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When we decided to buy a caravan we were told only use the shower in emergencies as using the shower too often will cause damp in the caravan. Having read the recent post on showering, I see that quite a few people use them and there is not a mention about showering causing damp in the caravan. So was it a load of buncum from the dealer. We have a brand new Xplore with a fixed bed and it would lovely to jump out of bed and straight into the shower!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Mags.

Use your shower if you want to, the showers as fitted should prevent any damp getting into the walls, if they do not then you have a claim against the manufacturer.

Thanks everyone.......We are off to Ashbourne next week and gonna use my shower and of course make sure the waste is empty. We bought our caravan two weeks ago and tempted to ring dealer and tell him he is talking rubbish

Mags

When my aquaroll gets full it simply overflows onto the pitch, not something I want to happen but it does sometimes if I have forgotten to do my chores. How do you set it up so that it stops the water leaving the caravan?  Not that I want that either.

I love having a shower in our caravan, we recently changed our caravan to one with an end bathroom, because we rally loads.   My hubby cracked one of the caps on the waste master so it seeps out gradually and also we dont have the shower running all the time

Julie x

Quote: Originally posted by bigbloomer on 23/7/2009

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Our shower sits above the outlets for the wastemaster. I had washed some dishes and ran a lot of water during the day. When the shower was on that evening it must have caused the waste water to back up or something. At first I thought the plug hole must have had a blockage until hubby pointed this out and emptied the wastemaster, then it was perfect again.

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How strange, the natural string of events would say that if the wastemaster is full the water comes out of the hole that the waste pipe from the caravan feeds into as this is the easiest course for the water, unless of course that hole is sealed in some way.

My van is 10 years old, I use the shower cubicle in the end washroom all the time and there is no sign of damp. Just keep an eye on seals and go over occasionally to check there are no cracks. Why have the space for an end bathroom and not use the shower?

Only thing I would say is watch water usage, you can't expect to have a long hot shower with the water flowing as the tank is not big enough.

 we use our shower most of  the time ,in fact it was the excellent shower cubical that made our minds up to buy the van ,occasionally we use the site showers but you cant beat the convenience of your own shower

Quote: Originally posted by janus on 23/7/2009

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Quote: Originally posted by bigbloomer on 23/7/2009

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Our shower sits above the outlets for the wastemaster. I had washed some dishes and ran a lot of water during the day. When the shower was on that evening it must have caused the waste water to back up or something. At first I thought the plug hole must have had a blockage until hubby pointed this out and emptied the wastemaster, then it was perfect again.

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How strange, the natural string of events would say that if the wastemaster is full the water comes out of the hole that the waste pipe from the caravan feeds into as this is the easiest course for the water, unless of course that hole is sealed in some way.

 

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