect it. The wood will likely turn gray in the future, with very nice shades in it. Matches our color scheme perfectly.
Next up: Raising the AC. Now that will require a lot more thinking. We’ll see what next month brings.