RV Trailer with Metal Clad Roofing 

I would recommend using a flat surfaced metal siding , I`ve in the past tryed this on sides of my old camper and it did not work because of the raised groove surface , it will not allow for sealing of windows , vents or doors , those surfaces need to be 100% flat or it will leak water at those points , if you could find a roofing store and ask them if you could buy like a 4x8ft. pieces of the painted material flat without them putting in the profile that would work as long as the two joining surfaces where they mate up are sealed with a RV lap joint ,, hope this helps .. Lotta people building the Tear Drop Trailer buy 4x8 sheets for siding their trailer , lots of vids on here to see how they do it ,. this trailer the roof was 7 ft. 6 inchs wide X 30 ft. long ,, cost me just under $ 400 the the metal ..

Thanks ,, if your roof is flat and level I would suggest you run it the same direction as mine , reason being your way the rain & snow will stay up on the roof unless you have one end of the roof lower than the other ,, one thing I did not do and wished I had was run a good silicon on the lap joints to help seal them better .. and to put the metal roofing directly on the plywood ,, I put those cross boards on for support under the metal and on ocasion when I had to go up on the roof my weight buckled a couple pieces ..

@@88s10Durango Mine will go directly on plywood, it has a slope to both sides. Thanks for the reply.

@@zanelile8192 Good to here , best of luck , cheers ...

How does it handle high winds in storms?

Hi ,, its worked good for me , only thing I recomend is not to do it on a trailer that you travel with , I live in mine year round but its only got the roofing screws holding it down and I would not want to take that chance of a panel coming loose in the wind traveling ... :)

@@88s10Durango we live stationary in our camper.

It works , cheap , but resale value drops largely ,, don`t really care I live in it and don`t travel with it ...

john celletti. Hi the top edge of the trailer is curved going down over the sides . The metal I over hung it 2 inchs past that point . I used the stringers going across the roof to screw the metal down to . If I did it again I would put a layer of plywood on top of the stringers because now I can hear every rain drop . But no leaks 😎

> Pretty Sure < Hi , live in western BC , I had the wood stove in my trailer but this year I took it out ...Wood stove and chimney are for sale now ..

Hi Kristie , it made no difference , the original Epdm ( rubber roofs was white , the metal roofing I put on was also white ,, white to a point reflects the heat , one thing I did not do when I put the metal roofing on was to silicon the lap joints where the metal overlaps each piece ,, in the winter when snow sits on it it will leak through the joint in a few places ,, this summer I`m removing my air conditioner , when I do that I`m removing all the metal and going to put a layer of self stick tar paper over the old rubber roof then reinstall the metal roof with silicon .. Hope this helps you ,, also I live in my trailer and would not recomend this if you travel with your trailer , could be slightly dangerous if a piece where ever to come loose from the wind force when towing it ..

@@88s10Durango It seems like it would be cooler because you have a double roof. The metal roof shades your trailer because you have an air gap. If the metal was touching the trailer it would transfer heat by conduction.

Hi , that was 6 years ago and here in Canada we pay alot more for the EPDM material here , by the way I did do this myself and live in this trailer , no traveling is done and at that time it cost me $ 300 for all the metal roofing and supplys :) Thanks for watching .

Hi I live in Canada and things are alot more here ,, this trailer the roof was 7 ft. 6 inchs wide X 30 ft. long ,, cost me just under $ 400 the the metal .