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Frannyvan

09/9/2015 at 7:33am
Location: Dorset
Outfit: Swift Classic Corvette 1998

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Glad you are giving it a go.
You can remove the cabinets buy breaking the staples behind them by using a scraper or have seen suggestions to use a taped hacksaw blade.
Don't remove too much furniture or wallboard at once as you'll affect the structural integrity of the van. Repair a small area at a time.
If we repaired again or had a lot to do I would be tempted to buy a dremel style power tool. We used a stanley knife and paint scraper.
Good luck.

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hawaiisteveo

09/9/2015 at 7:44am
Location: Northern Ireland
Outfit: Swift Corvette Diamond 93 94

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I've had a couple of ideas with this Frannyvvan. Power tools might be my best option. I used a paintscrapper which was heavy going, i recently bought a tile remover which is great but still slow. I got a multipurpose cutter from lidl which is amazing. Set it at 3mm and run it like a chess board pattern then remove squared with tile remover. Think I need something to do the job of the tile remover so I can get around a little quicker and with less hammering of lajnts tile remover on the wall. Some brackets have definitely external screws which are in accessible, paint scrapped won't do it. Might need a hacksaw or grinder. Concerned about damaging furniture. Yeah I have been plowing on with removing furniture think I need to slow it down and focus on the repairs. My plan was repair ceiling first then the floor and then set about repairing any middle battons and frames. But that would mean removing a fair bit of furniture.

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Frannyvan

09/9/2015 at 4:01pm
Location: Dorset
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Our wallboard was an absolute pig to get off. Took ages. Can see why they charge so much for repairs.
We just cut tiny squares with a Stanley knife and picked off with a scaper.

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jasonjohn

13/9/2015 at 2:19pm
Location: Newport Shropshire
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Hi, we have a Bailey Senator Virginia. Over the past 12 months we have paid out a lot of money for so called damp repairs. We have now found damp in the rear wardrobe I have been up on top and sealed the cracks and this has stopped any further water getting in, however we now find we have moisture registering on the damp meter behind the lined wall any quick fix to cure this please ?

hawaiisteveo

22/9/2015 at 7:05am
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Rear wardrobe? Is it in the corner?

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22/9/2015 at 1:22pm
Location: west sussex
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look on the website for Blanavon caravan, you can get all the parts you need from them, new & second hand

hawaiisteveo

23/9/2015 at 7:44am
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There are quite a few places it could be coming in from. Rear tail lights, if the awning trim has been tacked underneath the outside of van it could rising damp, water can also travel quite far it could be on and part of the awning rail or side rail. what approach did you use to reseal previous leak. Where were the previous leaks and how old is the van

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