Plugging Hole On Van Roof

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

Plugging hole on van roof.

Any beta on sealing the old ones as well as the new ones for maximum waterproofness. You don t want anything sticking up that would wear out the shingle from below. Van barbre 611 952 views. Installs in seconds place it nail it done.

Removed the rubber plug and installed a rubber grommet in that hole. Jump to latest follow 1 3 of 3 posts. The gibraltar building products kwik plug roof patch makes it quick and easy to repair holes in your roof up to 8 in. I was thinking that crap that could get in through the big holes would plug up whatever the draining mechanism is.

1 for the roof cement. Whether the holes were caused by vent removal storms or animal damage kwik plug efficiently solves the problem. As noted above the search capability on this forum is uhm challenging. Temporary repair for unused roof rack holes.

The quarrix smart plug roof patch provides a stronger easier and longer lasting way to cover holes in the roof. Has anyone any idea where i would get some rubber plugs or whatever you need to cover the holes in a van roof if safety lights are removed. Skip navigation sign in. This patch installs easily with roofing nails and resists cracking and weakening in all temperature extremes.

Used an existing hole under the van into the pillar. 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. So let s say you want to use the threaded hole you would have to remove the paint and the rubber plug. For all you van buildout ers out there i am redoing the framing of build out in the van that i just bought.

It s bolted to the floor so i need to fill two holes and drill two more. Does not appear that any sealant was used and the plugs are not a tight fit in the holes. 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. 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.

And is the perfect solution when converting from static vents to ridge ventilation products. Looks like ford is relying on the paint to seal the. 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. It appears that the plugs are installed prior to painting the van.

Plugging the holes in my roof rack. It has 16 holes in the roof with plastic rubber plugs. I have a 2015 high roof.