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well its been a funny week, with the bank holiday rain didnt get as much done as i would of liked, but i did manage to get the kitchen out and the fire wardrobe area out,

not bee able to do much this week but have got the front 2 floor sheets glued down and the van now feels firm underfoot again, there was no real damp in the floor just some damage around the water heater ( might be leaking will ahve to check on rebuild),

plan for this weekend was to get stuck in after all this hot weather this week i had big plans for the van but again come the weekend its overcast again, im going to try and get the front half of the van all framed out and will post pics as i progress, i would like to empty the whole van out but i feel that the interior walls are holding the roof up,

any way theres a break in the weather now so im going back to it

well this is where i was at this morning

all the walls are striped at the front half of the van and ready to rebuild

all the damp roof boards have also been removed but they will all have to come down so i can replace the awning rails where required

after a busy day of measuring cutting and glueing im now at this stage

both sides have been fully framed out on the front half of the van and i have remade the frame under the front lower shelf, im now ready to remove the front of the van but the weather just isnt on my side at the minute

im currently trying to work out how to resquare the bulging sides, if anyone has any ideas they would be greatly apreciated

also i saw in the tv the other day when caravan shops repair vans they glue the wallboard on with a foaming glue that would take up the descrepencies in the walls, does anyone know where to get this from?

cheers mike

Looking good Mike , the bulging sides are i expect because the wall board and internal furniture have been removed , best i can suggest is either, get 2 long timbers and hold on the outside of the side windows , then tie them across the caravan ( rope through the open windows ) , tighten until the timbers pull the sides flat .

Or tie the 2 side timbers to the caravan sides via a piece of rope across the top and one underneath , only tighten enough to hold the timbers inplace , then if needed pack behind the timber to get the sides flat ( this way may be better because you can (1) move the timbers to the right place on the caravan side and (2) you won't have a piece of rope in the way when re-boarding inside .

Once you have got the sides flat, then re-board and allow to fully cure , maybe even refit the furniture before removing the timbers .

atb

Wizard

quick update and a question,

have managed to get the van turned round and am ready to remove the window tomorrow come rain or shine i have the gazebo ready,

now for the question, does any one know if the alloy sheeting on the early 90's bailey senator and pagent range extends down to floor level at the rear of the van behind the lower rear panel

it would apear that i might hava a wasps nest in behind there as there has been a lot of interest from quite a few around a small hole near the number plate, with being alergic i dont fancy them getting inside the van while im working and waiting for the poison to take effect

cheers in advance mike

  Read with great interest,the post by,Adele and Mike.See the last post was back in May,I am about to go down the same path,with a Bailey Senator 5000 1991.What was the out come of the rebuild.

                                                                    Jimbo.