u/iamlucky13

I assume the reps are getting flooded with questions and comments at the moment, and since I'm probably not the only person this could affect, why not ask here:

Does anyone know how voting would be handled for employees who happen to be away from home at the relevant time (eg - on a previously scheduled vacation)?

I've heard online voting is being considered, in which case, as long as I know ahead of time when voting is open, I expect I will be able to get somewhere with cell service, although it might not be easy.

If it's mail-in, it would seem to depend on having received the ballot before I leave, but are there other options?

If it's in-person, does it come down to choosing between voting or cancelling my vacation?

I looked under the bathroom vent fan trim, and I see a textured material of solid color, all the way through, with no fleece backing. That indicates TPO, and lack of fleece backing apparently means a newer type that is not compatible with some sealants.

Is there a way to identify the brand of TPO so I can find out what sealant the membrane manufacturer recommends?

Background / Reason for the question:

The roof on my 2020 Cherokee Wolf Pup needs maintenance, and since Dicor seems to be the go-to product, I looked it up and found their handbook, and the following warning:

https://dicorproducts.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Rudys-Roof-Book-DC294.pdf

> In 2011, RV manufacturers started using new formulations of TPO (a thermoformed flexible plastic) roofing material that has come into the RV marketplace...We found some TPO roofing membranes are not chemically compatible with current lap sealants. When these sealants are used on some new TPO membranes, bloating and disfiguration of the membranes results. This is a cosmetic problem, and does not reduce the performance of the roofing material or sealant, but it’s something you probably want to avoid.

They say to use their ultra sealant product for this material, which requires a primer.

It looks like this costs more than their standard sealant lap and self-leveling sealants (currently $18 vs. $10/tube + $48 for a tiny pint can of primer on Amazon), and they warn that it will damage polycarbonate roof fixtures. Plus there will be extra work and time needed to allow the primer to cure. All this to use a water based sealant, which from experience with other fields where water based products have replaced older solvent based formulations, I have to wonder if ultra sealant will even hold up as well.Those frustrations aside, if Forest River switched to an inferior TPO formulation to save money in factory and make it the customer's problem, I guess that's what I have to do...

...except Dicor also say that the effect of the standard sealant on TPO is only cosmetic. So if I'm ok with "disfiguration," I can use the regular Dicor sealant?

On the other hand, how does a membrane that should be bonded to the roof below experience "bloating and disfiguration" without locally disbonding, and therefore potentially being affected by buffeting in 60 mph airflow for hours on end? They can't tell me "does not reduce the performance."

And just to make things more confusing, Dicor says their Diflex II TPO also has no fleece backing, but is compatible with their regular sealant, contradicting what their own handbook says!

I'd rather just eliminate doubt, and find out exactly what my roof is, and what that manufacturer recommends. It sounds like Alpha Systems Superflex is a possibility, but I haven't found a way to confirm it.

I'm shopping for a better grill than I have, mostly focusing on either the Weber Spirit series or Napoleon Freestyle series, but the bigger question for me at the moment is not which brand, but what size? This will be for a family of 4, occasionally cooking for guests.

I've searched here and elsewhere, and the standard answer about size seems to be: Get the biggest you can afford.

I'd like to make a better informed choice than that, although since obviously no one else can tell me exactly how much space I personally need, I'd like to pose the question a different way:

What takes up the space on your grill? What meals or in what situations do you use up all your cooking area or maybe even makes you wish you bought bigger?

Tangential to the question, my background:

So far I have mostly done burgers, sausages, or occasionally steak. Obviously, burgers for 4 people don't take up much space, but I know burgers are far from the limit of what a gas grill can make more compelling than an oven or skillet.

We currently have one of the big box store 3-burner models by Nexgrill, and after over a decade of light use, the burner tubes and drip shields need replacing, but I'd rather put the money toward a better grill. I've never liked the uneven heat, and the burner control is poor, and it has a variety of less important annoyances, all of which tend to discourage me from using it often.

The easy choice would be to get the same size (~420 square inches primary cooking area), although we seldom use the full cooking surface, and when we have, it's just been cooking a bunch of burgers and sausages for a party. The larger size maybe fits 3 more burgers, and after that, people are going to be waiting on second batch anyways.

The obvious drawbacks of the larger grill are price and storage space. I'm ok with the price, but annoyed with how much space my old grill takes up in my garage all winter.

Of course, Spirit E-425 is less than 4 inches wider than the E-325, which isn't a big deal. My real hang-up is the fact the E-325 side tables fold down, but the E-425 do not, so the difference in storage space is more like 18 inches. Fortunately, the Napoleon Freestyles do all have folding side tables, so if I decide to go with a ~420 square inch model, it puts Weber at a disadvantage.

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