u/1Screw2Few

This is in the Uintas at about 9270 feet, two days ago. I feel like my tarp skills are very amateur. This storm had very strong winds coming off the lake that hit the broad side of my tarp. The thunder and lightning was so incredibly close it was terrifyingly loud. There was an initial deluge of rain and hail that calmed down once the storm front passed. It rained for about 6-7 hours nonstop after. I was very glad I wasn’t in a tent.

Not sure if it was luck, but I stayed dry and I feel like my tarping skills just leveled up. I honestly can’t believe it withstood the storm. Whew!

Now I need to work on my knot tying skills.

We had a new roof put on our RV 4 years ago which included the wood paneling underneath the rubber membrane. Driving it last week in high winds, the membrane suddenly ripped away from the front of the RV and peeled back about 5 feet.

When I confronted the shop about it, they quoted $12,000 to repair it. He then tried to tell me there was a hole in the membrane as that's the only way it would have failed. When I was on the roof making a temporary repair to get home, I noticed the glue on the wood was only slightly tacky and the rubber membrane when laid back down would not stick to the glue.

I mentioned that and the shop offered to split the bill with me. We just had the roof resealed last summer and I walked that roof a month ago to align the antennae. There was no hole. I think the rubber membrane was insufficiently glued to the substrate and wind caused it to billow, rip and then tear away.

Is there anyway to know for sure if the installation was faulty?