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How awful for you, glad no one was injured!.  We were at a dealers once when a chap came in with the same sort of damage, even broke the shower tray, but the dealer thought it could be repaired.  If the insurance company won't it may be worth you getting a repair quote and settling for a cash payment and getting it repaired yourself.

Good luck with getting it sorted.

PS I could not see the pictures for some reason.

Carol

Quote: Originally posted by fife-bloke on 10/4/2010

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we are devastated today.we set off this morning for our long awaited much need holiday and first trip out in the van this year.left the storage site,checked the tyre pressure etc all ok.
got 15 miles down the road on the motorway - bang tyre blew out taking the immediate area of the flooring above it.all i seen was a big cloud of debris coming out the side of the van and the realisation i was getting basicaly draged back.
the good thing is the van didnt snake about and no-one was hurtthankfully but our van and our holiday is in ruins.
the van had to be recovered and is sitting at a dealers/repair centre waiting on the insurance to asses it but the service guy has already said they wont repair that.
we will never find a van like that with any money we get.
we hadnt even had our new awning up this was its first ever trip as well.
gutted this afternoon,totally heartbroken










last poicture shows the view from inside the cabinet at the side of the oven.the water pipes and the gas pipes appear to have took a hammering as well

edit pics not working not sure whats wrong kind of sums up my life at the moment really

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I really feel for you.  What a rotten end to what should have been a lovely week away.  It must have been a really scary experience for you - the only good thing about it is that nobody was hurt.

Will the campsite perhaps carry your deposit over for a different week a bit later on when you're sorted out?  You must be so disappointed.

Hope you manage to get your van repaired one way or another.

Vanessa x

Oh that's a shame, I'm sorry to read your bad news there Fifebloke. My mate had a blow out similar to yours, it too blew the bathroom floor up as well as damaging the side wall. I don't know who did the work but his was rebuilt. Let's hope your insurance is up to the mark & get it sorted for you.

As you say, above all it's good no one got hurt.

BB

Quote: Originally posted by Tentz on 10/4/2010

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Sorry to hear about that. Can't see pics btw, see if you can get them up, some on here might be able to advise you. Could it be diy repairable even if its not worth a professional repair? see what the assesor says, if its writ off it might be worth buying off ins co & repairing it yourself. How old were the tyres?

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The damage may look worse than it is.  Damage repair isn't a speciality of mine - strange, considering the number of blowouts I've had, but I've seen wonderful things achieved with a bit of fibreglass.

Try and get the best settlement figure you can from the insurance, and buy back the wreck.  Then get advice on here about the best way to fix it on a tight budget.

I know things seem bad at the moment, but it all may look better in a day or two.  In my experience, blowouts generally take out bodywork fairly easily, but don't usually do much structural damage.

Good luck

Jim

Quote: Originally posted by adsheadv on 10/4/2010

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I really feel for you.  What a rotten end to what should have been a lovely week away.  It must have been a really scary experience for you - the only good thing about it is that nobody was hurt.

Will the campsite perhaps carry your deposit over for a different week a bit later on when you're sorted out?  You must be so disappointed.

Hope you manage to get your van repaired one way or another.

Vanessa x

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Quote: Originally posted by sudsy on 10/4/2010

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 Gutted for you: What a start to a much awaited holiday,your bound to be gutted but dont lose hope, with a bit of luck you'll get something sorted out with your insurance & still get away at some point, fingers crossed for you, & thank goodness nobody was hurt & that you;s are still here to tell the tale.I tell you tho your driving skills must be really good for no one to be hurt with that kind of damage so be proud of that.

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Hi

Really sorry to hear about you van. Just make sure you get best quote on insurance my bro wrote his car of after going round a corner and car coming other way was on wrong side ( i no abit differant from caravan ) but his insurance quoted him well under what car was worth until he did some research on what his car was worth, and got the insurance company to get somewhere quite close to what his car was worth.

Hopeyou manage to get sorted and get a new or your van fixed soon to enjoy the rest of the season.

amy