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Subject Topic: Is it the end for my kyham motordome? Post Reply Post New Topic
Personbigbrood
15/8/2014 at 7:13pm
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Hi all we went out on our 1st "camping" trip a few wks near Newquay & it rained like it always does every time we've been we did a little conversion on our vdub & bought a second hand kyham motordome classic. We paid £150 cash for it & it leaked like a sieve every corner leaked. It was dripping down on hubby's back in the inner tent. Has it met it's end or is there something we can do? I looked into buying fabsil but it says you can't use it on glued seams. Will we just have to go out & buy a brand new one? I'm gutted it was so quick & easy to put up. I haven't got a leg to stand on with the seller because we did a cash deal & not paypal.


PersonWendyhouse
15/8/2014 at 7:29pm
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Hhhhhhh
Links to Kyham FAQ and office contact.
Always worth giving them a quick call

http://www.khyam.co.uk/info.asp?s=faq

Contact details - (Registered Office Only - our office is not open to the public)
Secco Limited
3 Vigo Place
Aldridge
West Midlands
WS9 8UG


Personiscacamper
15/8/2014 at 8:04pm
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If it is leaking at the seams (and not just suffering from condensation) then some seam sealant ought to do the trick. We used to have a Motordome and it did start to leak at a couple of the seams after about 5 years.


Personbigbrood
15/8/2014 at 10:51pm
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Thanks for getting back to me folks. Isca camper could you tell me the name of the product please? Looking at the tag on the motordome it says it's a 2008 model. The chap we bought it from said he'd had a few leaks that he patched up (which I could see) but there was no way it was water tight when he owned it. The water was dripping down where it connects to the van & pretty much every corner. It was running down the tie up bits for the inner tent.


Personiscacamper
15/8/2014 at 11:53pm
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Hi,
I can't recommend a specific product as it's a long time since I've used a seam sealant, but if you ask in any decent camping shop they should have something suitable. It usually comes in a tube like glue, with a sponge applicator at the end for spreading it onto the seams.

Good luck!


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PersonHarpmaker
16/8/2014 at 12:20am
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I'm sure this will be controversial, but if you have long lengths of seam that need to be sealed on an older tent that would just be junk otherwise, you can dissolve pure silicone sealant in white spirits (thin until it is brushable) and use that to reseal the seams. Just use a pure bristle brush to apply it. Once dry, it doesn't hurt to dust over the seams with some talc to avoid any possible residual stickiness (there shouldn't be any if using a "pure" silicone, many of the cartridges that say silicone aren't pure). Do it in a well ventilated place and do one seam at a time and wait till dry before doing the next. I have used this method to waterproof the entire roof of a nylon awning I made for my old caravan and it lasted for as long as I had the van (about 8 years)and never had a leak.

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Alan in New Zealand



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