Tiny House

[Auscgu]

The last picture showing the front door seal with the roof extention and door seal under

Another issue also was exposed when I removed the stone guard
The top left nutsert is loose and not retained
the original hole looks over size and has let go

Will have to chase up a solution to repair this also

[Auscgu]

The front box seals have been completed and tested
The door seal have had a good soaking and all looks great
The top of all the door seals are dry and no leaking inside around the door areas
Found a leak in the left hand front corner of the box
This is tracking down the fridge door pressings and only shows as a slow leak at the bottom of the box
Letting the door dry out and will have a look on the week end at sealing the pressing to stop the final water leak
I think the sealant may be deteriorating over time and needs attention to keep the box dry

[Auscgu]

Air Deflector on the early series 2 vans had no way of draining and the water builds up and flows over the sides
If the van is not level the water ends up over the stove and storage locker which we use as a pantry
To create a drain I have drilled 3x6 mm holes and slotted them to create a drain
The red body stiffer is aluminium so should not create a corrosion issue
Another tick in the to do list

[Nomadic]

Good thinking. I'll have to do the same.
Is the base of your wind deflector steel or aluminium?
The base of the wind deflector on the MK1 Topaz is made of carbon steel that has not been well treated. If anyone sees a rust stain coming down the front panel then deal with it sooner rather than later.
Cheers
Allan

[Auscgu]

Nomadic
Not sure but not seen any rust stains so far
The later models have the deflector shortened to allow water past
Even later they are slotted to allow water through
Noted some leaves had built up so had to clean them out

[Nomadic]

Interesting. I have to build a new deflector and was thinking of shortening it for better drainage but then there is more of the roof join exposed to driving rain.
I was also going to make the deflector slightly higher as well but then I wouldn't be able to make use of a sail track like you have. Do you have any photos of the awnings installed in the extra sail track you have on the roof and how do you use it?

[Auscgu]

I have sail track on all 4 sides of the roof
The intent is to make a shade cloth screen to cover the van and reduce the heat inside
The front one will be long enough to cover the nose storage area
This will help the fridge and bed area reduce the internal temperature
I want to mount solar panels on the roof with a tropical roof mounted to the aluminium frame
The solar will be the light weight flexi panels with an inverter charge system from Victron
This will give power available to run devices as well as charge the batteries

[Harry Lissimore]

Ken, did you just glue the sail track on or did you rivet it and if so, how did you know where to put the rivets and what size did you use?  I assume that all the sail tracks are in the pop up roof.

H

[Auscgu]

Harry
The sail tracks are sealed with Sikaflex Pro Multipurpose Sealant and 4mm or 5mm stainless rivets
The Aluminium Pop top can be fastened to as the factory annex has a sail track at the same height
The clean up can be done with kitchen cleaner and paper towel
Seal and rivet then clean up excess selant