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14/5/2014 at 11:05am
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Hey guys, first post, such a sad sad first post!!
We bought a 1990 swift challenger 490/5 SE (private sale) and in a nutshell were well and truly ripped off!!!
Anyway, after we bought it we realised it was well beyond the 3.5t including my huge car, so I advertised it, loads of people came to look and in doing so have pointed out a few things.
Most worrying thing first, the floor has been cut, there's a square in the door way that looks like original floor, the rest isn't, and it has really bad delamination, so, apart from the delam repair which I'm going to attempt, what about the cuts in the floor, will this affect the integrity of the caravan? Should I remove the new ply and relay including the square for the door?
Next, there are some bits of damp, the worst being under the kitchen window, do I need to replace the wall and wooden struts?
A couple of the window struts are snapped, can I buy replacement ones?
The fridge, and main door could do with replacing, where would I start to look to source these?
I guess the point of my post is, to repair and replace or to scrap and treat it as a learning curve?!
Thanks in advance,
Charl
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14/5/2014 at 2:00pm
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I think the ripping off part was more because she swore to us it had no damp, over the phone, lengthy calls, then when we went to view rushed us as she had to get to work, so we went back for another viewing, rushed again, she definitely knows what she's doing!!
It was the part about the floor that upset me most the bloke that lifted the carpet said the van would have no integrity and 'you know when you've seen them flipped on the side of the road?' That's what did me! I've got four kids!
So, delamination, I'm fairly confident with DIY and I know how to use a drill, fit a bathroom etc, so I'm thinking il be ok with this.
It's the floor replacement and damp removal I'm worried about, I suppose I'm worried ill get it wrong and mess it up! Any help or tips or step by step instructions would be ace!
Charl
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