How To Replace A Roof Vent Cover On A Camper

In this rv diy video mark polk with rv education 101 demonstrates how to replace and seal an rv roof vent.

How to replace a roof vent cover on a camper.

Check out the updated video here. Standard roof vent openings are 14 1 4 x 14 1 4 inches. We ll walk you through the process below. This article covers replacing an rv roof vent cover lid not the vent itself.

You will probably need to also detach parts of the rigging from the inside of your rv to make sure that you can still open the roof vent fairly easily. Viarv llc was initiated in early 2012 with the mission to help rv owners to share their rvs and to make rv travel more accessible to families. If you need to replace the entire vent assembly check out our article here covering that topic. Fortunately replacing your rv s roof vent cover is an easy diy project.

It s easiest to measure the vent opening from inside the trailer. Camco 40161 40168 white unbreakable polycarbonate vent lid ventline pre 2008 elixir since 1994. If you re installing a vent in a location in which there was no vent previously you ll have to cut an opening between roof joists to install the new unit. In this rv diy video mark polk with rv education 101 demonstrates how to replace and.

This isn t normally the kind of video i put out but i got bored changing the vents in my camper so i filmed the last one and made a how to video. With replacing only the cover it won t even take more than five minutes between unscrewing the old roof vent cover keeping the same screws and screwing in the new cover.