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Topic: The Lunar Pond!!
As Mudlark says its all part of the fun it might be a bit stressfull at times but once you overcome the problems one by one you begin to feel better, I honestly think that most caravans from the 90's have some form of damp some will be well hidden and may not show for many years but at thew end of the day you will be sleeping in a damp environment. One of my boys has asthma and I am not prepared to put him in a damp environment. So the choice is buy a caravan which is really nice and seems good but you never really know whats underneath many people reading this now will have done this and had it cost them thousands of pounds, scrapped it, or sold it on at a loss through no fault of their own due to the damp being hidden within the structure. I cant afford to buy a new one Im sure many people cant thats the only way to guarantee no damp. Which leaves me with buy one that you know is damp cheaper the trade retail price of my van is £5,000 it cost me less than £1000 and will cost me around £400 to do the repair work and end up with a van that you know is right and better than it was when it left the factory. There is a very lucky gentleman on this website Dpr206 I think who got a swift for free and most probably ended up with a dry swift for around £600 you cant buy one for anywhere near that. I have seen many repairs on this website carried out to a better standard than the factory produced, thats because they never used wood preservative or treated timber or made sure that the awning rail was well sealed and the screws were well sealed to stop the water getting in, they only needed it to last past the warranty period we need to make it dry for ourselves not to make money. The cost of having damp repaired is I think well over the top and the people doing it are making a lot of money so much so as I work for myself as a joiner I am contemplating starting a repair section to the business for people who really cant repair their own van and provide a more cost effective service than I know some people do. If I was to have had my van repaired it would have cost £5000+ who can afford that? To all the people who do have a go at the repairs I say well done and good luck and keep up all the good work. But remember while you have it all stripped and in pieces get all the damp rotten wood out, if you have a thought that says it will be alright to just do this bit and not that bit remember it wont be alright and above all make sure that before you put everything back together that everything is dry. Once covered it wont dry out and all your hard work will be for nothing. By the way great website very interesting and genuine nice people from what I have read. Regards Ogg.
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