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27/5/2019 at 10:25am
Location: south cheshire
Outfit: VW Caddy Maxi
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Oh sorry to hear this. If it's any consolation, I have had a leak or ten on my old caravan. And fixing another one right now!
Where the water gains entry on the outside is not necessarily where it's coming in on the inside, it can travel and meander a long way from where it's getting in on the outside, to where it eventually ends up on the inside.
Try examining in minute detail a bit at a time, the seals/sealant along the top and sides of the caravan. A leak on mine was coming right from the back of the caravan, travelling down the inside of the roof, and exiting on the inside below the front window. I found out where the water was getting in by getting a neighbour to stand outside with a hosepipe and wetting a little bit at a time, further and further back, while I waited to see the water coming in. The moment I got the ingress, I asked him to stop running the hosepipe on it and mark the spot. Sure enough, you could see at last where the water was going in, and it was 6ft away from where it was coming out on the inside!
As you have already started the repairs to the inside, just do the above as it's already wet again. Then seal the outside, and dry out the inside and carry on. If you need to dry it out before you can see where the water is coming in, put a tarp over the top.
And good luck. 
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