Leaking roof vents

with all the rain we have had recently we have noticed that water is dripping down the screws of the roof vent handles . Do they have a rubber seal on them that might have perished? Has anyone else had this problem? Any ideas on how to sort it? 

Hi there,

There are no seals on the moving parts of our skylights, but there are inner and outer covers.

The two covers are clamped and welded together during manufacture but on ours, due to their extreme age (17 years), the four welds were all cracked and as a result rainwater could seep through the cracks.

This may be the source of your leak but you will have to get up there on the outside to have a look. 

(We didn't realise how seriously our covers were cracked until one of the outer covers was ripped off due to the wind generated by a passing lorry!)

Hope this helps. 

Best regards,

I had a similar problem, though the cause of mine may very well be different.

I found that the roof-light wasn't quite closing fully due to one of the hinge-pins coming out very slightly.  It was very difficult to spot, but was quite obvious when viewed from outside as the roof-light was clearly "wonky" when closed.

Steve

Hi I had the same problem,here's the post https://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t10893-broken-skylight?highlight=leaking+skylight
hope it helps.Algy

after playing spider man and getting on top of the van it seems a previous owner must have fitted screws to the vent above the toilet they are quite long and difficult to get to so i blobbed mastic over them hopefully this will stop the leaking:Whistle1:

Hi there,

Hope it seals the leak .... 

.... but please keep a close eye on things because it doesn't take much moisture to ruin the inside of a van!!  

Lidl and Aldi both have Moisture Detectors on offer every so often. It may be worth you buying one to check out the inside of the van.

Best regards,

As you may have  noticed owning older  vans like ours comes with a list of known faults or small problems.
Like others we have  had roof light issues. The one above the kitchen leaked around the handles due to the inner and outer separating. I just changed the outer. Only took a little susing and bogling and a slight adjustment of the catches was need to the new one.
On our way back from Gaydon a couple of weeks ago I thought the van sounded diferent. When I open the bathroom door it was raining in on one edge of the roof vent. The outer cover was completely detached one three of the catches. I tried to get just the outer again but could only get the whole unit. To my surprise  our local motorcaravan bits place, Magnum Motor homes had a 280x280 vent for the same price as the 400x400 outer I bought last time .
Not a bad job to change the whole lot as its near the corner of the van. Unclip the fly screen. Typical Autosleeper the 3" long securing screws were stainless and came out no trouble. Cleaned of the old gunk on the outside.The supplied mastic tape stuff was stuck to the new unit and the unit carefully fastened down . Be aware stainless screws into plastic is a bit twitchy, Just tighten  them a bit at a time opposite sides to pull the unit down evenly. Trim off the excess mastic up top, fit the fly screen back on and its done. Proper job.  No leaks so far and more light in the small room.