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Subject Topic: what do you leave in your fc over winter Post Reply Post New Topic
Persontentaddict
01/9/2010 at 11:31pm
 Location: s. yorks
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hi as its says above at the mo we ave loads in our fc shampoo kettle bedding tea coffee pacamacs etc do we leave in over winter or take it all out and the beds leave quits on or take off
thanks c


Personwongers
02/9/2010 at 7:51am
 Location: devon
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is it stored inside or out?mine is outside so i take all bedding plus all linnings and curtains aswell as anything else that will be affected by damp.I also have a winter cover that is breathable and run a dehumidifier in it.

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PersonJan P
02/9/2010 at 9:46am
 Location: Herefordshire
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The first year we took every out. The second year most things, the third year we thought we were going again and left it all in by mistake. My aim is to take all food out and clean it well. Ours is in an open sided barn so well sheltered but drops below freezing.

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Personsteer_2001
02/9/2010 at 10:20am
 Location: Lichfield Staffordshire
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We take out the food, bedding and linings and eave in the mattresses and seats. It's stored outside with a winter storage cover over it.


PersonSGThomas
02/9/2010 at 4:04pm
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It depends upon how often, or how easily, you can open up the unit to air it.

Modern covers are designed to stay outdoors, but condensation is your enemy.

If in doubt, take it out


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Personcorpogreen
02/9/2010 at 6:42pm
 Location: nottingham
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We don't camp after October , and never start again until Easter at least,so we take everything out and give it a good clean. We take off the canvas (Only 6 screws on a Fiesta) and the seating.Winter wheels are fitted, not proper ones, 2 I bought from a scrap yard that had the same stud arrangements as  the road wheels,and I store them in my workshop off the ground and wrapped in an old blanket. Winter cover and that's it for another year.Doing all this with OH takes around 2 hours,time well spent and peace of mind during the winter months.

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Personsteer_2001
02/9/2010 at 7:20pm
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Forgot to say about opening up every so often to give it a good air.


Personvickinphil
04/9/2010 at 2:52pm
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We leave everything in ours apart from food!! Our is kept in the garage though, snug as a bug. we've never had any damp or problems with it.We opened it up just before may day this year to check every thing was ok and to check out my stocks of toilet roll etc, and just as we were starting to put it away i noticed a golf ball size thing hanging from the canvas. It was a wasps nest!!!! luckily it was only just started so hubby covered it and took it off with his industrial gloves and chucked it. How lucky was that .....if we had left it til we went away later in the year who knows what would have happened.....i dread to think TBH.

 


Person115sharon
04/9/2010 at 7:54pm
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We cannot fit ours in the garage, so it has to be stored outside and we leave everything in apart from food. It was fine when we opened it up there was no damp smell.


Personjohn2010
05/9/2010 at 10:22am
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we take out most of our things over winter, like curtains and most the inner stuff and we wash them and pack it all away for when we take it out again in spring.
other stuff like kichen bits and pieces we leave in there and come spring when we take it out, we then give them a good clean/wash and replace it ready for the start of the season.


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Persongrommie75
05/9/2010 at 12:55pm
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Everything stays in ours over the winter, apart from pasta rice ect but oursin is a garage and dry, we never had a problem so far



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