hi. I have a VERY dirty roof on my adria adora isonzo. it seems very robust..Can I stand on the roof ?
I’ve never had to stand on a caravan roof in order to get it nice and clean, but others do get up there. It’s really your choice but I wouldn’t do it for a number of reasons. . This recent thread may help.hi. I have a VERY dirty roof on my adria adora isonzo. it seems very robust..Can I stand on the roof ?
Hi John you sound like a very handy person fitting solar panels do you save a lot on electric? well done .In the past I have worked on many a building roof and without the H&S quite rightly required today. What I did in he interest of keeping a job was ridiculous in the extreme. But I was fine with heights.
I have washed my previous Unicorn by standing on the roof. The roof was strong enough and felt so. But the problems were, getting up there and down again safely. And the slippyness. Never again. Having tried it, I advise against it.
If you can arrange a ladder with sufficient height, you can do the job perfectly well.
Some good advice here. But not completely realistic as they have better equipment available. If you could borrow some decent staging life would be so much easier. This is what I did when I fitted my solar panels.
John
Snow is totally different to a person walking or kneeling where their weight is more concentrated. You could try the Adria owners club, or ask Adria technical. “ No access to a hose” Do you mean no mains water supply?thanks for your input. thing is I have no access to a hose.i have been up there and found it fine. the roof is supposed to handle several feet of snow!! I was hoping someone had emperor knowledge of adrias.
Hi Jeza, Welcome to the forum, I have been on the roof of our Coachman ( Once) I am used to working at heights, but on a slippery roof ,never again, I would rather wait for a good rainfall and get out with a ladder and long brush, or an Aqua roll and some sort of portable water pump.yep, no mains supply. just carrying buckets of water up a field !!
Get yourself one of theseyep, no mains supply. just carrying buckets of water up a field !!
Hi John we have already booked three sites with C/Ls next season so far my new battery in its second year if it gets to 7 years that good value for the moneyNot a penny!
We used to use CL‘s with no hook up a lot. But since fitting the 120 watt panels we have never been off hook up. A sign of the times. I would without a problem, but she worries about drying her hair! What can I do. It does keep the battery at about 14.4 all year. And the battery is now in its 7th year. So I am happy with that.
I started with a 20 watt semi rigid, which would be enough for the battery top up alone. But then added a 100 watt flexible. All is going well 6 years on.
The cheap (£8 including shipping) controller was sold to me from Hong Kong as an MPPT. but I think they may have lied to me because I now think it’s a PWM. I won’t complain as it does the job.
This is how I did it.
NB The links in the article are out of date so probably won’t work.
John
Didn't Bailey do a stunt where they lowered a car onto the roof of one of their caravans? Obviously the weight was really spread out.I would not stand on the roof and no caravan maker would recommend it. Firstly you risk a fall of something like 8 ft and that alone could be fatal, secondly your weight is concentrated in two small areas and is beyond what the roof is designed to take. You risk damage, particularly damp, if you damage the seals if you stand on it.
Without access to a hose I would get a long handled wash brush and just keep dipping that in warm water, it is a bit lomger time wise but works.
Sounds like a good idea could use it when washing van in storageGet yourself one of these
Portable pressure washer
I have one for the seasonal pitch and for spraying Fenwicks over winter, brilliant and it last a lot longer than a bucket of water!!
How would you get up to the roof to use the machine?Sounds like a good idea could use it when washing van in storage
My son could do it for me we do own a extending ladderHow would you get up to the roof to use the machine?