Plugging Holes In Van Roof

Hole is probably 1 4 or so.

Plugging holes in van roof.

1 for the roof cement. Removed the rubber plug and installed a rubber grommet in that hole. Must be the silicone that worked for you then. You don t want anything sticking up that would wear out the shingle from below.

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. How to plug antenna holes on the roof of a car i bought a 2003 ford crown victoria retired police car p71 that has a couple of holes on the roof that were used to mount the light bar and antennas. Plugging the holes in my roof rack. Installs in seconds place it nail it done.

And is the perfect solution when converting from static vents to ridge ventilation products. 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. 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. Fill small nail holes with silicone caulk or roof cement.

These threaded holes are used to install roof rack and such. 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. Used an existing hole under the van into the pillar. Plastic plugs in the roof seem a little.

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 patch installs easily with roofing nails and resists cracking and weakening in all temperature extremes. Jump to latest follow 1 3 of 3 posts. So let s say you want to use the threaded hole you would have to remove the paint and the rubber plug.

I was thinking that crap that could get in through the big holes would plug up whatever the draining mechanism is. 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. Do they have stainless metal screws that big. The quarrix smart plug roof patch provides a stronger easier and longer lasting way to cover holes in the roof.

Whether the holes were caused by vent removal storms or animal damage kwik plug efficiently solves the problem. As others i have used silicon bathroom calk form a gasket or liquid nail to seal holes in reused tin. Bmitch sep 3 12 at 21 59. Might distort the roof though.

The gibraltar building products kwik plug roof patch makes it quick and easy to repair holes in your roof up to 8 in.