Plugging Holes In Van Roof

These threaded holes are used to install roof rack and such.

Plugging holes in van roof.

You don t want anything sticking up that would wear out the shingle from below. I was thinking that crap that could get in through the big holes would plug up whatever the draining mechanism is. Fill small nail holes with silicone caulk or roof cement. Plugging the holes in my roof rack.

Sometimes after receiving a load of used tin if i had some tin smith work type solder bars i would solder the holes before using the tin with a propane handheld blow torch as i don t have any tin work soldering irons or lp gas bottle smith iron forge head. Whether the holes were caused by vent removal storms or animal damage kwik plug efficiently solves the problem. If you climb on your transit roof you won t find any of these threaded holes because they come with rubber plug and ford simply painted over them. The quarrix smart plug roof patch provides a stronger easier and longer lasting way to cover holes in the roof.

Bmitch sep 3 12 at 21 59. I did investigate hd and similar stores once for plastic plugs and did not see anything that looked close to suitable for waterproof hole plugging. The gibraltar building products kwik plug roof patch makes it quick and easy to repair holes in your roof up to 8 in. So we have established that there are existing holes into the van both in the roof and underneath that are stopped with plastic rubber plugs.

Smaller nail holes will be permanently fixed by this method standard roofing nails would be either 3 8 inch or 1 2 inch making a hole. This leaves open the holes where the torx head bolts go and i did not want crap getting down in them and gumming up the threads. So let s say you want to use the threaded hole you would have to remove the paint and the rubber plug. This patch installs easily with roofing nails and resists cracking and weakening in all temperature extremes.

As others i have used silicon bathroom calk form a gasket or liquid nail to seal holes in reused tin. But if the shingles are going on top of the lag bolts i d remove them and fill the holes with some extra roof cement. And is the perfect solution when converting from static vents to ridge ventilation products. Used an existing hole under the van into the pillar.

Do they have stainless metal screws that big. Jump to latest follow 1 3 of 3 posts. Might distort the roof though. I was told i can find something to cover them with in the plumbing section of hardware stores but i don t know the name of them.

Plastic plugs in the roof seem a little. As noted above the search capability on this forum is uhm challenging. 1 for the roof cement. Installs in seconds place it nail it done.

Removed the rubber plug and installed a rubber grommet in that hole.