Re: Found a Good Buy
DL, Don't know much about Carriage, except we had to do a lot of work on one locally a few years ago.
The Vinyl roof, I do know some. Gulf Stream has started using it on Ameri Lite and Conquest that we sell. It works good a flat roof trailer. They do not like it on Fifth Wheels where the roof line changes. It does not conform like the EPDM. It IS a good roof material. It falls under the "rubber roof" category and carries a 12 year warranty just like EPDM. Gulf Stream has found out that the EPDM absorbs moisture when wet. . On their 21' Ameri Lite the absorption adds 80 pounds. The vinyl does not absorb moisture.
The one drawback to vinyl: because it has a texture finish, it is harder to keep clean.