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no two of us [Edited on 11/9/13 by jacko]
Anyone on here done DIY caravan damp repairs?
Yep - turned the rotten damp caravan into a trailer!
Yup,
Not easy.
Dave
The Caravan Show was on Quest - seem to recall one episode was about repairing a damp/rotten van.
Probably on Youtube.
Walls are not too bad as you cut out and replace, but delaminated floors are a pain to put right especially if its the front of the 'van and the body has lifted from the chassis.
What make / year is your van i use to work for Swifts
It's the wife's, late 70's monza. She won't see sense and get shot because of the sentimental
Value
If its that old it's time to look for a new one vans are not built to last that long believe me i use to put a van shell together one every 20
minutes
Mainly no two of us
[Edited on 11/9/13 by jacko]
Like I said its the sentimental value for her, the damn isnt too bad ive replaced the timber in one area and am in the process of rebuilding the
area.
then new electrics and gas pipes and its done well for now, i would like shot of it but she isnt having it
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Originally posted by jacko
If its that old it's time to look for a new one vans are not built to last that long believe me i use to put a van shell together one every 20 minutes
I have a 1976 Boler 13' mostly fibreglass just went 700 miles to and from Bracebridge Ontario Canada to Watkins Glen New York for a vintage
race.
The only problem was the non-functioning furnace.
When I woke up Monday morning it was 6 C inside.
There is life in the old caravan yet.
Hehe just buy a good sleeping bag, I went camping last year in the highlands of Scotland, when the snows had come properly. The down sleeping bag did
a fine job of keeping me warm despite the -12C in the tent around me at 1am 
It's funny waking up to your breath frozen into a crisp ice layer
on the flysheet while you're toasty! Getting dressed isn't much fun though.
I took the 0 C sleeping bag, instead of the down one, the two burners on the propane stove soon warmed the interior up.
Top Gear have showed some hints and tips how to warm up and dry out caravans
I would think timber sandwiched between two waterproof skins would be rife with rot once the damp has took hold, as said earlier, probably best
replaced and the the heartache avoided.
my parents traded in there old van with a very roten front - they took it as a project to help keep there workshop busy in the winter and sold it on
at 5 times the money the next spring
it can be done, just depends how much you want to do it.....
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Originally posted by coyoteboy
Hehe just buy a good sleeping bag, I went camping last year in the highlands of Scotland, when the snows had come properly. The down sleeping bag did a fine job of keeping me warm despite the -12C in the tent around me at 1am
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Originally posted by coyoteboyGetting dressed isn't much fun though.
I repaired the roof round the vent in our old caravan to keep it going for a couple of years but when the front started to rot it was beyond economic
sense so it went to the local allotments as a shed. When they get so bad they are not safe to tow and it would have been a ground up job. The original
wood was about 30mm square and only treated where it met the floor up to about 250mm up the inside. It was only hardboard/ fibreboard inside so it was
easy to cut with a Stanley knife to expose the rot.
[Edited on 12/9/13 by Peteff]
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Originally posted by Canada EH!
I have a 1976 Boler 13' mostly fibreglass just went 700 miles to and from Bracebridge Ontario Canada to Watkins Glen New York for a vintage race.
The only problem was the non-functioning furnace.
When I woke up Monday morning it was 6 C inside.
There is life in the old caravan yet.