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Personpatersoncamping
17/7/2010 at 4:14am
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We recently purchased our first trailer tent a Conway Canterbury DL and would like to know why we had a damp bed on the first night of using it.  Did we put it up wrong or forget something or is that normal?  It was bearable but not pleasant.

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Personmike.wilkinson
17/7/2010 at 6:37am
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Welcome to the wet under the bed club, yes this can be cured its just a case of stopping your body heat going through the mattress and hitting the bed board which is usually cold from the night air.I have tried various ways and different people use different systems but as an all year round camper with out side temperatures sometimes in the minus 8 to 10 region the only 100% cure we found was self inflating air beds on top of the mattress.

mike

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they said it couldnt be done so i left it and went camping

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PersonAlison H
17/7/2010 at 4:10pm
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Hi we used to have problems with damp under the bed but brought some self inflating mattresses for our last outing to Silverstone. This worked very well no damp at all so we will use them on our next outing.


PersonAlison H
17/7/2010 at 4:11pm
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We put ours under the mattress.


Personmacquatic
17/7/2010 at 4:44pm
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I had the same problem in our Pennine Fiesta.
Maybe nothing to do with it but I slept on one side and wife on other half. Her bed pod is the side with a skirt (see other post about skirts HERE)
I also had the waterproof membrane under my mattress, again maybe causing more condensation with the cold underside. Just a thought.

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PersonRivadan
18/7/2010 at 8:23am
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Thin polystyrene sheet (as used on walls) under the mattress works a treat.


Personbilljen
18/7/2010 at 4:03pm
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Has anyone tried sticking insulation boards on top of and underneath the wooden sheet that the mattress sits on?  Would'nt this would reduce the temperature differential between the inside and outside therefore stopping condensation?


Personmike.wilkinson
18/7/2010 at 5:49pm
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Quote: Originally posted by billjen on 18/7/2010
Has anyone tried sticking insulation boards on top of and underneath the wooden sheet that the mattress sits on?  Would'nt this would reduce the temperature differential between the inside and outside therefore stopping condensation?

The only thing i see against this is if the wood gets damp it would be trapped in.

mike



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Personbilljen
18/7/2010 at 7:26pm
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Yes i can see that could be a problem, i will now have to start looking at waterproofing the boards first with some kind of varnish/paint/ erm.... other stuff.


Personbilljen
18/7/2010 at 7:47pm
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Found this stuff, it's a bit pricey though.

http://marinebedding.co.uk/dryMesh.php?PHPSESSID=40d5a54b33257a0b20e23912a9cb1105


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18/7/2010 at 8:52pm
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I had similar sort of question about waterproofing my bed boards. I was told not to waterproof them, they have to breathe. I used a wood preservative on mine after washing mould spores off with a bleach solution [ it had been too close to a hedge overwinter! ]  I had the idea of using the laminate flooring membrane, the 1 with the silver foil on 1 side, under my matresses. but, shouldn't using underbed skirts help with temperature changes?



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