RV roof and exterior care covers everything on the outside of the trailer that keeps weather out and the exterior working the way it should. Two things dominate: the roof, which fails slowly and expensively, and the awning, which fails suddenly and cheaply.
Who this is for. Anybody maintaining a travel trailer rather than repairing one after the fact. The roof section comes first because a roof problem found late is the most expensive thing on this site.
The roof
On an RV roof, sealant is the whole job, and the single decision that matters is which membrane you have, because the wrong sealant on the wrong roof does nothing. RV roof sealant covers how to tell EPDM from TPO on your own roof, which is the step every competing article skips, and which products the manufacturers say are compatible with each.
Choosing an awning
The first awning decision is made once and lived with for years. Manual versus electric awnings covers what each actually costs you in practice, what fails on each, and the conversion question for a trailer that came with one and wants the other.
Using it
An awning is a sun and rain tool, and most of what people want from one is shade at the side rather than overhead. RV awning shades and screens covers what a side shade does, how they attach, and the sizing that decides whether one is any use.
Keeping it working
Cleaning an RV awning covers the routine that keeps fabric from going, what is safe on vinyl and what is not, and the mistake of rolling one up wet, which is how most awning fabric actually dies.
Related
Covering the whole trailer for a season sits in storage and winterizing rather than here.