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23/10/2013 at 4:38pm
Location: Skelmersdale Lancashire
Outfit: 2003 Elddis 524L
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Hi, well I started the damp repairs two weeks ago after I had to reseal the bathroom roof light.
I expected a mess and I am not disappointed(!)
Both sides of the bathroom very wet, lots of rotten board, right hand side of the rear wall rotted away, window surround rotten, area all around toilet rotten (seems to have come from leaking main door frame) and floor to left of toilet soft and so wet it has standing water!
Rear nearside corner of floor is soft.
Removed the awning rail and absolutely amazed at the poor design (I believe the MD was sacked in 2004 for poor quality control)
The main roof is bent over the sides (shoebox design as one put it)so should be waterproof although the screws are rotten (expected stainless steel)but at the rear where the alloy curves and the rear plastic moulded panel meets it, the plastic goes inside the outer skin so that there is a gap facing upwards, perfect for water to get in!
Would have made much more sense for the plastic to wrap over the skin.
Having removed the awning rails both sides, I have gaffer taped the exposed areas as a temporary measure.
I have an oil filled electric radiator in the bathroom and the boards are slowly drying out (and crumbling away from the foam)
There is still a leak over the rear window however to find (I sealed the joining strip on the roof last year). Could be the high level brake light, the rear marker lights or even the residual water from the leaking bathroom roof light?
Need to remove both rear jacking legs and use thick external grade plywood both underneath and on top of the floor. On top, it will be hidden behind the "cupboard unit" and a full width piece of plywood underneath will not be an obvious repair compared to a patch in the corner.
All of the bathroom will be lined with 3.6 mm plywood and wallpapered (as originally)
Will be bone dry when finished (and a bit heavier I guess!)
Will try to upload photos and make notes as I go.
All in all, I cannot believe the poor quality of construction.
Have to smile when I see posts were people have decided to buy a newer van because there's is damp in their old one - this one cost £9,500 seven years ago - still looks gorgeous but a real mess.
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Tumbling Tom - "above us only sky"
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