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15/9/2013 at 8:39pm
Location: Hants
Outfit: Fleetwood Heritage 640 EB & ML270
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Thats the one the service engineers and dealers use. Consistent and reliable.
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18/9/2013 at 7:45pm
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Witness the high number of people that come on here who have bought a caravan that "didn't smell damp" but has rotten framework and wallboard.
You can't usually smell it because it is trapped between two waterproof membranes - the aluminium skin on the outside and the waterproof vinyl wallboard covering on the inside. Unless there is a hole in the wallboard it won't smell. Thats why you need a damp meter.
We have a cheap damp meter and an expensive one. The expensive one is consistent, reliable and robust. The cheap one isn't.
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19/9/2013 at 12:54pm
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Fresh readings! Generally between 8.6% and 9.8% with an isolated 10.1% at the corner of one of the skylights.
Long may it remain so, but its a caravan, so I don't suppose it will!
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19/9/2013 at 8:16pm
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Quote: Originally posted by hackaberry on 18/9/2013
I still swear by one of the best methods your nose if you have a damp caravan you can normally smell it as soon as you walk in it it's like a wet flannel left in the bathroom,
Maybe older vans, but that's not the case with a newer van, no smell no damp patch no bulges or dull sound when tapped.
Wallboards being replaced and it was found with a cheap 30 quid meter of flea bay !
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