I used cheap caulk when I rebuilt the roof on the 'pod, and it came back to bite me in the ass. Had a pretty good leak during a hard rain overnight. BUT! As you can see, I had a tarp which covers the length of the camper, and a container full of bungee cords to secure it with. All part of my preps.Threw on my poncho this morning and covered the 'pod in the rain. It was a trick, getting that tarp up and over (got paracord?) by myself, but I managed. Made a bridle out of paracord and attached it to two of the tie down grommets on the tarp, then tied the rest of the cord to it. Gave it the heave-ho over the roof, then pulled the tarp over with ease.
The whole works will get a good test tonight and tomorrow, as Tropical Storm Hermine will brush us to the south tonight and into tomorrow. We'll get a lot of rain, it looks like. Shouldn't have much wind. What wind we get should be mostly blocked by my workshop.
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Nice emergency fix! Looks like the bungee cords will keep the whole thing from flying away.
They just upped the wind gust forecast to 40 MPH. I'm gonna put on more bungees...
Nice job, good test and I love using bungees for all kinds of stuff - keep a stash in the truck just in case.
Good idea.
Hi Mayberry,
I was hoping to see a pic of the "escape pod." I love it!
Dave
Mayb',
Now you know damn well the county tax dude will consider that tarp a "home improvement".
So cover that tarp with another tarp invisble to satellite images.
Then spray paint on the top of it "FUCK YOU ASSHOLES" (works for me:)!
love those bungee cords, i also keep a whole can of 'em handy. good thinking on your pod roof repair. another thing you can do to keep the wind from turning you into a balloon is take some empty milk containers or soda bottles and fill em up with concrete and use em tied to the tarp grommetts..make good anchors.
wouldn't it be better to close it up for the storm?
but of course that wouldn't test it for leakage would it?
jpf
Mayberry, was thinking of you down there in south Texas when I heard of Hermine coming. You guys are to get lots, I mean lots of rain...and to the south of you maybe a foot of rain!! whoa, I have never experienced that much rain at one time...a few years back we had 7" from a hurricane over a couple of days...couldn't grow a tomato that year, too wet...we have the opposite here...no rain...keep up the good work and thanks for the posts...I look forward to them everyday...
Great example of how our preps help us in everyday life.
Last month the muffler fell off our van on the way home from vacation. The Zip Ties and Snare wire in my bag saved the day.
Just bot a little fixer upper very similar to yours! Has a similar roof problem that I'm dealing with at the moment. After much research this appears to be the silver bullet at $65 for a 50 foot roll - http://www.eternabond.com/
Hope that helps!
~Philip
Anon 1:22, bungees are sure handy.
Sixbears, I thought so!
Dave, there ya have it. There's some interior pics somewhere on this blog...
North, probably so! Don't give me ideas...
Anon 7:29 I might have done that, but I was getting pummelled with rain at the time...
JPF I figgered I'd rather ride it out in there than in the 87 degree house...
Bonnie, if 2 inches is lots... We've gotten more from a cold front...
Off Grid, stuff like that can come in handy any time! My first car was held together with duct tape and bailing wire : )
Phillip, congrats! Thanks for the link.
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