Tonight I decided to put one of the two new Fantastic fans in the roof. When I purchased the Airstream it has a leak in the roof vent at the front of the trailer. Originally there was a plastic insert on the lid that allowed light to come in the trailer. A branch fell on it, cracked it, and allo
wed water to get into the trailer. This resulted in me replacing the floor near the door and having to weld 4 new outriggers to the frame near the door. Since the old fan vent was broken and when you turned the fan on it was noisy, I decided long ago to replace it with a new fan. It seems that the
fantastic vent fan is a top choice. The model I chose was the 6000. It has a powered lifter, rain sensor and temperature gauge. What I like about it, is that I can tow the Airstream down the road with the vents open and if it starts to rain, they will automatically shut. Another thing is that if we are camping and it starts to rain the they will shut and no water will pour through the roof. I purchased mine from
Vintage Trailer Supply. It was a few dollars more, but the housing above the roof is grey to match the trailer and the interior trim piece is curved to match the curved roof in my trailer. The installation was fairly simple. On the inside, I
had to remove the light cover, the light assembly and drill out 4 rivets that attached the ceiling to the vent. I took a putty knife and a hammer to the roof and sheered the rivet heads off with the putty knife. I cleaned up the old Vulkum with lacquer thinner and then enlarged the opening with some tin snips. The opening for the old fan was square, but had rounded corners. The Fantastic vent had square corners. I squared off the corners and fitted the fan in place. I then moved inside and squared off the opening in the ceiling for the interior trim piece. The old vent had 2 sets of 12v wires running to it. One set was for the lighting and the other set was for the electric fan. I used the blue fan wire and wired it to my new fan. Everything worked. I then went back up to the roof and attached the fan. It comes with a closed cell Styrofoam gasket. I then screwed the unit to the roof with the provided screws. After it was screwed down. I ran a bead of Vulkum around the edge and put a dab of vulkum on the top of each screw head. I still need to attach the the interior trim piece, but I am going to wait until the interior is painted. I also moved the 12v lighting wires to a new hole in the ceiling so I can put new lights in the future. As a side note, I used my forklift at work to get on top of the trailer. I put a skid on the forklift to give me a platform to sit on. It worked out great. Much easier than hanging onto a ladder and trying not to put pressure on the top of the aluminum skin.
wed water to get into the trailer. This resulted in me replacing the floor near the door and having to weld 4 new outriggers to the frame near the door. Since the old fan vent was broken and when you turned the fan on it was noisy, I decided long ago to replace it with a new fan. It seems that the fantastic vent fan is a top choice. The model I chose was the 6000. It has a powered lifter, rain sensor and temperature gauge. What I like about it, is that I can tow the Airstream down the road with the vents open and if it starts to rain, they will automatically shut. Another thing is that if we are camping and it starts to rain the they will shut and no water will pour through the roof. I purchased mine from Vintage Trailer Supply. It was a few dollars more, but the housing above the roof is grey to match the trailer and the interior trim piece is curved to match the curved roof in my trailer. The installation was fairly simple. On the inside, I
had to remove the light cover, the light assembly and drill out 4 rivets that attached the ceiling to the vent. I took a putty knife and a hammer to the roof and sheered the rivet heads off with the putty knife. I cleaned up the old Vulkum with lacquer thinner and then enlarged the opening with some tin snips. The opening for the old fan was square, but had rounded corners. The Fantastic vent had square corners. I squared off the corners and fitted the fan in place. I then moved inside and squared off the opening in the ceiling for the interior trim piece. The old vent had 2 sets of 12v wires running to it. One set was for the lighting and the other set was for the electric fan. I used the blue fan wire and wired it to my new fan. Everything worked. I then went back up to the roof and attached the fan. It comes with a closed cell Styrofoam gasket. I then screwed the unit to the roof with the provided screws. After it was screwed down. I ran a bead of Vulkum around the edge and put a dab of vulkum on the top of each screw head. I still need to attach the the interior trim piece, but I am going to wait until the interior is painted. I also moved the 12v lighting wires to a new hole in the ceiling so I can put new lights in the future. As a side note, I used my forklift at work to get on top of the trailer. I put a skid on the forklift to give me a platform to sit on. It worked out great. Much easier than hanging onto a ladder and trying not to put pressure on the top of the aluminum skin.
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